Kanye West and Jay-Z played host to a slew of ‘who’s who during the exclusive listening event for their highly-anticipated “Watch The Throne.”

The event was held at the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City last night (August 1, 2011) and Beyonce, Kelly Rowland, Q-Tip, Busta Rhymes, Jada Pinkett-Smith and more were all in the building…

Awww… Best Buds Forever! 🙂

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Kanye is all smiles…

Beyonce has so much love in her eyes…. awwww! 🙂

What the hail was Solange tryna prove? 😕

Jada is reclaiming her youth with those dookie braids…

Beautiful! Kelly can do no wrong these days… (well she can, but she hasn’t yet.)

Jay-Z and Kanye’s “Watch The Throne” project will be available August 8th…..

Are you anxiously anticipating the release of Jay & Kanye’s ‘Watch the Throne’?

What are some of your expectations?

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