专辑简介

"Otis" is a single by Jay-Z and Kanye West of The Throne from their collaboration album Watch the Throne, and is the fourth song on the tracklist. The song's existence, along with several other tracks from the album, was confirmed during a listening session hosted by Jay-Z on July 7. It was also confirmed the song would heavily sample Otis Redding. On July 19, the release of the song the following day was confirmed via Twitter. The next day, "Otis" was premiered by Funkmaster Flex's Hot 97 radio show and afterward, it was released onto the Internet.

The cover art was designed by Italian fashion designer Riccardo Tisci. Following its release the song received significant coverage and was reviewed by several sources. The song received highly positive reviews from music critics and has received radio airplay. In addition, the song has been remixed by Papoose, Jadakiss and Styles P, and Game, who turned the song into a diss track against several notable musicians. On July 22, the song was released to the iTunes Store and on July 28, the song debuted at number 47 and went on to peak at number 12 the following week on the Billboard Hot 100.