Kanye West Reportedly Hit With New Copyright Lawsuit Over "Gold Digger"

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TOTALLY AGREE

bach... lol. listen thats all fine but we are talking about hiphop which was build on sampling. even those luther beats or any other allegedly composed hiphop beat are using sampled drums and loops!!!! in some cases even sampled synths. especially if your using the maschine. there is an art to sampling as long as your not using the original piece of music exactly the same. plus it gives it a nostalgic sound at the same time bringing an older piece of music into a new generation. there is alot of older artists i wouldn't know about if not for 90s hiphop. i love hearing an original song and being like oh shit wutang used that. it makes me like older material. older generations should be proud of that. it aint jackin, its showing respect for your influences. play that key or sample an old one.... play that horn or sample an old one. big deal. I believe it was bb king who said it best... I don't think anybody steals anything; all of us borrow.!!!! with that being said, the original composer still deserves his recognition and payout for use.

No...How about you listen to Bach or any classical artist..shit manny fresh was not the greatest producer in the world ..but he wasn't a sample jacker .. ..Writing music is a real skill bro...Taking what has already been done is easy..I know because I do it myself..But I will never try to sell it ..I rather COMPOSE my own music from scratch..Plus where is the pride in your work..how do you feel proud using someone else work in your music...Lazy ...If you borrow ..Pay back ..losers

Agreed. I'd also recommend listening to the best examples in the last year that I heard - "Westside, Right on Time" and "Compton" by Kendrick and "Never Can Say Goodbye" by Raekwon. If you're specifically attacking Kanye - listen to the entire Graduation album; that requires a massive amount of skill to basically change every sample's genre completely (especially the Laura Nyro one)

^^ firstly, nobody samples as much as they used to, and secondly, using a sample in a song still requires a certain amount of imagination to make it sound good, and imagination does take skill. Go listen to fantastic vol 2 by slum village and tell me that isn't skill. I challenge u.

Or Here is a thought..How about stop sampling all together ..and get your dumb ass in the studio and come up with some original music for a change..oh i forgot you don't have any real skills...hahahahahahahah

That's cause niggas need to learn to compose shit by theyself instead of stealin other peoples shit n just throwin some drums over it. Niggas like ant banks, klc, mannie fresh, luger, didn't have to sample n steal song after song like this nigga do

Really????? So it takes a lot of work just to say "get down"? The reason the sample probably wasn't cleared is because the sample they're talking about is insignificant. People don't go to listen to gold digger just to hear the sample "get down"

The statute of limitations on copyright music is 70 years, if year original artist does not have any children or next of kin, Hence why nobody can be sued for using Christmas songs.