Jay Z is looking to leave TIDAL (REPORT)

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Literally the first thing Jay-Z has ever done that I have liked and its the only thing he has ever done that has failed. I'm on my first free month of Tidal and actually love it, its the first streaming service I've ever used because it allows streaming in FLAC quality and i don't fukks with anything else. I've been able to listen to it at work cuz I can't put my FLAC files on my phone, plus I can use my USB DAC/Headphone amp with my work computer that I can't use with my phone. In other words, if it goes under I'm gonna be sincerely pissed off
 

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Especially with something like streaming. It has a low overhead, so eventually you can earn big money, after you get back what you put into it. These are rumors though, so I don't put much stock into them.
Apparently Jay doesn't either :sas2:
 

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Literally the first thing Jay-Z has ever done that I have liked and its the only thing he has ever done that has failed. I'm on my first free month of Tidal and actually love it, its the first streaming service I've ever used because it allows streaming in FLAC quality and i don't fukks with anything else. I've been able to listen to it at work cuz I can't put my FLAC files on my phone, plus I can use my USB DAC/Headphone amp with my work computer that I can't use with my phone. In other words, if it goes under I'm gonna be sincerely pissed off
I wouldn't exactly use hitsdailydouble RUMORS as a source. The last time I put on Tidal they had just streamed Jeezy and have some rock band and Wayne coming up. They seem to update it everyday so I doubt there is validity to this outside of funding. I actually like their interface better than spotify (no iphone so I can't try apple), but they need to allow you to search playlists more intuitively and they need to allow you to play single songs offline instead of making you d/l the whole album.
 

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I wouldn't exactly use hitsdailydouble RUMORS as a source. The last time I put on Tidal they had just streamed Jeezy and have some rock band and Wayne coming up. They seem to update it everyday so I doubt there is validity to this outside of funding. I actually like their interface better than spotify (no iphone so I can't try apple), but they need to allow you to search playlists more intuitively and they need to allow you to play single songs offline instead of making you d/l the whole album.
You can download single songs offline. Just make an offline playlist and add the songs your want to it and they automatically download. I actually enjoy the Tidal service to other streaming ones. The interface is dope. selection is good and audio quality better than the others.
 

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He did own Tidal, but obviously he was seeking financing like anyone does.

In any event, I don't know what he was thinking with trying to challenge Apple and Spotify, they have billions of dollars behind them (even 100s of billions in Apples case), patents, strongest brands of all time and all that shyt. If google couldn't do it, how the hell is Jay-z with help from Madonna and Nicki Minaj supposed to do it. If he got the 3 major labels behind him to go in as his partners then he might've had a chance but without them it's an expensive ass business.

Have 50 mil and still need financing brehs. Maybe he just needed Dame :francis:
 

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And yet Spotify seems to be doing fine without any of that :mjpls:

Like I said, look at the media response between Tidal, Spotify, and Apple.

Matter of fact, look at this sites response. Dudes refused to support Tidal because "what have Jay Z done for the black community" and "I ain't trying to make a rich nikka rich."

Mean while Apple sitting 150 billion CASH and the owner of Spotify is worth over 400 million dollars and neither of them have done shyt for black people.

But let me let y'all cook :mjpls:
i think the "what has Jay done for black people" excuses were BS. But he did kind of bring that shyt on himself cause he's the one who put race in the discussion at the exclusive concert. Some people felt like he was using that shyt to play people.

but ultimately, i don't think that shyt mattered to most people. the bottom line is how much it costs vs how much you get out of it vs how much the the competition cost. Apple offered a better deal for the consumer.
 

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I wouldn't exactly use hitsdailydouble RUMORS as a source. The last time I put on Tidal they had just streamed Jeezy and have some rock band and Wayne coming up. They seem to update it everyday so I doubt there is validity to this outside of funding. I actually like their interface better than spotify (no iphone so I can't try apple), but they need to allow you to search playlists more intuitively and they need to allow you to play single songs offline instead of making you d/l the whole album.
Yeah who knows for sure. No funding is pretty bad tho
 

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Even Apple does that. I got old school dj screw & swishawhouse mixtapes from iTunes that I would have never thought they would have. They changed the names on the track listing cuz they know screw & watts didn't have authorization from the artists on the tracks

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Just started the free trial off the strength of this alone...they really got like every swishahouse tape on there :lupe:


Then I went further...nikka they got everything. Every big mello album, ESG, the fukking mista madd albums I can't find ANYWHERE...y'all know how long I been tryna download this shyt?!? :mindblown:

Never thought I'd pay for streaming music but I might have to make an exception here...shyt's a steal if you a screw head let alone all the other shyt they got on there
 
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