Fans Can Now Only Buy Or Stream Jay Z’s Top Catalog On TIDAL
When Jay Z bought and relaunched the music streamer now known as TIDAL, he put exclusive content at the center of the service. Music, videos and more by major artists would only be available there.
Jay Z continued to do part to deliver exclusive content to TIDAL this week, quietly pulling more of his major albums from all other music streaming and downloads stores. Jay Z's "Reasonable Doubt" and "Blueprint" albums are also no longer available on Spotify, Apple Music and other music streaming services, or for sale on iTunes and Amazon's digital music store.
"Reasonable Doubt" "The Blueprint 1,2, and 3" and the rest of Jay's catalog continues to be available on Tidal. A Spotify spokesperson told Pitchfork, "We hope he brings them back soon so that his millions of fans on Spotify can enjoy them again."
At a time of declining music sales, eliminating the availability of paid downloads to a single new source, is a bold move; though it comes a far lower cost than it would have just two years ago.
