The Official Jay-Z's "Tidal" Streaming Service Thread (New Stand Up Comedy Series Added)

[texasdaking88]

“He’s not mad about mass incarceration. He’s not mad about wealth inequality. He’s not mad about the minimum wage not being high enough. He’s mad because millionaire artists are not getting a bigger cut of the money from the music that they make,” Watkins said. “Whatever his little corporate beef is right now, if that beef were not occurring, would Jay Z still be pulling out the race card on this issue?”

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Jay Z bought Tidal in January for a reported $56 million. Since then, it’s been besieged by branding problems, bad press, layoffs and the departure of CEO Andy Chen.

The streaming service was originally billed as being created to put control of music back in the hands of artists. Its relaunch in March — by some of the richest musicians on the planet including Madonna, Kanye West, Beyoncé and Rihanna — arguably hurt the brand’s image.

The streaming service kicked off with two subscription tiers: a basic membership for $9.99 per month and a $19.99 membership for better sound quality. While Tidal has promised exclusive content, some consumers say that’s not enough, especially when they can use “freemium” streaming services like Spotify.

On Monday, Beyoncé and Nicki Minaj dropped the surprise music video for “Feeling Myself” exclusively on Jay Z’s service. Within hours of its debut, the footage had been ripped and posted on other websites, reinforcing the question of whether Tidal is worth the cost.

“Are there a million people who would sign up to get that exclusive?” Russ Crupnick, managing partner of streaming industry research firm MusicWatch, recently asked TheWrap. “Forgetting piracy. If that special album came out in Walmart or iTunes, how many people would buy it?”

While Spotify has a free option, and Pandora generates free custom radio stations, Tidal is just an app that streams music — for a hefty price, Crupnick explained.

Jay Z did not respond to TheWrap’s request for comment.

But as Tidal’s struggles mount, Watkins believes they have little to do with the struggle for civil rights, despite Jay Z’s protestations.

“If you’re a Jay Z fan and you want to get behind him on this because he told you to do it, that’s fine. But this is far from any kind of meaningful statement on civil rights.”

Retardation at it's finest ..you gotta love the transparent attempt to deflect from Jay's actual point.....

"look look ...he aint MLK soooooooooooo he can't talk about any inequality... where was his march thru selma!!!"

FOH ...lmao

Yep.. And Ive seen Jay talk about all of those issues before at different times

 

[Max.]

 

[fuck gay-z]

BUDDENS OF ALL PPL BODYIN THIS FUK NIGGA! LMFAO!
http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.cultofmac.com/323844/rapper-explains-why-jay-z-is-smearing-apple-with-the-race-card/&sa=U&ei=gGhkVaPlBMWyggTu9oHICQ&ved=0CB4QqQIoADAC&usg=AFQjCNFDplgucxw62eyn1E8hUbtOjAl8PA

YEEZY SAID FUK THIS NIGGA ALREADY! #DEAD
http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.eurweb.com/2015/05/kanye-to-bounce-from-jay-zs-tidal-for-apple-music-looks-like-it/&sa=U&ei=gGhkVaPlBMWyggTu9oHICQ&ved=0CCEQ-AsoATAC&usg=AFQjCNEAkQnoTJv5Nz2rNcYVZhirbFpwCQ

DAME WIT DA BODYBAG! LMAO
http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/22/damon-dash-jay-z-youtube-spotify-diss_n_7423898.html&sa=U&ei=gGhkVaPlBMWyggTu9oHICQ&ved=0CC0QqQIoADAF&usg=AFQjCNHgRpMRAFEvOrU1He5q5InDVJuU3g

 

[supergangster]

why did jay z buy tidal for 56 million dollar when he can make his own company with same kind of busniss?

 

[MeekMonizzLLLLLLe14]

why did jay z buy tidal for 56 million dollar when he can make his own company with same kind of busniss?

the ground-work had already been laid; infrastructure, subscriber base and all that.

and then he fucked up the groundwork with a shitty press conference/twitter campaign

 

[GetoBoy]

why did jay z buy tidal for 56 million dollar when he can make his own company with same kind of busniss?

the ground-work had already been laid; infrastructure, subscriber base and all that.

and then he fucked up the groundwork with a shitty press conference/twitter campaign

Yea becuz tidal was booming b4 jay lol /s

 

[fuck gay-z]

H2O ass niggaz is bodyin this fuk nigga! LMFAO
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http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.nbcnews.com/watch/nbc-news-channel/denver-water-takes-jay-z-to-task-over-water-cost-452073539696&sa=U&ei=BrplVbTLF7SKsQTWnIDgCA&ved=0CCsQqQIoADAE&usg=AFQjCNGSvLsx0MyFJkd4bH7VqyS35FVjhw

BODYBAG!!
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[usmarin3]

why did jay z buy tidal for 56 million dollar when he can make his own company with same kind of busniss?

the ground-work had already been laid; infrastructure, subscriber base and all that.

and then he fucked up the groundwork with a shitty press conference/twitter campaign

Yes they have 200k more subscribers than the previous owners.

 

[MeekMonizzLLLLLLe14]

why did jay z buy tidal for 56 million dollar when he can make his own company with same kind of busniss?

the ground-work had already been laid; infrastructure, subscriber base and all that.

and then he fucked up the groundwork with a shitty press conference/twitter campaign

Yes they have 200k more subscribers than the previous owners.

Yeah but that number could have been bigger if so many fans weren't turned off by the launch. Look at the tidal promo videos. 16K is dislikes and the majority of that anger was after people saw the press conference.

 

[soul rattler]

I can't believe what I'm reading

Guy 1: Why didn't Jay start his own shit instead of buying someone else's shit?

Guy 2: because the shit he bought was already established

Guy 3: Yeah but then he fucked it up

Guy 4: Actually it's better now than it was before he bought it

Guy 3: Yeah but people who were never going to use it anyway pressed the 'dislike' button

Powerful niggatry afoot

 

[kingofkingz]

Truthfully i don't support anything jay do cuz he's all about making money he don't give a fuck about the people

 

[usmarin3]

Truthfully i don't support anything jay do cuz he's all about making money he don't give a fuck about the people

I know right. Like J Cole, Lupe, Jay Electronica,etc. Fuck that nigga.

 

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[Max.]

"putting art back into the forefront , its about bring humanity back into the artist"

 

[just.might.b.ok]

Truthfully i don't support anything jay do cuz he's all about making money he don't give a fuck about the people

I know right. Like J Cole, Lupe, Jay Electronica,etc. Fuck that nigga.

Dont lie homie, you're already paying for this bullshit ass service aint you?

 

[MarcusGarvey]

If it was $4.99 per, I'd subscribe, too expensive

 

[dalyricalbandit]

Hov needs to take a page out of WWE's book and lower that price to

 

[Nah Son]

Aye Monizzle did I really just read you make a point by bringing up video dislikes really bruh lmao

 

[MeekMonizzLLLLLLe14]

Aye Monizzle did I really just read you make a point by bringing up video dislikes really bruh lmao

bruh how many artists like jay-z get more dislikes than likes. In a world full of jigga warriors and bey stans your telling more more people disliked the video? That's pretty rare on some based god shit. Point being if that many people disliked it Tidal fucked up.

 

[CJ]

Hov needs to take a page out of WWE's book and lower that price to

It is 9.99