Gotta Have It (song)

Jay-Z and West performed the song as part of the set list of their Watch the Throne Tour and at the 2012 Radio 1's Big Weekend musical festival.

[3] "Gotta Have It" was co-produced by West and the lead producers were the production duo the Neptunes, and it incorporates chopped-up James Brown vocal samples and Eastern flute melodies.

"[11] While some tracks on Watch the Throne give the "star rappers turns at the mic," "Gotta Have It" is "pure tag-team hip-hop, with the two trading off verses and finishing each other's lines.

"[12] The song contains moments of the two rappers "finishing each others' Ferris Bueller and Miami Heat jokes over a chopped-up James Brown yelps" provided by the Neptunes.

Sputnikmusic's Tyler Fisher stated that "The Neptunes turn in their best beat in years on 'Gotta Have It', sampling James Brown in a realm completely removed from funk and soul.

"[14] Slant Magazine's Matthew Cole stated that "the duo volleys boasts at each other on 'Otis' and do call-and-response riffing on 'Gotta Have It', sounding like a pair of hustlers who can't believe how much they've gotten away with.