Illest Motherfucker Alive

[3] "Illest Motherfucker Alive", a track from the album's deluxe edition, includes additional vocals from opera singer Aude Cardona, who also sings on the single "H.A.M.

[4] Southside revealed that after he was present in the studio during Lex Luger's production work for West's track "See Me Now" (2010), the rapper's manager offered him a potential role in exchange for some beats.

West added the vast majority of the synths; Southside described these as the rapper's "classical, musical space-synth" material and the opera aspects as comparable to seeing "a movie in his head or something".

[9] West insults a woman in the opening verse as he boasts about his "bulletproof condom" and "staples on my dick" for centerfolds; Complex's Brian Josephs assumed that he was referencing his ex-partner Amber Rose.

[15] On August 23, 2011, Def Jam, Roc Nation, and Roc-A-Fella released the deluxe edition of Watch the Throne, including "Illest Motherfucker Alive" as the 14th track.

[13] Writing for Tiny Mix Tapes, Ross Green considered the song and fellow deluxe release "The Joy" as "stellar bonus tracks" that should have been on the album's regular edition instead of "Welcome to the Jungle" and "Lift Off".

's "What You Know" (2006) if the single was recorded at the Mercer Hotel and viewed its presence on Watch the Throne as "pretty much there for you to revere two impossibly rich black men", calling out West's typical utters for a likely pettiness towards Rose.

[11] Providing a negative review for SFGate, Aidin Vaziri wrote that the song manages to make success sound "so unappetizing" and only offers "empty gloating from two men who have missed the point of life itself".