TBT when the Jay Z and friends owned music streaming service TIDAL premiered? 

 

 

They also had a cutsie ceremony to make it official.

 

 

 

Did TIDAL also change your life forever?

Edited July 23, 20251 yr by alexrex

This could have been an email

i remember certain girlies were dragged for not being part of TIDAL back on classicTRL. funny how things work out.

 

The egotistical, better-than-thou attitude was such an annoyance. I think that's why everyone hated it when it came out. The only place on the internet that defended this was Atrl per usual. 

a failed platform

people sitting in that room acting like they were about to sign a peace treaty between warring countries

Reasons why I don't give these artists my money. I get my music for free. 

Yes it looked like an Illuminaty party lol (and it was)

This is just cringe overload, I love it. 

 

The way Madonna also felt the need to do this.

 

Yeah I remember they dropped ANTI by accident so they gave me that….that and some of my favorite EPs and albums in lossless…. That's about it rly tho 

Did they sell it? I haven't heard of Tidal in years. I remember Beyonce kept trying to make it happen through exclusives, dark times

How is it still operating

6 minutes ago, Album Leak said:

This is just cringe overload, I love it. 

 

The way Madonna also felt the need to do this.

 

Is that Chris Martin peering through the back 

4 minutes ago, Cherish said:

Yeah I remember they dropped ANTI by accident so they gave me that….that and some of my favorite EPs and albums in lossless…. That's about it rly tho 

I remember it was some Nicki Minaj deal that was supposed to allow you to download her album for free but it worked on ANY album and people flocked in droves to download free albums

Unthrowback it 

This whole thing was so weird, and extremely misleading. They pitched it as a streaming cooperative, owned by artists, for the artists. But actually it was just lots of extremely successful artists, owning a private company. 

 

I still think there is space for a platform that is a genuine cooperative, all artists on the platform have a stake, and as well as streaming incoming they also receive a share of the profits. 

The Queen lossless incident was such a kii, at least they gave us that 

The launch was giving cult tbh

8 minutes ago, Illuminati said:

I remember it was some Nicki Minaj deal that was supposed to allow you to download her album for free but it worked on ANY album and people flocked in droves to download free albums

Oh no, I just know downloaders and sometimes Tidal has rare stuff in certain countries that's all 

I wasn't even following pop culture at all at that time, and I remember everyone was hating it. It was an object of ridicule for billions of people worldwide. YUCK 

How could we forget? Remember them signing the contract in front of a live audience?

 

I dispised this back then due to the exclusive releases bey did, just to complicate our lives. Smh...

 

Glad it failed 

 

They really thought