Kanye West was part of Jay Z’s small army of megastars that helped launch Tidal, but when it comes to his next album, Ye is reportedly looking to take the U2 route by releasing it on iTunes for free.
According to a new rumor on Twitter, Apple and Kanye are joining forces for the launch of the company’s new music streaming service. As a gift to the fans, Yeezy has agreed to release his new album ‘Swish’ for free after Apple paid him nearly double what he expected to make of album sales.
The rumors comes from a @ye3zy3 on Twitter who doesn’t have a massive following but did correctly predict the launch of the Yeezy Boost sneakers two months in advance. It’s not the first time we’ve heard that Kanye and Apple might be teaming up, but the rumor should still be taken with a grain of salt.
Kanye has long had an infatuation with Apple and Steve Jobs in particular, calling him one of his biggest influence. He was gifted a mouse signed by Steve Jobs and even let Steve Wozniak be one of the first persons to meet his daughter Nori. Despite his love for Apple though, the relationship between the two hasn’t always been smooth. Last year West criticized Apple for not paying artists that perform at the annual iTunes Music Festival. Apple usually trades extra promotion on iTunes for the free concerts, which prompted Yeezy to tell Tim Cook “You are rich as fuck. Quit trying to act like you’re so dumb.”
The announcement of Kanye’s exclusive new album will supposedly come as soon as next week (perfect timing for WWDC). Kanye hasn’t announced a release date for his album and has hinted he’ll take the Drake and Beyonce route or surprise release after telling The Breakfast Club earlier this year that release dates are “played out.”
Source: YeezyTalk
Buster Hein is a freelance writer who lives in Phoenix, Arizona. Twitter: @bst3r.
14 responses to “Kanye’s new album might be released as free iTunes exclusive”
As long as they don’t force it into our purchased items like they did with U2. I’m not a fan of U2 or Kanye West and want nothing to do with them. As big as a fan of Apple as I am it always amuses me that they seem to pair up with the music artists I like the least.
I’m with you on this one.
I like U2, I was all over that. But can’t stand this egomaniacal doofus. Don’t force that on me.
U2 is so laughably awful. Kanye west is a god and if he appears on your worthless iTunes you should feel blessed
But Kanye can’t sing. He’s useless.
You’re right “CelestialTerrestrial”, what do you bring to the table though? A “super cool” username and 3 comments on one article? Your usefulness is out of this world.
To say that you are an idiot is an understatement. Though, I guess you are well versed in what a “doofus” is. Your picture infers that you are a “doofus” also, maybe the biggest “doofus” ever, so it does seem like you know what a “doofus” is.
The reason why Apple didn’t charge of the music festival is because it costs Apple a fortune to put them on and they weren’t charging people to listen to them and then it was seen more of a promotional concert for artists. At least Apple wasn’t trying to pocket money. But I can see Kanye’s point of not paying artists, but it’s more of a promotional thing than a money making concert since it was a free promotional concert for everyone. Apple was promoting iTunes and the artists promote themselves to sell downloads. Either you participate or you don’t.
They better not stick a Koonye album in my library like they did U2.
Kanye is dumb as fuck. He needs to quit acting like he’s so smart.
No, he’s actually pretty damn smart.
Not having it.
I hope we get a Nine Inch Nails exclusive with this streaming service.
He needs to stick with Tidal. Besides, he already signed a contract. I have hopes for Tidal. Tidal doesn’t screw over the artists like every other company does and drake should have went with Tidal as well.