Memphis Bleek Gives His Honest Take On Tidal: “Sometimes Greatness Takes Time, Even When You’re Jay Z”

Written By Cyrus Langhorne

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Former Roc-A-Fella Records artist Memphis Bleek recently dished out his feelings toward the newly released Tidal music streaming service amid the mixed reviews it has received since its launch last month.

Despite not being big on the music streaming game, Bleek said he had to support longtime mentor Jay Z‘s new service.

“I really don’t know too much about the Internet world. I’m brand new to it myself. I don’t have Pandora and I don’t have Spotify, but you know that I’ve got Tidal because I’m riding for my crew. I think, because Jay Z’s behind it, the expectations are high. When you’re associated with greatness, people expect everything that you do to happen overnight. Sometimes greatness takes time, even when you’re Jay Z.” (Complex)

Bleek also revealed he has already started doing business with Tidal.

“Me and my partner just did a deal with Tidal for our royalty revenue and our publishing revenue to be streamlined back directly to us because there is no label. We are the label. So I don’t know how other artists will go about that.” (Complex)

Last week, Jay Z announced he would be performing at an exclusive New York venue for Tidal subscribers.

Jay Z announced an exclusive New York concert for Tidal subscribers that will find the rapper performing tracks he’s never played onstage or songs that haven’t been part of his live arsenal for over a decade. Dubbed “Tidal X: Jay Z B-Sides,” the one-off concert will come to an as-yet-unnamed “intimate New York City” venue on May 13th. (Rolling Stone)

Young Hov resorted to his Twitter page last month to assure Tidal subscribers of the service’s promising future.

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Written by Cyrus Langhorne

SOHH.com Writer. You're likely to find me covering hip-hop news and music releases. Netflix is still my go-to before Disney Plus.

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  1. “I really don’t know too much about the Internet world. I’m brand new to it myself.”
    Take ur time Bleek, the internet has only been out a hot minute….

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