Tidal Owner Jay Z Has Removed All of His Albums From Apple Music [Updated]

[flat five]

Still getting his music on spotify.

yeah, still on Apple Music too.

this whole article is baloney.. and the resulting 'discussion' even moreso.

not sure why the post is still up as it's already been pointed out earlier in the thread to be false.

 

[Mcmeowmers]

Who is this jay z and tidal you speak of. Oh wait isn't he Beyoncé's husband.

Lol. I think Jay Z is better than Beyonce. And I don't even like Jay Z.

 

[simonmet]

Mastered for iTunes is actually a specification one must adhere to in the mastering studio not in the mix process. Besides the 1db of headroom for peak to avoid clipping from transient peaks during encoding, Mastered for iTunes specs specify that the AAC encoded audio encoding process occur from a 24bit mastered source. bit depth > lossless for audio quality (so long as the sample rate is a frequency response above human hearing limits.

While the 1db of headroom will largely go unnoticed, the extra resolution in the bit depth will allow for less aliasing in low frequency low volume passages or content.

What are you saying? That CDs aren't made from 24-bit or better masters? That's ridiculous.

What Apple are (rightly) saying is that you can't go from from say 96 or 196/24-32-bit master down to CD and then compress that CD (or perhaps even multiple steps of sub-sampling/compression). That results in needless quality loss. You should use the highest quality master/source to encode the 256 Kbps AAC in one go.

Let me repeat again. Lossy AACc cannot be better than standard CD unless perhaps if they retain higher-than-CD sample rates or bit depths, which I don't believe Apple does, and even then it's a stretch.

 

[Solomani]

He is desperate to be relevant.

Now that JayZ has removed all his music from Apple Music….. can we please remove any further JayZ related articles/news from MacRumors' front page?

Technically, he has ceased to be relevant to any Apple-related news.

 

[FelixDerKater]

Use the iTunes revenue to build your company...

 

[vikingjunior]

Speaking of Jay Z does he still hold a stake in the Barclay center and those pathetic Brooklyn Nets.

 

[-BigMac-]

All his music is still on Apple Music........................................

 

[flat five]

Speaking of Jay Z does he still hold a stake in the Barclay center and those pathetic Brooklyn Nets.

he sold his stake a couple of years ago when he started a sports agency business (basically- a talent agency for athletes)..
so, conflict of interest if also owning a professional sports team

 

[AZREOSpecialist]

Apple should focus on singers who actually have talent.

 

[Aloft085]

Not interesting in paying for a niche music service.

 

[_Refurbished_]

When they realized that nobody cared.

 

[makeintosh]

Emptying the trash is a good thing!

 

[OneMike]

Tidal is not relevant and I won't miss him nor will 99.9% of music lovers.

Believe that nonsense if you want. Carry on.

 

[flat five]

heh, i really wish jay z would post a response to everyone talking the big talk. he'd murder all yall suckas in one sentence.
; )

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edit
oh wait, i forgot...
"i don't rap to suckas"

 

[dantroline]

All his music is still on Apple Music.

Is it music? That's the question I'm asking myself.

 

[Shirasaki]

I listen to Jay-Z at least once a week. Doesn't affect me as I own the music. This is the problem with renting music or really, leasing. Once you stop paying or Apple feels like it or the Artist has a conflict of interest, the listener suffers.

IT's still far better to buy the music you love.

Not to mention most Japanese music I own or rip or borrow don't have on Apple Music. Apple Music is only serving United States citizens I believe.

Continue buying those albums for songs I love. Offline access is crucial and even more important now.

I'm not a Jay Z fan but all this online exclusivity makes me even more glad I still buy and rip CDs so I don't have to put up with the BS that the service I subscribe to doesn't stream the artist I want to listen too.

I never pay streaming music. Just hate that idea. Once you go offline, you lose everything.

Amen to that, never liked streaming music

Same.

Who is Jay-Z?

Never heard about him either.

 

[johannnn]

Not to mention most Japanese music I own or rip or borrow don't have on Apple Music. Apple Music is only serving United States citizens I believe.

Definitely serves us Europeans as well. Asian music is so-so. I feel like the library of cpop is ok, but jpop is subpar.

 

[Cheffy Dave]

WHO? Oh yeah, Jay Z, alas poor Orick, we new him well, we did?

 

[coolfactor]

Not interesting in paying for a niche music service.

Are you saying that Apple Music is a niche music service? Do you know what niche means?

 

[sudo1996]

Not to mention most Japanese music I own or rip or borrow don't have on Apple Music. Apple Music is only serving United States citizens I believe.

I listen to a lot of Arabic music on Apple Music. They seem to have a good selection of that despite it not being popular in the United States. I think it's popular in Europe, so that might be why.

But yeah, I usually listen to my large offline library. Even if I weren't worried about my subscription library disappearing, I can't use it if I don't have an Internet connection (unlike with Spotify), so it's obviously not viable on the go. Cell data isn't free, and I lose connection often.

 

[Amorie]

No, there hasn't been an ad based subscription offered by Apple.

Ummm.....yes there has.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITunes_Radio

 

[MH01]

So......given his music is still on Apple Music , is MR going to remove this fake news? Or just use it as click bait and take a credibility hit?

Or am I missing something ?

 

[Zanton68]

This is great news for Apple Music. Let's hope Beats1 is next to go

 

[blumpy]

What are you saying? That CDs aren't made from 24-bit or better masters? That's ridiculous.

What Apple are (rightly) saying is that you can't go from from say 96 or 196/24-32-bit master down to CD and then compress that CD (or perhaps even multiple steps of sub-sampling/compression). That results in needless quality loss. You should use the highest quality master/source to encode the 256 Kbps AAC in one go.

Let me repeat again. Lossy AACc cannot be better than standard CD unless perhaps if they retain higher-than-CD sample rates or bit depths, which I don't believe Apple does, and even then it's a stretch.

No, what I'm saying is that CD mastering is converted from source mix into 16 bit after processing. Unlike AAC which during the conversion from 24bit to AAC the extended dynamics is preserved.

Also, very few professional recordings are done at 96k and virtually none are 192k. A mix on an analog desk might be printed as 96k 24-bit or 192k but very few multi-tracks are recorded at this resolution (film aside).

There's also no benefit in bit depth beyond 24 bit. 32-bit float multi-tracks are purely to avoid harsh digital overloads during internal processing of a DAW. There is no sound quality benefit as A/D converters cannot fully utilize the full range of 24-bit, unlike 16-bit.

 

[kyykesko]

Also in the news: Nobody cares.