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INTERVIEW: Freeway Talks Tidal Performance With Jay-z, Dame Dash, Baltimore Riots & More

Freeway Talks Tidal Performance With Jay-z, Dame Dash, Baltimore Riots & More

Philly legend and ROC spitter Freeway talked it out with AHH recently at BOOM Philly 107.9 building.  A lot of attention has been surrounding him, Beanie Sigel, Young Gunz and his other state property members after Jay-Z invited them to perform at his TIDAL concert. Jay recently partnered with that company and kicked it off with a concert. When we asked Free about this meaning it would be an official state prop/roc reunion he said “we got the return show with Beanie Sigel coming June 6th in Philly and the whole team will be there..”.

About a year ago we know Jay-Z and Dame Dash were spotted at an event and had shook hands. It speculated if they would work together again? Free spoke on that and said “as far as jay and dame I don’t know what they got going on but I spoke with Dame four weeks ago and it was all love.”.

A lot of hip hop fans didn’t know that Freeway attended some of the peaceful events in the aftermath of the Baltimore riots to try and figure out ways to promote unity and peace during the verdict of the Freddie Gray case. Free had said “i was down there talking to the people and kids in the community to come up with peaceful solutions..”

Freeway will be dropping another indie album for the summer of 2015 called “Free Will”.

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NEWS: Apple Reportedly Pulled Drake Away From Tidal

 Apple Reportedly Pulled Drake Away From Tidal

Looks like Drake was on board with Tidal until two days before the launch.

The first thought that went through many peoples minds when they saw the Tidal team standing on stage (after cracking an Illuminati joke, that is) was "where's Drake?". The rapper's absence was definitely noticed, but no direct explanation was ever given about whether or not he was approached to be a part of the project.

Turns out, Drizzy was on board to stand awkwardly among his peers that day, but according to Billboard, he dropped out a couple days before the announcement.

Now with news that the OVO rapper will be involved in Apple's upcoming streaming service, Drake's moves can be traced a little more clearly. Jay Zhad mentioned in an interview that Jimmy Iovine was approaching many of the same artists he was, and it seems Drake may have been swayed (not to mention, Pharrell). 

We'll keep you updated on what Drake will be doing as part of the service, but rumor has it he'll be contributing as an iTunes radio DJ.

NEWS: Jay Z Wants TIDAL To "Extend The Album Cycle" & Restore "Fair Trade" In Music

Jay Z Wants TIDAL To "Extend The Album Cycle" & Restore "Fair Trade" In Music

Jay Z shares some insight into the goals of his new streaming service, TIDAL.

There was no way the announcement of TIDAL was going to go down without a surprise, but while plenty of people thought they had it figured out (an album drop from Rihanna or Kanye West), no one predicted the actual unveiling -- the huge cast of musicians who co-own the service.

Despite sharing ownership with Kanye West, Rihanna, Madonna, and many more, Jay Z's name has been attached to the service for the last few weeks, and it was Hov who gave the first interview on the goals of the company with Billboard today.

Jay revealed in the sit-down that he's attempting to make sure that everyone involved in music (those behind the scenes moreso than the artists) gets their fair share, as well as his goal to maintain a consistent output from artists that isn't limited to an album cycle.

Check out some excerpts from Jay's #NewRules below. Read the full interview here.

On restoring "fair trade" in music:

Definitely. For someone like me, I can go on tour. But what about the people working on the record, the content creators and not just the artists? If they’re not being compensated properly, then I think we’ll lose some writers and producers and people like that who depend on fair trade. Some would probably have to take another job, and I think we’ll lose some great writers in the process. Is it fair? No. If you put in work, everyone else, you go to work you get paid. That’s fair trade. It’s what our country is built on.

On what he wants out of TIDAL:

Artists come here and start making songs 18 minutes long, or whatever. I know this is going to sound crazy, but maybe they start attempting to make a “Like a Rolling Stone,” you know, a song that doesn't have a recognizable hook, but is still considered one of the greatest songs of all time, the freedom that this platform will allow art to flourish here. And we’re encouraging people to put it in any format they like. It doesn't have to be three minutes and 30 seconds. What if it’s a minute and 17, what if it’s 11; you know, just break format. What if it’s just four minutes of just music and then you start rapping?

On whether it will offer exclusives from artists:

Well, it’s up to the artist. You know, there’s a thing now, it’s called the album cycle. You put your single out, promote it, then another single -- I think that now for an artist an album cycle doesn’t have to end. They’re on Instagram and Twitter and all these things, so we’re just talking about ways of extending that album cycle, and it could be anything. What if it’s a video offering tickets to the next concert, or what if it’s audio or video of the recording process? It could be anything. It could be them at home listening to songs that inspire them. Anything they want to offer, you know; just be as creative as possible, that’s the only charge, really. Make it look really good and make everyone that consumes it think, “Man, I got something really great.” Treat the people with respect; make it memorable.