http://www.vibe.com/2016/05/all-the-way-up-remix-jay-z-tidal/?utm_source=sc-tw&utm_medium=ref&utm_campaign=allthewayupremix

"Prince left his masters where they safe and sound, we never gonna let the elevator take them down."--Jay Z

bashraka said:

He's probably just boasting that because people are leaving Tidal, no reason to stay.

Great. So the guy who can't manage a record label to save his life is now in control of Prince's masters.

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He's killed so many careers by signing people with him. I'm worried.

benni said:

Only thing on Tidal I want that isn't available anywhere else is the 12" instrumental of GOD. However, I am not paying $20 for a digital file. I'll wait until the estate/trust gives WB their permission to release everything remastered and in deluxe editions.
Or for someone to send me an orgnote I mean, I did buy the other Tidal exclusives in flac format. But they were reasonably priced...

suomynona said:

Only thing on Tidal I want that isn't available anywhere else is the 12" instrumental of GOD.

uh? I got God Instrumental 12'' from iTunes some years ago

So he has time to boast about Prince Masters but doesn't have time to make comments on Prince passing? He just made that remark to plug in Tidal. Such a fraud.

fabriziovenerandi said:

suomynona said:

Only thing on Tidal I want that isn't available anywhere else is the 12" instrumental of GOD.

uh? I got God Instrumental 12'' from iTunes some years ago

It's not in the U.S. store. And if it is, it's not lossless.

mjscarousal said:

TIDAL was a bad move

reading this feels like a kick in the gut I guess there'll be lots of those in the months to come just AWFUL

CalhounSq said:

reading this feels like a kick in the gut I guess there'll be lots of those in the months to come just AWFUL

It was very inappropriate but he always impressed me as being cold and calculating.

I wonder if Jay knows the conspiracy theory is already out there that he's behind this?

Another vulture! I don't know if Beyonce's album coming out to rival Prince's claim on the charts was a coincidence. I feel like they thought that since everyone was coming to Tidal to look for Prince's music that they hit people with Beyonce on the front page and she debuted (?) #1 on the charts. How opportune and evil. People only care about their almighty dollar. No respect!

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let's face it, nobody is gonna put out songs like prince would have. that's why prince is prince and they are them.

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Prince did sign with TIDAL and supported both the streaming service and Jay-Z very vocally.

He did entrust them with his masters and he did this all before he passed. Therefore I can see no ethical issue with TIDAL other than peoples preferences, which were not Prince's.

TIDAL was where Prince wanted people to access his music. What's the problem?

maseratigirl said:

I didn't know any of this so I was foolish enough to sign up for Tidal. I'm just doing the free 30 day trial and then I'm out. They don't even have 20Ten and that's the cd I want to hear. I've heard songs from it watching his performances but I want to hear the entire cd. I feel bad for signing up after reading everyone's post. Where else can I go to listen to his music. I had a lot of CDs but I don't know where they are because I've moved so much. #LoveU4EverMyPrince💜💜💜

Also, look up both the piano & microphone tracks ('Black Sweat', 'Joy in Repetition', 'Little Red Corvette/Dirty Mind)' and songs like 'If I Can Get Your Attention' & 'Free Urself'. The NPGMC albums are also on the site as is 'The War', etc.

As for being 'foolish' enough to sign up for Tidal, it is where Prince wanted us to access his music. Without Tidal we probably would never have heard Phase 1 & 2 and other music.

Is there an interview of Prince or something in which he explains why he chose Tidal to let people hear his music?

Also, why didn't he start his own streaming service?

fabriziovenerandi said:

uh? I got God Instrumental 12'' from iTunes some years ago

It's not available on iTunes in America. I'm guessing you're in Europe.

I have an account there. I wouldn't have been able to download Lemonade otherwise. I guess I'll also purchase Prince's albums from there...

maseratigirl said:

I didn't know any of this so I was foolish enough to sign up for Tidal. I'm just doing the free 30 day trial and then I'm out. They don't even have 20Ten and that's the cd I want to hear. I've heard songs from it watching his performances but I want to hear the entire cd. I feel bad for signing up after reading everyone's post. Where else can I go to listen to his music. I had a lot of CDs but I don't know where they are because I've moved so much. #LoveU4EverMyPrince💜💜💜

Hey, don't feel "foolish" or bad in any way for trying Tidal. I did the 30-day free trial too (just ran out the other day in fact). No harm, no foul.

I joined TIDAL to download Prince music I don't have. I will be leaving TIDAL as soon as I download the music. If this is Prince's streaming home, I will go there.

Prince liked Tidal. He used it, he wanted his fans to use it. It's also the best streaming platform there is from a technical standpoint.

RE: Jay-Z rapping about Prince... If you're going to try and be clever and reference Prince's work in your song, don't say elevator when you really mean "de-elevator".

RE: The subject matter "Prince left his masters where they safe and sound" - Did he? Is there any actual evidence Prince "left" his masters with or to Tidal?

[Edited 6/14/16 7:40am]

Ironically, it's likely Prince's death that ensures Tidal will survive.

Eileen said:

Ironically, it's likely Prince's death that ensures Tidal will survive.

No it isn't. They have 3 million members paying at least $10 per month. They're turning over AT LEAST $30 million a month. Apparently 1.3 million members are paying for the HiFi version at $20 a month. Tidal will be fine.

Not to mention upon Prince's death anyone who wanted his music went out and bought his CDs.

RiotPaisley said:

The worst is the varying sound quality. Some tracks I have to turn WAY up and then Something new comes on and blasts me out of the room. Also the buffering. No one listening to music should be subjected to buffering. Also re: the cost... So I have the least expensive Internet. If someone is watching Netflix in one room and I am trying to listening to Tidal, or any other streaming service for that matter, I'm buffering every 5 minutes it seems. It sucks. So really tidal costs 10.00 +whatever your wifi bill is. Boo hiss.

I don't have any issues with the sound. Infact Prince's SOTT sounds 10 times better than it EVER has on CD. I can jump from SOTT (very quiet CD) to TGE (very loud CD) without having to touch the volume.

As for you internet connection... well that seems like the weak point in your setup. Occationally I hit play and have to wait a couple of seconds before the track will play. This is however true of every streaming service.