With official August release dates confirmed for Watch the Throne--and “H.A.M.” now relegated to bonus material on the album--Ye and Jay have finally released a new single. “Otis,” a sample of Otis Redding’s 1966 single “Try A Little Tenderness,” premiered on the radio yesterday. Several tagged versions immediately appeared on the web before Jay added a clean cut to his Life + Times blog.

Each of the rappers offers up about 8 bars at a time before switching things off to the other. Although Jay has admitted that there were some disagreements during the recording process, things are all good between the two, because at some point he threatens to “murk” anyone who takes issue with Yeezy. As for Kanye—“Luxury rap, the Hermes of verses/sophisticated ignorance, write my curses in cursive"—expect lines that only he could deliver.

Givenchy designer Riccardo Tisci created the artwork for both Watch the Throne and the new "Otis" single.

Listen below.

Otis feat. Otis Redding by watchthethrone (via NME)