Despite reports that Jay-Z's new album Magna Carta Holy Grail caused Samsung's app to crash upon release, the rapper and his fellow hip-hop glitterati still celebrated in a warehouse in Brooklyn on Wednesday night.
Jay and wife Beyonce invited both close friends and associates from their extended group to party with them, celebrating the 32-year-old musician's twelfth studio album.
Beyonce was seen holding a glass of cognac, dressed down in a white button-up and denim cutoffs. Based on photos taken by an attendee, it looked like Jay and Beyonce were having a great time partying with one another-Jay-Z was snapped wearing a white tee, huge gold chain, and black blazer hugging his wife with pure elation. (See photos).
Guests included Timbaland, Nick Cannon, Busta Rhymes and singer of 90s girl group 3LW, Adrienne Bailo.
But it wasn't entirely fun and games-at least, as far as the album was concerned.
Jay made a deal with Samsung that would give the first million users of the company's smartphone a chance for a free pre-release download of Magna Carta.
At midnight on Thursday, Samsung opened the floodgates, making the album available for download. Unfortunately, the app didn't open for a large bulk of customers. According to USA Today, the album appeared as a white screen with black "MCHG" logo, then disappeared.
On Twitter, Samsung customers unleashed a stream of confused statuses, expressing their annoyance with the glitch.
User Mitus1 said, "Jay z app froze then an error code popped up. no Album. App won't go any further then the generic screen now."
Founder of Deep Focus Ian Schafer tweeted, "The non-workingness of the Magna Carta Holy Grail app is a megafail."
The non-workingness of the Magna Carta Holy Grail app is a megafail. https://t.co/cqmJ6ChPoY
— Ian Schafer (@ischafer) July 4, 2013
Technical difficulties were further stoked by leaks that flooded the Internet shortly after Samsung released Magna Carta.
File sharing sites blew up with torrents, allowing users of other non-Samsung smartphones to nab the album.
Despite the logistical issues that came along with what Jay called "the new rules" of the Internet, "Magna Carta" has received widespread praise from music critics.
