Jay Z First Album Release
Reasonable Doubt is the debut studio album by American rapper Jay-Z. It was released on June 25, 1996, by Roc-A-Fella Records and Priority Records. Jay-Z is back, and he is vulnerable. But for now, his secrets are exclusive to Tidal. This veteran Brooklyn rapper, 47, ended weeks of speculation near midnight on Thursday, releasing “4:44,” his 13th studio album, as a digital exclusive on that streaming service, which he bought in 2015. The album — Jay-Z’s first since “Magna Carta.
Prince in 2004 (Richard Hartog, Los Angeles Times) / Jay-Z (AP Photo) The Prince estate and Jay-Z have apparently kissed and made up. In a surprise announcement Friday, the hip-hop mogul’s streaming company Tidal confirmed plans to release a new album of unreleased Prince music next year.
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Jay Z New Cd
And even more unexpectedly: Jay-Z himself is overseeing the collection. “Our only goal is to share Prince’s music with his fans as he wanted,” the rapper and Tidal founder said in the announcement. Launched by Jay-Z in 2015 as a more artist-friendly alternative to popular streaming services such as Spotify and Apple Music, landed the rights to exclusively stream Prince’s two “HITnRun” albums and some other latter-era records in the months prior to his death in April 2016. However, after Prince died, his estate handlers at the time his Tidal commitments amid a wide range of new dealings, much to the ire of Jay-Z.