"Stream of consciousness coming in 5, 4, 3, 2?," Jay Z's rarely used Twitter warned before the rapper unloaded a 15-minute, 14-tweet defense of his oft-criticized Tidal, the high-quality audio streaming service the rapper recently acquired and relaunched. Amid the recent departure of the company's CEO, a significant drop in Tidal app downloads and disapproval from some of his artist peers, Jay Z tweeted, "Tidal is doing just fine. We have over 770,000 [subscriptions]. We have been in business less than one month."
After a surge in popularity following the service's star-studded launch party in late March, Tidal has reportedly already spiraled out of the Apple app store's top 750 downloads. Despite the drop, Jay Z remains optimistic about the service. "The iTunes Store wasn't built in a day. It took Spotify 9 years to be successful," the rapper tweeted. "We are here for the long haul. Please give us a chance to grow & get better."??
