Music

To download Jay-Z's new record, you need to surrender access to your phone calls and your location

by Aaron Zorgel

July 3, 2013

Jay-Z is about to usher in the “new rules” of music distribution when Magna Carta Holy Grail is released free of charge for Samsung Galaxy users tomorrow. But nothing actually comes for free, right?

Jay-Z is about to usher in the “new rules” of music distribution when Magna Carta Holy Grail is released free of charge for Samsung Galaxy users tomorrow. Thanks to a lucrative deal that pre-sold one million copies to Samsung, the album will be certified platinum the moment it is released. Keep in mind, Billboard will not be counting these dubious “sales” towards Jay-Z’s chart debut, and Hov had to twist the RIAA’s arm to get them to certify his record platinum instantaneously.

But nothing actually comes for free, right? In order to download Magna Carta Holy Grail for free tomorrow, Galaxy users will have to give Samsung access to the following:

– Age
– Facebook info
– Twitter info
– Email
– Device storage
– Device system tools
– Your location, via GPS
– Full network access
– Your phone calls

Wait, you want access to our whereabouts AND our phone calls? That’s definitely some Illuminati shit right there. We’ve seen apps that request access to your location before, but never something that wants access to your phone calls and your network activity. These new rules, forgive us, do not rule.

In addition to the way Hov used Rick Rubin as a prop, and jeopardized releases from Kanye, Wale, and J. Cole, this is just another reason to not really give a shit about Magna Carta Holy Grail. EVen if by some miracle Jay-Z drops a classic album, it’ll be marred by these underhanded, evil marketing ploys.

Bigups to Killer Mike for the discovery: