Rapper Kanye West debuted “his new album, ‘The Life of Pablo,’ exclusively through the Jay Z-owned [Tidal] streaming music service,” Patrick Seitz reports for Investor’s Business Daily. “West also announced that he would not offer the album through Apple.”
“It’s been a busy few days for self-proclaimed genius West. He released his new album on Tidal after performing on ‘Saturday Night Live’ over the weekend,” Seitz reports. “He also announced that he is $53 million in debt and asked Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg for $1 billion. And he got into a new spat with pop star Taylor Swift and proclaimed himself this generation’s Walt Disney.”
MacDailyNews Take: And then he announced he was going into intensive therapy to treat his delusions of grandeur brought on by unchecked Narcissistic Personality Disorder? No, not yet? Too bad.
“West later took to Twitter to announce that the album would never be on Apple iTunes, Apple Music and presumably other services, such as Spotify,” Seitz reports. “‘My album will never never never be on Apple. And it will never be for sale… You can only get it on Tidal,’ West tweeted on Monday.”
“Tidal might not get much traction from the West album release because it upset customers who wanted to download the album,” Seitz reports. “Tidal initially offered the album as a digital download, as well as via the streaming option. But customers who paid for the album (at $20 a pop) were unable to download it. They were also hit with a mysterious $1 service fee, TechCrunch reported. Some customers reported being double-billed for the album and the service fee. West later decided not to offer the album for download on Tidal, and customers are left waiting for refunds.”
MacDailyNews Take: All three of them?
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MacDailyNews Take: The Life of Pablum is more like it.
Richard Windsor, Edison Investment Research analyst, in a note to clients today:
“Apple and Spotify are likely to be the main beneficiaries of Tidal’s woes, but we think that Tidal’s numbers are so small that it is unlikely to make a visible difference to either company. Apple and Spotify remain the two leaders in music streaming and the only two (excluding YouTube) that are likely to be around long term.”
SEE ALSO:
Jay Z’s Tidal music service loses second CEO in six months – June 23, 2015
Half of Tidal’s owners may have to pull their own music – May 29, 2015
Why Jay-Z’s Tidal music venture is a complete disaster – May 28, 2015
Jay-Z’s Tidal music service is already a spectacular flop – April 21, 2015
Why Jay-Z’s ‘Tidal’ music subscription service doesn’t matter – March 31, 2015
Perhaps he’s in debt cuzzzzzz his music sucks …. Jus sayin🤔
Anyway not really gonna miss his presence in iTunes soooooo
Too bad for him the “tide” just went out.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
But wait…didn’t he proclaim himself a musical genius?
Those who think they are usually do.
Kanye West is an idiot. I change the radio station if I hear one of his songs come on. He is a talented musician but his stupidity makes it unbearable to listen to him.
I wouldn’t even know one of his songs.
He’s a rapper, therefor he doesn’t have any “songs”.
They’re called tracks, yo. Get it right.
Can someone flush this shit stain down the toilet. It just will not go away. Really greasy.
Minstrel says what?
Announcing he is 53 million in debt brings a smile to my face! Couldn’t happen to a better person!
Well, maybe that Dr. character …
Just did a search and saw it on usenet… Not that I’m going to waste time and bandwidth downloading it…
Big loud mouth, big debt.
Time to call in all Kanye West loans. Bankrupt the a$$hole.
No bankruptcy for him, he needs to pay off his debt.
Epic is right……
EPIC FAIL! blahahah
Ms Swift tore him a new assh#le at the Grammy’s; way to go girl!
Speaking of idiots, who in the world let this clown run up an 8-figure tab?
-jcr
My Music is 100% Exclusive to iTunes and it won’t be long before I sell more than that dumb nut!
Next, he’ll try to storm the podium on Inauguration Day, grab the microphone and say Beyoncé should have won the presidency by write-in ballots.
This generation’s Walt Disney? More like this generation’s Goofy.
No problem, Kanye’s fans will be happy to pirate his album. It’s not like his fans are so moral that they would never pirate.
“My album will never never never be on Apple”
And now you know why he is $53 million in debt.
How do you like your $1B, Mr West, in one big LARDASS I presume.
Epitomizes “legend in his own mind”
Promises, promises. Thanks for doing the world a favor and banishing your POS music (and personality) to parts unknown.
I smell something.
is it hammer time?
do I smell mc hammer?
Why is the noise he produces referred to as “music”?
I also saw on GM America it was pointed out his wife’s net worth is about what he is declaring that he is in the hole. Maybe he means she took him for that amount? 😜
Oh well. It’s his funeral. His “music” sucks anyway.
“And it will never be for sale… You can only get it on Tidal,’ West tweeted on Monday.””
So he invested 53 million bucks in Tidal?
Can we preface “Rapper Kanye West” with Idiot? So the first sentence in this story reads, ‘Idiot rapper Kanye West “debuted his new album “Life of….”