: March 18, 2017, via Young Money, Cash Money, and Republic Records.

He realized that FLAC is just a container. The source matters more than the format. A FLAC ripped from a 2017 CD is different from a FLAC downloaded in 2023, even for the same “album.”

But then Jenna showed him a 2021 “deluxe” FLAC rip from Qobuz. “Listen to ‘Passionfruit’ ,” she said.