Jay-Z's free album app causes a flap LAST month, when Jay-Z said he would be distributing one million copies of his newest album free through an application on Samsung smartphones, the rapper was widely lauded for his marketing savvy. Now, one week after that exclusive release, and with the Magna Carta Holy Grail album just released to the general public, Jay-Z and his collaborators have been forced to halt the victory lap to explain technical glitches and user complaints about privacy that marred the app's debut.