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Kanye West Wants Meeting Between Tim Cook and Jay Z to End 'Beef' Between Apple Music and Tidal
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Egotistical, entitled jackass. "I need" them to meet me this week ... the idiot's a legend in his own mind. If Cook follows orders this easily Apple is screwed. Guess we'll see by the end of the week.
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In a series of tweets sent out this afternoon, musician Kanye West claimed that the schism between Apple Music and rival streaming music service Tidal is negatively affecting the music industry as a whole.
West is one of the artists closely aligned with Tidal, who's also one of its co-owners, along with the likes of Jay Z, Beyoncé, Rihanna, Nicki Minaj, Jack White, and others.
In three subsequent tweets, West suggested that Apple CEO Tim Cook and Jay Z, along with a few other executives at Tidal and Apple, get "on the phone or in a room" within the coming week to discuss a partnership between the two services. It's unclear if West's language is corroborating that talks between Apple and Tidal have in fact been ongoing over the last few weeks, or if he's simply suggesting the idea based off of those reports from earlier in the summer.
In the last tweet, West tells Apple to "give Jay his check now and stop trying to act like you Steve," potentially hinting that Apple is trying out its "hard-nosed" negotiating tactics again, which was recently reported to be causing the company trouble in the television market. If the two managed to agree on a deal, Tidal's purchase could bring Apple a roster of new and exclusive artists, possibly helping the Cupertino company realize its aim for content that puts it in line with "MTV in its 80s and 90s heyday."
Earlier in the year, Kanye was adamant that his new album The Life of Pablo would "never" be made available on Apple Music, opting to keep it as an exclusive on Tidal, but eventually the album did launch on Apple's streaming music service. Rough patches like this have left many to wonder if any deal can be reached between the two rival streaming platforms, so it's interesting to see that one musician so close to the drama unfolding appears to be in favor of ending the apparent feud and letting "the kids have the music."
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This picture reveals Tim Cook as the buffoon he is.Bahahahahahaha...
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Jumping in bed with Rap Icons, buying Beats for Street Cred is a stellar example of how much Apple can get away with... at least for now.
With Apple running on autopilot over the last few years, he's proven that being a figurehead allows him the freedom to cavort at will.
It's good to be Timmy
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I want this I want that. Who tf do you think you are?
What I find interesting with this tactic, is that Tidal attempts to acquire exclusive talent on the basis of offering higher payouts to the artists.
I highly doubt apple will pay more than it does and by publicly announcing that your company desires to be bought out, I would think that would make it harder to attract exclusives going forward.
If I'm an artist how comfortable am I supposed to be that tidal will be a viable entity in the future, while also excluding myself from the larger services?
I highly doubt apple will pay more than it does and by publicly announcing that your company desires to be bought out, I would think that would make it harder to attract exclusives going forward.
If I'm an artist how comfortable am I supposed to be that tidal will be a viable entity in the future, while also excluding myself from the larger services?
Please don't give Eddy Cue any ideas.
At one time this would have been a joke and I'd be joking with you. Now...something like this could really happen in today's Apple, where they're selling earbuds designed by Will.i.am whose taste is and letting or appearing to let comments from Taylor Swift influence major negotations. So....Shhhh...really, don't let Eddy hear about this. 
Not to mention the HUGE amount of money, and the successful products Apple have launched since Tim Cook was CEO, you left that part out I see
I've actually been hoping that Apple would buy Tidal to save it from the current owners. I loved Tidal, and subscribed to it, before the Jay-Z takeover. Their curation back then was great (now it's all pop/hip-hop), and I'm a fan of the lossless support.
But with Kayne doing this... whatever. Tidal can just go die quietly somewhere. Apple doesn't need it badly enough to put up with that guy.
But with Kayne doing this... whatever. Tidal can just go die quietly somewhere. Apple doesn't need it badly enough to put up with that guy.
To be honest, I'd love to use Apple Music instead of Tidal. Although as far as I know Tidal is the only streaming service to offer lossless audio streaming. If Apple offered uncompressed audio streaming, I'd switch.
It's really difficult to assess actual intelligence when the person's public persona is so ******* crazy. Okay there's the marriage to a tasteless narcissistic diva to consider. But that doesn't mean Kim Kardashian is not smart.
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In other news Kanye West asked God to help him with his career.
And in a rare moment of Divine intervention, God responded and said,
"I cannot help you with your career my son. How could me, God, ruin it better than you?"
And in a rare moment of Divine intervention, God responded and said,
"I cannot help you with your career my son. How could me, God, ruin it better than you?"
I never even gave tidal a thought, but now that I know This egomaniacal douche is involved ill actively work to destroy it!! He may be a bigger self centered egomaniac than Trump! His music sucks too!!
It's really difficult to assess actual intelligence when the person's public persona is so batsh*t crazy. Okay there's the marriage to a tasteless narcissistic diva to consider. But that doesn't mean Kim Kardashian is not smart.
It's hard to believe Kim Kardashians net worth based off of a television show which is complete garbage. This is one screwed up world we live in.
Such a douche. His rants remind me of the spam emails in my junk folder, "Good day to you kind sir, my name is ..."
How Kim puts up with it, I'll never know.
How Kim puts up with it, I'll never know.
That's what I was thinking too. He wants a broker's fee for something that was already obvious.
wow so much unfounded hatred and bitterness. you guys are really wonderful people
Speaking like this is one thing. Actually writing something like this...
The correct way to say it is: "give Jay his check now and stop trying to act AS IF you Steve."