The New York Post reports that if
the 500,000 people who illegally downloaded the album in its frist day
had paid the $20 it cost to buy the album West would have personally
made $10million.
Kanye revealed on
Monday that his album will never go on sale and will only ever be
available on Tidal, the digital music service which is subscription
based and owned by his friend Jay Z and other music artists.
'My album will never never never be
on Apple. And it will never be for sale... You can only get it on
Tidal,' wrote Kanye on Twitter.
'Please to all my friends fans and music lovers. Sign up to Tidal now.'
Tidal costs $10 to $20 a month, with fans able to get their first month for free.
West may be able to make up that
$10million he lost in album sales though, as fellow rapper The Game said
he would give him that exact amount as an investment if he came to
Dubai to skydive with him on Thursday.
West has yet to respond to this offer.
On Monday, West also expressed his anger towards Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, New York Times over their reception of his new album.
It was a bit surprising considering
Pitchfork gave his album a very good 9/10 rating, Rolling Stone has
given the work extensive coverage and the Times wrote in their review;
'Now his rapping is sparser, more pointed, less imagistic and more
emotional. And when he truly needs to be heard, he can corral a dream
team of collaborators. He’s so fluent that he can use others to speak
for him, and be understood clear as day.'
On that same night he also called
Puff Daddy 'the most important cultural figure in my life,' said that
white people 'don't understand what it means to be the great grandson of
ex slaves' and also noted that the 'system is designed for colored
people to fail and one of our only voices is music.'
Kanye's rant came on the same night
as the Grammys, where he was nominated for four awards including one for
Best Album for his work producing the Weeknd's Beauty Behind the
Madness. He lost in all four of his categories.
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