Recode today reports that Kanye West might be making a full u-turn with his latest album by actually offering it to stream on Spotify and Apple Music. Just this week one of the tracks from the album hit Apple Music, further driving speculation that a full release was imminent.
This is a step in a very different direction from what West previously vocalized on Twitter about a month ago. Indicating that the album would never be available on Apple, West urged “friends fans and music lovers” to sign up to Tidal now.
With the album’s original release, there were many indications that the album had yet to have been finished. Yesterday a few Redditors noticed that West’s album had undergone significant musical changes on its current streaming platform Tidal. These latest changes, being the largest the album has experienced thus far, had many believing the album was reaching its completion.
https://twitter.com/gregbarbosa/status/715389214657937408
After tweeting a stream of lyrics from one of his songs, Kanye also happened to post a link to ilovekanyesong.com. The site features direct links to the song as available from Tidal, Apple Music, and Spotify.
Outside of Kanye West’s album debacle, Tidal is still not without its own issues. Norwegian newspaper Dagens Naeringsliv is reporting that Jay Z is going after the previous owners of Tidal seeking compensation for under reporting the true number of subscribers to the service.
Update: The album is now propagating through Apple Music and Spotify.
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Too late Kayne, we all downloaded your album for free.
That’s the weird part. If someone previously pirated the album, how do they know they have the “latest” one?
I know a lot of people used Tidal and enabled it for offline streaming, but because of that they had to delete the album and re-enable for offline to hear the latest changes.
Kanye’s way of handling this album, and then releasing updates presents a new challenge and endeavor for streaming platforms and users alike.
Can we #BoycottApple for accepting this drivel?
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Nah.
I honestly don’t see the point of this hate. He made something of himself coming from the southside of Chicago to becoming a major player in driving pop culture now. You should respect his work ethic instead of hating on him. We know “he’s an asshole and self centered” but he hasn’t been acting like that for the past couple years. Move on, shit is outplayed.
Wow. Sad day when a winkie emoji isn’t enough to express sarcasm.
But to answer some of your points, respect has to be earned. He has not done anything to earn my respect.
He is actually a lot like Trump. Knows how to play the game better than most. That is his one and only talent.
And you may think he’s stopped acting like that for a few years, but I see it differently.
Which should’ve fine, to each his own.