Jay Z Reportedly Makes $40 Million Bid For Rights To Prince's Unreleased Music

[Tsotsi Cape Town]

Only 40 million tho?

 

[EyeofAsaru]

Hope he gets it too..

Fuck Warner bros

 

[dalyricalbandit]

He won't get it them big labels gonna put up that paper

 

[MrJR]

If Mike was alive this was already gonna be bought.

 

[MeekMonizzLLLLLLe14]

Fuck any streaming service buying Princes catalog to make it "exclusive" to a specific service. Pus 40 mill is a lowball offer.

 

[BackInWhite]

He'd make it right back too

 

[MECCA1000]

40 is a lot for just the unreleased music .....

Hell he only put up 56 for Tidal

what's up with the catalog...does Tidal still have exclusive streaming?

 

[rapmusic]

Man Prince will probably make that off one album. Seems low

 

[Revolver Ocelot]

It's just a bid if true

He won't get it them big labels gonna put up that paper

Most record labels are broke the only competition is Interscope. A smaller label like RocNation can better utilise the catalogue and Jay is rich enough with Beyonce to get enough credit to buy out competing bids. If 40 is a starting bid he's prolly looking to drop 120 mil at the most.

Sony, Universal, and Warner are broke now.

 

[DarthRozay]

Only 40 million tho?

it's the unreleased music. shit could be 85 albums worth of him moaning and groaning to a drum machine, doesn't mean it's gonna be great just cause it's prince.

probably still will be pretty good tho no lie

 

[EyeofAsaru]

Plenty of people(close to him) have said he has songs of purple rain caliber in the vault..Songs he just threw in there because he felt they wasn't good enough or they didn't fit the theme of a album he was working on...Even more strange, people have said that he used to record great songs and erase them right after...

Princes mind was out there bruh

 

[KingFreeman]

Thats some lowball shit.

 

[usmarin3]

How is 40 million for unreleased music lowball. It's not like he is buying his whole catalog.

 

[LcnsdbyROYALTY]

Fuck any streaming service buying Princes catalog to make it "exclusive" to a specific service. Pus 40 mill is a lowball offer.

But his released music is already exclusive to a streaming service. You basically saying fuck Prince right along with Tidal, and with that being said, Fuck you.

 

[MeekMonizzLLLLLLe14]

Fuck any streaming service buying Princes catalog to make it "exclusive" to a specific service. Pus 40 mill is a lowball offer.

But his released music is already exclusive to a streaming service. You basically saying fuck Prince right along with Tidal, and with that being said, Fuck you.

Fuck outta here

His released music can still be purchased through CD's and digitally you can buy his albums outside tidal (just streaming). If he made prince vault music exclusive through tidal and didn't allow it to be sold in stores physically that shit would be against everything prince was about (just saying if he did it not accusing)

As far as prince he hoped (key word hoped) that Tidal would be a platform where artists could make more money off their content so he trusted jay before he died as the streaming exclusive. However Tidal still is not giving small or mid tier artists shit compared to spotify and apple music. All Tidal is doing is paying big time artists for content so the richer artists get richer. Not to mention all summer tidal has been exposed financially.

 

[LcnsdbyROYALTY]

Then get Tidal nigga an shut tha fuck up. Ima download the shyt illegally if it ain't on my service of choice, no harm, no foul. You on the other hand, are gonna cry about it... A streaming service... Smfh

 

[MeekMonizzLLLLLLe14]

Then get Tidal nigga an shut tha fuck up. Ima download the shyt illegally if it ain't on my service of choice, no harm, no foul. You on the other hand, are gonna cry about it... A streaming service... Smfh

It has nothing to do with me signing up for any service. It's the principle of any streaming service potentially trying to make unreleased music of a legend who passed only available through their streaming site and not in a physical CD or digital download. Most likely wont happen but if it does it's fucked up. I am not crying or starting a riot just staying my opinion.

 

[sully]

Only 40 million tho?

it's the unreleased music. shit could be 85 albums worth of him moaning and groaning to a drum machine, doesn't mean it's gonna be great just cause it's prince.

probably still will be pretty good tho no lie

 

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[Ghostdenithegawd]

Plenty of people(close to him) have said he has songs of purple rain caliber in the vault..Songs he just threw it there because he felt they wasn't good enough or they didn't fit the theme of a album he was working on...Even more strange, people have said that he used to record great songs and erase them right after...

Princes mind was out there bruh

Sounded like he recorded for himself