Noodled24 said:

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?

There are two things to discuss regarding the masters. The legal ownership and the physical ownership. IIRC, up until 2014, Prince had physical ownership but not legal ownership. In 2014, he regained legal ownership, and when that happened I highly doubt that a van full of recordings was delivered back to Paisley Park.

In regards to Tidal, I doubt they have either legal OR physical ownership. I think they have High Resolution digital copies of all of Prince's work - and IMHO that's what Jay-Z is talking about. Again, highly doubt Prince had a van full of physical recordings delivered into Jay-Z's possession.

I could be totally wrong, but I do believe Jay-Z is referencing digital files only.

does he mean the physical masters or the use of them?