Oh yah... and here's a post I made in the "What are you listening to?" thread that I want to share here because there seems to be some confusion about who can access the album...
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Jay-Z - 4:44
There have been some contradicting reports about who can access the album. Apparently Tidal said it would only be available to Tidal subscribers who either A.) subscribed prior to the arbitrary date of June 26, or B.) use Sprint and subscribe to Tidal -- apparently at any date.
I can tell you that at least for the time being, this is not true. At least not everywhere. I haven't had a Tidal account since The Life of Pablo became available on Mp3 and Apple Music. I also don't have Sprint, because, honestly now, who the fuck has Sprint if they can help it?
But, first thing this morning, I hopped on my phone, re-downloaded the Tidal app, and set up a new account (with yet another 30-day trial period offered to me
) and I was able to listen to the album immediately and without issue.
It would be REALLY STUPID to make he album a Tidal exclusive, only to make it not available to some subscribers based on when they started their account. In fact, it would defeat the purpose of using an exclusive album as a marketing technique, and would simply serve to piss off a FUCK TON of people, who, like normal people, only give a fuck about Tidal when there's a dope new album out and they can only get it on Tidal.