Kanye West, one of the most prevalent hip-hop artists of the 21st century, has tweeted that his album will "never never never" be on Apple Music and will never be for sale. Kanye released his album The Life of Pablo late Saturday night exclusively on Tidal -- the music streaming service that was recently relaunched under Jay-Z.
Tidal quickly became the number one free app on Apple's iOS App Store after the album's release. Fans were under the impression that the album would remain a Tidal exclusive for a week or two, but that is not the case according to Kanye.
Kanye also says he will be releasing tons of new songs every Friday -- exclusively on Tidal.
Prior to Apple Music's launch, Kanye was rumored to release his upcoming album alongside Apple Music. Kanye is still well-connected with Apple Music's Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre, and he was even spotted wearing a rare Gold Apple Watch link bracelet.
It's hard to believe Kanye's label will let him keep The Life of Pablo off Apple Music permanently, but this surely heats up the exclusive content battle between music streaming services. Apple's efforts to attract users to Apple Music through exclusive content seems to be working. The company recently revealed it had over 11 million paying subscribers on its 6-month old music streaming service, likely fueled by exclusive content from artists including Drake, Taylor Swift, and Future.
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King Rollo - February 19, 2016 at 3:54am
Kanye Who ? What's this tidal?....
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lemon4611 - February 18, 2016 at 12:04am
Good, it sucks anyways!
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Yazdan khazeni - February 17, 2016 at 4:35pm
pleaaaase!! Don't do this to us
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mcqueenhh - February 17, 2016 at 10:58am
no one listen to your music don't worry!!!
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Ben111 - February 17, 2016 at 10:52am
Like we care... maybe he should keep it for himself... Just for himself...
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SayingWhatEveryonesThinking - February 16, 2016 at 11:38pm
In that case I think I'll sign up for Apple Music after all.
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Poppy - February 16, 2016 at 9:19pm
Taylor Swift WIN, Kanye you LOSE
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Mang Domeng - February 16, 2016 at 6:31pm
Kanye what?! Why would I spend money on his music? I don't listen to his crappy rap music. Besides, there are more explicit lyrics in hiphop than rock music. Rock and roll!
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Fred - February 16, 2016 at 5:58pm
Just another professional victim.
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Captain Japan - February 16, 2016 at 2:37pm
That's a good thing!!
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Maxjay - February 16, 2016 at 7:48am
Don't care! Wouldn't buy his music now he thinks he is God, he needs to come back down to earth.
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Tonybony - February 16, 2016 at 7:03am
Some years ago at the end of an Apple Keynote, Steve Jobs closed it with Douchbag West.... He probably forgets when where and who helped him get seen worldwide for the first time
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MannyG - February 16, 2016 at 5:56am
Don't care for his music and his attitude much less. However, looking through the app, I realized what great esthetics it has. Very nice color combination and refreshing from the same shit apple gives us. I wish they gave us at least 3 or 4 different types of looks which we could easily change. I don't always want hospital white. I rally enjoyed the greys and blacks of the Tidal app which still looked really clean.
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MannyG - February 16, 2016 at 5:57am
Though I'm not saying this is bad at all only that it gets boring after a while. I'm the type nonperson who also switches cases every so often regardless of how great they are because I get bored of the same one. Please apple, give us at least a couple more color options and make them easy to switch. Thank you.
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Taylor Swift - February 16, 2016 at 4:50am
I refuse to listen to him, I turn the station EVERY time he's in a song.
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Super Shenanigans - February 16, 2016 at 4:41am
Long time reader, first time writer...
Thanks Kanye- I'll never never never subscribe to Tidal. There are other nefarious ways to acquire music when things in the industry are this ridiculous...
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YeboYes - February 16, 2016 at 5:53am
Awesome :). I agree - he's terrible.
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ChiChi - February 16, 2016 at 4:09am
Thank God!! Let us also wish that Keeping Up with the Kraptashians will "never never never" be offered in iTunes as well.
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Freaky Franklin - February 16, 2016 at 3:50am
This guy will never pay his debt to society.
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wakaka - February 16, 2016 at 3:47am
Who cares! I don't like your music anyway
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AverageReviewer - February 16, 2016 at 3:28am
Lol he just increased his chance of people just illegally downloading his music instead, he's the one loosing money on that garbage xD
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