Sir Mix-A-Lot Questions Jay Z’s Tidal Wave: “He’s Charging Double Spotify”

Written By Cyrus Langhorne

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Music veteran Sir Mix-A-Lot is the latest hip-hop artist to offer a take on rap mogul Jay Z‘s newly launched Tidal service.

Despite his respect for Young Hov, Mix-A-Lot questioned the business aspect of Tidal.

“I’m a big Jay Z fan, but I want to know per million streams how much you’re paying out. He’s charging double Spotify. Honestly, I just want to see young artists get paid.” (Complex)

Reports this week claim Jay Z may release a long-awaited joint album with R&B wife Beyoncé exclusively through Tidal.

The long-rumored Beyoncé and Jay Z joint album will reportedly be released exclusively on Tidal, according to DJ Skee. The host of Skee TV revealed last September that the couple was working on an album together. In his latest segment on Skee TV, the DJ reports that sources have told him the album is “nearing completion.” (Huffington Post)

Some reports have claimed TIDAL’s main music streaming rivals have reached new peaks since it was introduced.

On April 20th, Pandora and Spotify occupied positions No. 3 and No. 4 on the U.S. iPhone revenue chart, respectively. This was the first time two music streaming services have hit the top 4 in sales simultaneously. As a matter of fact, something curious can be seen in Spotify’s download performance right after Tidal media campaign started bashing its allegedly meager payouts. Spotify surged back into the iPad top 40 download chart on March 31st, right when Tidal’s anti-Spotify invective hit its peak in American media. This had not happened since November 2014. (BRG)

Reports suggested TIDAL’s attempt to bash its competition may have sparked the surges.

It looks like Tidal’s attacks on Spotify and Pandora actually managed to increase public awareness of the services, boosting Spotify’s download performance in particular at the end of March. And now, a few weeks later, the combined revenue performance of the two music apps is hitting a new milestone. To add insult to injury, Beats Music has started cracking U.S. iPhone top 20 revenue chart. (BRG)

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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. There are 2 different tiers and one is the same price as Spotify. Tidal did a bad job of introducing themselves. Should have had a Apple and Google type roll out that shows the App, how it works and the prices.

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