The unconventional rollout for Kanye West’s The Life of Pablo continues as TIDAL released downloads of the project for those who previously purchased it through the streaming service.
A TIDAL representative detailed the situation to Pitchfork, saying that The Life of Pablo can not be purchased by new customers.
“The latest version of The Life of Pablo is now being delivered to the individuals that purchased it originally, as well as to those who in some cases did not receive a download link at the time of the album’s release,” the statement says. “Customers that received a refund will also receive a download link as a courtesy from Tidal.com.”
West released his album after premiering it at Madison Square Garden with his Yeezy Season 3 fashion show. The event was live streamed at movie theaters across the world and attendees could purchase a package with a download of the stream. It is uncertain if these customers received their copy of The Life of Pablo.
The rapper previously said that the album will only be available for streaming on TIDAL and will not be available for purchase. Recently, “Famous” became available on Spotify and Apple Music this week and today (March 30) “I Love Kanye” joined the song on TIDAL’s rival services.
There are reports that a deluxe physical edition of The Life of Pablo is in the works.
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MY ALBUM IS DONE, I REPEAT, MY ALBUM IS DONE! I COULD’VE DROPPED THIS SH*T BACK IN DECEMBER BUT MY MONEY WASN’T RIGHT. NOW I GOT A FEW DOLLARS TO WORK WITH. IF I DON’T BELIEVE IN MYSELF THEN WHO WILL, SO AS OF TODAY I’M LABELING MYSELF TOP 5 DEAD OR ALIVE BEST EMCEE IN DETROIT! I DON’T CARE ABOUT OUT OF TOWN RAPPERS STATS , I ONLY CARE ABOUT MY STATS IN MY CITY & I SAY THAT I’M TOP 5 DEAD OR ALIVE!
WHO F**KING WITH MY CATALOG? I STILL DON’T HEAR NO RESPONSES, NOW I’M TALKING S**T BECAUSE I BEEN PLOTTING THIS S**T FOR 2 YEARS!
ON SOME ONE ON ONE BATTLE S**T, I’LL EAT ANY RAPPER ALIVE, AND MY FREESTYLE AIN’T THAT BAD, DON’T SLEEP ON MY NO PEN OR PAD GAME. I TALK S**T BECAUSE I CAN BACK ALL OF THIS S**T UP, GET AT ME! I’m not mad, I’m just human like everybody else, my opinion counts too!!
M.U. Tha Don is Ghost
NEW ALBUM COMING SOON!
And i’ll be ready for when you are a big name, waiting on utorrent to download that shit if you are any decent
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