Video: Jay Z - Tidal B-Sides Freestyle *Bodies the music industry*

[Fade Runner 2049]

hey I have a new app , it's called InstantPix, u upload random pics to it daily, people can like or comment, it's really no different than Instagram, but I'm black so if yall don't switch over you ain't supporting the culture

 

[Surreal]

Nice

1 of the most underrated verses in Hiphop in Jay 2nd verse of Izzo

"....pay us like you owe us for all the years that you hoe'd us"

 

[rapbeats]

How does Police brutality equate to nikkas that are already rich wanting more money.

dumb post. How does it equate? Lets see,

Its called making glass ceilings for people of color(black in particular).

Ok, You are super elite, have a super elite talent that can be monetized. but that talent is in entertainment. first off, the white man has allowed you to entertain him for centuries. he's okay with that. what he isnt ok with is you getting knowledge( were not allowed to read for a very long time). Why did the white man want to keep you dumb? He never wanted you to learn how he was using you for everything you could offer him and not give you proper pay in return.

Jay is trying to make a business move. They dont like when people that look like Jay tries to make that kind of move.

Anyone remember jordan trying to buy the Bucks before he got the bobcats?

That white man wasnt having it. didnt want to sell to mike. He made up some lie, but the truth was he didnt want to sell it to a black man. it was all good for mike who was very rich to ENTERTAIN white people on the court. and throw his name in the hat with nike. But the moment that man wanted to own a partof something people that look just like him are involved in. They was like naw mike,, you cant have that. It took for another brotha to sell his team to a brotha(bob johnson sold the bobcats to mike). This is CHESS not checkers broke man. stop living in your broke man only mentality. Pay attention to whats going on out there. THey were hating on master P when he was trying to get his on distribution going too. CHESS not CHECKERS.

Do you realize if more black people could be in control of music distribution. Black people could actually control the content of music? CHESS, NOT CHECKERS.

 

[rapbeats]

from making anti semitism PSAs for you jew cac bosses

to going pro black when your shyt flops

is it black girl lost or shorty owe you for ice

i never agreed with that psa. cause i think black people need a psa moreso then anyone else.

BUT, again, the man has been making strategic moves since the start. You make jews feel comfortable with you. So you can be in a position to make a real legit business move like such.

the same way jews or asians will buy up the buildings in the hood but allow hood people to work at those places.WHy? so the consumers can feel at ease with people that look like them in the hood. Same tactic. CHess, Not CHeckers.

and lets be clear, black people cant do anything on their own in the US. you need some white person some where to assist. because it is their system you're trying to break thru. You need one of them to get you thru the matrix.

 

[rapbeats]

Same thing happened when Jay started the sports agency, but cats on here will have you believe it's normal for attack articles to appear out of thin air whenever someone starts a new venture. Jay's hate on here is because people project themselves on every black celebrity. They're either corporate, whiny, not militant enough. People don't see that Tidal doing well is better for us because Apple/Google run digital music from the background like the gestapo.

YEP. a lot of these repliers are either white/ others or black folks doing what we do because of white brainwashing and thats hate on your own.

 

[SCORCH]

Honestly, I can't help but find this shyt absolutely shameless. What am I missing?

 

[Larry]

tell me my man ain't slay that

 

[sporticus]

I fukks with Jay, but I'm not stupid. He's trying to co-opt the press on Tidal and turn it into a Big Man vs. Little man black/white rap feud.

No Jay.

You got caught being greedy and you don't get to "come home" and make it a hip-hop thing.

This ain't about slavery, this ain't about Mike Brown, you don't get to make a martyr of yourself.

 

[Reality]

im saying, why jay getting all this hate? didnt Dre do the same thing? noone went out their way to voice their disaproval of beats music...

Dre sold his shyt to Apple. Apple is now using the beats brand to go to war with Spotify and Pandora. There are billions at stake. Digital downloads of music have decreased while streams have increased. A lot of artists (the most vocal of which has been Taylor Swift, go figure) don't like that and how it has meant music has been devalued and made "free". Jay-Z is trying to get a piece of the action by providing a platform for artists to have a deeper, closer, richer connection to their fans...via tidal only tickets/concerts, merchandise, etc that are supposed to break off musicians a bigger piece of the pie and grow the pie as well.

If you've been paying attention to the tech reporting, there've been a number of hit pieces on Tidal. Do I think the hit pieces are racist? No. Business as usual. But, if you pay attention to the comments, certain people do seem to catch feelings about someone of Jay-Z's complexion and background trying to make this kind of move. The hate was similar when Dre caked off of the Apple Beats acquisition.

It's funny, and I know this is gonna piss people off when I type this, but the hate Jay-Z gets from "conscious" black people reminds me of the same hate Obama gets. People who have no idea how it is navigating the worlds & interests those two navigate want to take shots of them. Instead of taking pride in those two breaking into their respective stratospheres and recognizing the constraints the system puts on them, it's all hate. It seems like some folks would rather have Obama or Jay go off on emotional tirades about race & injustice every day rather than actually make moves.

Yeah, part of this is a cynical move by Jay, but it's not like he's been out shytting on blacks and our cause ala a Raven Symone or Pharrell. Cut him some slack and respect the actions.

Just my two cents.

 

[TooLazyToMakeUp1]

Cringeworthy hearing drop "nikka" that many times and trying to relate to that particular crowd

"Luuucy, got some 'splaining to do / the only one they hatin' on looks the same as you" *points at audience, then himself*

Ummmm.....

 

[DrX]

Cringeworthy hearing drop "nikka" that many times and trying to relate to that particular crowd

"Luuucy, got some 'splaining to do / the only one they hatin' on looks the same as you" *points at audience, then himself*

Ummmm.....

dude is out of touch, mentally jay is a white man now....

 

[unseen]

Are you dudes serious

That was garbage

 

[TooLazyToMakeUp1]

dude is out of touch, mentally jay is a white man now....

It's obvious what he's trying to do on that stage, but

 

[NZA]

using dead people to sell tidal, jesus christ, hov

 

[ryderldb]

cool freestyle, but unless there are substantial changes Tidal is gonna fail.