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Donda 2: release date, what is a Stem Player, will Kanye West ... (NationalWorld)

Ye will release his album on Stem Player, a new device that allows listeners to remix music on the go.

We want to start a community among our readers, so please follow us on sign up to our newsletters and get a curated selection of our best reads to your inbox every day. NationalWorld is a new national news brand, produced by a team of journalists, editors, video producers and designers who live and work across the UK. Find out more about who’s who in the team, and our editorial values. Go to stemplayer.com now to order.” It’s time to free music from this oppressive system,” he said. Stem Player isn’t actually a streaming platform. West has said he has decided to eschew the usual streaming names in an effort to “free” his music from an “oppressive system”.

Kanye West's Donda 2 will be exclusive to his £200 Stem Player (TrustedReviews)

Kanye West has revealed his next album Donda 2 will be released exclusively on his £200 Stem Player platform that enables listeners to customise the ...

If you buy the Stem Player now, it’ll arrive with the Donda 2 album built right in. You can also download your mixes to a companion device. The album is out on February 22.

Kanye West's $200 Stem Player will be the only way to get his next ... (The Verge)

Kanye West revealed his next album, Donda 2, will stream exclusively via his Stem Player music device on Tuesday. The $200 device has touch-sensitive ...

In February 2016, he released The Life of Pablo exclusively via Tidal, tweeting that it “will never never never be on Apple. And it will never be for sale.” On April 1st of that year, The Life of Pablo launched for streaming on Spotify, Apple Music, and Google Play — Ye eventually settled a lawsuit from a fan who said they signed up for Tidal based on its exclusivity. Having control over the hardware platform the music is tied to may make this a different environment for the release. It worked well in our testing, allowing owners to easily manipulate different parts of a song while listening, whether for one of the included tracks or any others loaded via its web-based interface. I run this company 100% I don’t have to ask for permission. “We currently have 67,000 available and are making 3,000 a day,” said Ye in another post. It’s time to take control and build our own.

What is Kanye West's Stem Player – and is it any good? (British GQ)

Kanye West has announced that his new album Donda 2 will only be released on his Stem Player. What's that, then?

I feel like how I felt in the first episode of the documentary.” Well in the words of my big brother. It’s time to take control and build our own.”

Fans suspect Kanye will drop Stem Player app to stream Donda 2 ... (HITC)

On Friday (February 18th), Kanye West announced that he is launching his own music platform and device Stem Player, but will it be an app?

On Twitter, one fan wrote: “You don’t actually have to buy the stem player to listen to the album. He has an app that will be released to the public for free. Here’s everything you need to know…

Donda Replay: Kanye Ties New Album Exclusively To Stem Player ... (Forbes)

Kanye West's new album, Donda 2, is due to be released on 22 February, but it will not be released on traditional streaming services.

Releasing an album that is only available on a portable device that costs $200, however, significantly lowers the number of people who will be willing to hear it this way and at this cost. There is no uniform royalty rate for artists in the streaming world, just as there was no uniform deal in the days of CDs and LPs. Despite the high-profile names and incredible levels of media hype, Tidal did not become the blockbuster service it was aspiring to be. He statement could also be a subtle diss aimed at Tidal. This was the relaunch name of niche Scandinavia streaming service WiMP when Project Panther Bidco (fronted by Jay-Z) acquired it in 2015 for $54 million. That said, this was, by definition, an incredibly niche activity and was never going to be a dominant way of consuming music. Instead it will only be available on the Stem Player device he released in conjunction with the Donda album in August 2021.