Superproducer Metro Boomin took to Twitter to vent about the streaming wars between Apple Music, Tidal, Pandora and Spotify that are leaving fans out in the cold.
The small rant came after Metro logged into his iTunes account to listen to Jay Z‘s “Song Cry” but could not find it. He then tried to look for the entire The Blueprint album and failed there too. Then he had a revelation.
It seems like Metro ran into the same wall that so many music fans are hitting these days. As streaming services like Apple Music and Tidal clamor for the top spot, songs wind up disappearing or only become available on or the other, forcing fans to decide if they want one $9.99 streaming music bill, or more.
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Simple math and logic could lead one to believe that spending roughly $30 or $40 for full access to services like Apple Music, Tidal, Spotify and Pandora to get millions of songs at your fingertips is better deal than spending that same amount of money on just three or four album. However, the reality is that not everybody has cash flow to have a music bill in their budget. Plus, it’s becoming a nuisance to have to multiple streaming services when all you want is one particular album or song.
Metro isn’t the only artist who has voices displeasure with the streaming wars.
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Back in July, Kanye West demanded that the people in charge of all of the services meet up and end the “d*ck swinging contest” because “we all gon be dead in 100 years.”
Kanye’s protègè Kid Cudi also chimed in.
To date, fans have had to choose between Apple and Tidal if they wanted to hear the new Future, Drake, Beyoncè, Chance the Rapper, Frank Ocean albums first or at all.
T.I. appears to be one of the few artist who took his fans into consideration when he stated that although he is a co-owner of Tidal, he will not make all of his music, or his next album, exclusively available on the platform.
“This is an album that’s dedicated to my core fans,” he said. “The people who went out there the first week Trap Muzik came out, so I’m basically dedicating this album to them and making the music that I know they want to hear me make. So I know those people all of them can’t necessarily afford TIDAL. So we will have some exclusive content and exclusive components. I don’t know if the entire album will be exclusive.”
For now, fans will just have to wait and see what happens. At least Metro Boomin’ fans know that he will make sure his album is on all of the streaming services.
