On Monday, that barrier was eliminated, with the album made available to all Tidal subscribers. Anyone who hadn’t signed up for Tidal prior to the album’s release wasn’t able to listen to it, unless they were also a Sprint customer. But how, when you have some type of success, to transform that into something bigger.4:44 was released on June 30th exclusively to Tidal subscribers and Sprint customers. We all make money, and then we all lose money, as artists especially. “The Story of OJ” – is really a song about we as a culture, having a plan, how we’re gonna push this forward.There are gonna be bad times, and those bad times can do two things: they can get you in a place where you’re stuck in a rut, or it can make your future that much better because you’ve experienced these things.” It’s really a commentary on the culture and where we’re going.” “Moonlight” – The hook is ‘We stuck in La La Land/Even if we win, we gonna lose.’ It’s like a subtle nod to La La Land winning the Oscar, and then having to give it to Moonlight.“Marcy Me” – is a nostalgic walk through Marcy, and it’s about that hopefulness, that feeling of ‘Man, can I really do this? Can I really be one of the biggest artists in the world?’ You have these dreams, ‘Can I be one of the biggest basketball players?’ We have these dreams.”.She starts the song off, and she says ‘Daddy, what’s a will?’” Just a song about speaking to my daughter. “Legacy” – The song is just about what it is, it’s like a verbal will.It’s about killing off the ego, so we can have this conversation in a place of vulnerability and honesty.” “Kill JAY-Z” – The first song is called ‘Kill JAY-Z’ and obviously, it’s not to be taken literal.
So, the line is, ‘Nobody wins when the family feuds.’” Like, new rappers fighting with old rappers, saying all these things.
You can also download the iHeartRadio App and tune into the station named The Beat. Today only, Jay-z’s 4:44 is being streamed on iHeartRadio and you can listen right here on the web. Don’t take my word for it, check out the 1-Star Reviews in the Google Play Store.ĭon’t worry… we’ve got you covered (at least for the next 4 hours). Ironically enough, that first track has inspired violent thoughts about Jay-Z without fans even having to listen to 1-second of the song itself.
As fans flock to download the app, input their free trial info, and press the play button on “Kill Jay-Z” – the album’s first track – they’re met with the following message: Painful for hopeful Jay-Z fans, but Tidal might be feeling the most pain when all is said and done. Since most people aren’t Sprint customers and are only now downloading Tidal for the purpose of Jay-Z’s 4:44, they fit in neither of those categories. The real deal is as follows- you have to either be: Those assumptions were false and likely propagated through social media. In an attempt to leverage his humongous following to build the Tidal brand, the company heavily promoted a 30-Day Free Trial that would theoretically allow new users to listen to Jay-Z’s tunes with no strings attached. Rap superstar Jay-Z today launched his brand new album – titled 4:44 – exclusively on Tidal (the streaming music service that he owns).