When Music Worlds Collide
| When Music Worlds Collide, Deluxe When Music Worlds Collide | ||||
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| Studio album by Jonathan Hay, Mike Smith, King Tech and Various artists. | ||||
| Released | May 2015, July 2016 | |||
| Genre | Hip hop | |||
| Label | SMH Records, Urban Hitchcock | |||
| Producer | Jonathan Hay, Mike Smith, King Tech | |||
| Jonathan Hay, Mike Smith, King Tech and Various artists. chronology | ||||
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When Music Worlds Collide is the debut studio album from Jonathan Hay and Mike Smith that features notable names in the hip-hop genre. Hay and Smith, the producers behind the indie hip-hop compilation When Music Worlds Collide decided to put their release to a Tidal (streaming service) vs. Spotify challenge and see which one better served their album. The story of their independent streaming music album was featured on Billboard,Fox News and Business Insider. King Tech co-produced the majority of the songs on the album.Deluxe: When Music Worlds Collide was released on July 26, 2016 through SMH Records.
Jonathan Hay has been described as a "public relations maven" and is best known for his work with Rihanna. Mike Smith owns a record label, SMH Records and is a celebrity judge on the TV show One Shot with Sway Calloway and DJ Khaled. King Tech is known for being a co-host on The Wake Up Show on Sirius XM Shade 45. Together, Hay, Smith and Tech created When Music Worlds Collide. Released in May 2015, one of the focuses of the album release has been the "Tidal vs. Spotify challenge". DJ Envy's website reported that Hay said, "This album for us is about Spotify vs. Tidal, a streaming battle only. We did this release completely grassroots and independent."
"We reached out to both Spotify and Tidal to participate in this challenge. We weren't expecting either to contact us back," Jonathan Hay told Billboard. "So I was surprised when Roc Nation contacted me about the criteria for our challenge. I explained our concept, and asked them to listen to our album. We got great feedback from them about the album, and then they featured it on their homepage under New Releases -- which is staggering. Jay Z has put it out there that Tidal is about helping independent artists. We can say firsthand that's true."
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