The topic was buying CD's and ripping them, exclusively, is better than streaming. Buying couple of odd-ball imports or oldies isn't the point here.
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Tidal Owner Jay Z Has Removed All of His Albums From Apple Music [Updated]
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The topic was buying CD's and ripping them, exclusively, is better than streaming. Buying couple of odd-ball imports or oldies isn't the point here.
I have the Apple Music free trial, and I have seen songs randomly go missing. That and I'm forced to use iTunes to listen to whatever is available. Not what I want happening in my library. So I keep the ones I really care about local.
P.S. Just noticed the Mac Pro in your signature. Nice rig, similar to my brother's that I'm becoming jealous of. SM951 is a killer SSD too.
Wow. What a way with words you have. Your eloquent prose is like the smell of a rose on a summers day. I would love to hang out with you sometime. I bet your lots of fun. Mwah
People might subscribe to both his service and Apple Music. And I guess it gets him in the news again.
My apologies. I just get so tired of hearing about these two as if they are gods gift to the world.
No great loss there...and please, take Kanye with you!
Oh no. What will we do now.
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Seriously though, it's funny how everyone is debating the Spotify vs Apple Music thing - who's doing better at what etc and then there's a fuss suddenly made over Tidal and we all have something to agree on.
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Seriously though, it's funny how everyone is debating the Spotify vs Apple Music thing - who's doing better at what etc and then there's a fuss suddenly made over Tidal and we all have something to agree on.
He isn't cutting out record labels by blocking the competition of the other major streaming services - only guys getting hit hard by this, is the customers
I used the term record labels loosely, he is still profiting from taking streaming control. Yes customers are getting screwed. That's not cool. But business is business. Apple charge high premiums for their products which members of this site continually moan about on the daily. There's no difference. Maybe he wasn't happy with the deal that Apple wanted to cut with him which is why he took this route. Apple are notorious for knocking supplier prices down whilst keeping their own product prices up.
What person with a brain gives two ***** what this drug dealer scumbag does?
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Shawn Carter, known professionally as rapper Jay Z, appears to have removed his entire solo album collection from Apple Music overnight. Now, when searching for "Jay Z" on Apple Music, only songs in which he collaborated with other artists are available to stream on the service in the United States and elsewhere.
Jay Z has removed select albums from Apple Music in the past, but this is the first time he has pulled his entire catalog of albums from the service, including Reasonable Doubt, The Blueprint, and The Black Album. Only some his collaborations with Kanye West, Linkin Park, R. Kelly, and Rihanna remain.
Jay Z co-owns Tidal, a rival streaming music service, so his decision to remove his discography from Apple Music could be for competitive reasons. Kanye West, another stakeholder in Tidal, also implied that there might be some animosity between Apple and Jay Z in a series of tweets last year.
Jay Z's albums appear to have been removed from Spotify recently as well, so his decision might be unrelated to any potential feud with Apple. Spotify on Twitter today said it can "confirm that some of Jay Z's catalogue has been removed at the request of the artist," but it did not provide a specific reason.
Jay Z's albums are still available for purchase on iTunes, while his wife Beyoncé still offers many of her songs and albums on Apple Music, including the newly added single "Die With You," which was just released as a digital download today. However, the music video for "Die With You" is exclusive to Tidal.
Tidal's other stakeholders, including Kanye West, Rihanna, Nicki Minaj, Daft Punk, Jack White, Madonna, Arcade Fire, Alicia Keys, Usher, and Calvin Harris, also continue to offer many of their songs and albums on Apple Music.
Tidal costs $9.99 per month, the same price as Apple Music, while a premium tier with high-fidelity sound is available for $19.99 per month. Tidal said it had over 3 million subscribers in March 2016, but recent reports have claimed it may have been falsely inflating the number of paying customers it had.
Apple Music had over 20 million subscribers as of last December, while Spotify recently announced it surpassed 50 million paying customers.
Sprint acquired a 33 percent stake in Tidal in January, and at the time it said it would give its customers "unlimited access to exclusive artist content not available anywhere else." Under the deal, artists partnering with Tidal will create music that will only be available to the carrier's customers.
It's unclear at this point if Sprint's stake in Tidal has anything to do with Jay Z's music being removed from Apple Music or Spotify.
Apple and Jay Z's music label Roc Nation did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Universal Music Group deferred comment to Roc Nation.
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