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Kanye West Says New Album Will 'Never' Be Available Through Apple Music

Kanye was always a little cooky but he's going full crazy now. Just a few days ago, he said it would be for sale on his site, then he tweeted that he decided to hold the sale off a week, now it'll never never never go on sale. Meanwhile he's going on these multi tweet rants, begging Zuckerberg for —raises pinky to corner of mouth— ONE BILLION DOLLARS.

This is one celebrity self destruction I'm looking forward to. What a self absorbed douche bag.
 
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This guy is a complete clown show. Rich, but a clown show. Don't worry Yeezy, your music is trash anyway. Won't miss it one iota on Apple Music. Peace.
 
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What a hypocrite. He doesn't support Apple Music, yet he loves his almost-one-of-a-kind Gold Link Bracelet Apple Watch :rolleyes:

Oh, and let's not forget he thinks he's the next Steve Jobs, just like Ashton Kutcher and his partnership with Lenovo, which totally ripped-off the marketing for the MacBook.
 
Not even going to release the album for purchase on CD or vinyl? Not that I was planning on buying it, but wow I seriously hope other artists aren't going to follow suit. It will be a sad day in the history of earth if music is no longer for sale and only rented.
 
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If Kim doesn't watch it I see Kanye West being as unstable and jealous as OJ !!!
Run Kim Run !!!!
 
MacRumors said:



Kanye West's latest album, "The Life of Pablo," is available exclusively on Tidal, the Apple Music rival service created by Jay Z. According to West, he has no plans to offer "The Life of Pablo" through other streaming services, including Apple Music, instead intending for it to be a permanent Tidal exclusive.

In a tweet shared this afternoon, West said "The Life of Pablo" will "never never never" be available through Apple, a statement that presumably includes both Apple Music and iTunes.

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The seriousness of West's claim about never releasing the album on Apple Music and other streaming services is unclear, as his recent tweets declaring himself to be $53 million in debt and asking Mark Zuckerberg and Larry Page for money may point towards a muddled state of mind.

West, who is an investor in Tidal, announced the launch of his new "The Life of Pablo" album over the weekend following a performance on Saturday Night Life. While West originally planned to release the album on his website as well as streaming it on Tidal, he later changed his mind to encourage potential listeners to buy a Tidal subscription, priced at $9.99 a month for a standard premium subscription or $19.99 a month for a HiFi subscription.

West's decision has made the Tidal iOS app the top free iPhone app in Apple's App Store, according to the company's App Store charts.

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Fine with me. It will never be heard then.
 
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NtDs90 said:
Apple lacks black artists? So BB King, Ray Charles, Booker T, Trick Daddy, 50cent, and James Brown aren't black? I guess am color blind.
As far Kanye's debt problem. To bad so sad. No sympathy from me. Celebrities should learn to live within their means too.
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Did I ever say that? Nope. Did you even bother to read what I was responding to? Doesn't seem like it. He literally listed a slew of black musicians and discredited them just because he doesn't personally like them. I take it he's the one person who kept U2 on his iPhone, along with the other garbage Apple tries to feed us.

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Are you really asserting that those people comprise all there is to offer from black artists? Not everything needs to be about drugs, disrespect to women, and how big their rear is at a club. Certainly there's something with more depth that people should maybe pay attention to.

Race card denied and shame on you for thinking that Nicki Minaj is something any young black woman should look up to instead of someone like Michelle Obama, then implying someone is racist for asking people to set a better example.
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Never said that either. Are you really asserting that all those black artists listed talk about is drugs, disrespecting women, etc? I don't get comparing a musician to a politician, but I never said that Nicki Minaj was someone you should look up to. Was only acknowledging that diversity in genres and styles is what makes something like Apple Music or Google Music or Pandora so great. Just because I don't like a certain artist doesn't mean I fail to see the good in them being part of service for those people that do.
 
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It's his choice, probably won't listen to it anyways but artists should realize that many of these services aren't available in many parts of the world, so at least they should sell physical copies if they want people to listen to their music.
If making money is all they care about, then let them do it however they want to, in the long term people will forget who they were.
 
Not that big of a loss, however this exclusive game is not a good one for customers. I don't want to have to subscribe to two different services so that I can listen to exclusive singles/albums on each one.
 
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