Bloomberg reports that Jay Z's debut album disappeared from Spotify in the early hours of the morning. But there's one important thing to note: Reasonable Doubt is still available on international versions of Spotify, just not on the US service.
It's likely that Jay Z pulled his album from Spotify in the US as a move to establish Tidal as the best place online to find his music.
One of the first changes that took place on Tidal after Jay Z acquired it was a small edit to the search function that meant that when people searched for "Jay Z" it showed his music (previously his music was filed under "Jay-Z," which is outdated.)
Here's what Reasonable Doubt looks like in the
It even includes the bonus Fool's Paradise remix of "Can't Knock The Hustle."