I’m just gettin’ started, oh yeah we got it bitch Niggas is frontin’, that’s upside-down cake I told him less is more, nigga it’s plenty of us The homie said 'Hov, it ain’t many of us' Says a lot about you if you not feelin’ us ‘Case y’all didn’t know, I speak Spanish tooĮverywhere we go we leave a worldwide mess Inside’s whiter than Katy Perry’s face is The all black Maybach but I’m not a racist You know it’s real when you are who you think you are Yeah, I swear shit just started clickin’ dog With the ink, I could murder word to my nigga Irv Tables turn, bridges burn, you live and learn Make everybody have to go through security clearance My high school reunion might be worth an appearance Or work with their parents, but thinkin’ back on how they treated me My classmates, they went on to be chartered accountants No game, no scrimmage, I ain’t playin’ with you niggas at all I hear you talkin’, say it twice so I know you meant itįuck it, I don’t even tint it, they should know who’s in it Holdin’ all the cards and niggas wanna play chess now Took a while, got the jokers out of the deck now Overly focused, it’s far from the time to rest nowĭebates growin’ ’bout who they think is the best now I swear this got Michael Rapino boostin’ my ego Or Sotto Sotto, just talkin’ about women and vino

Only real music is gonna last, all the other bullshit is here today and gone tomorrow….' So we hope you enjoy listening to this album half as much as we enjoyed playing it for you.

We had champagne in the studio, of course, you know, compliments of the company, and we just laid back and did it. You know, years ago they had the A&R men to tell you what to play, how to play it and you know whether it’s disco and rock but we just went in the studio and we did it. The art of sampling is sure to keep raising concerns throughout the music world and it’ll be interesting to see if it effects future copyright laws.'Good God Almighty. Judge William Pauley stated: “This is precisely the type of use that ‘adds something new, with a further purpose or different character, altering the first (work) with new expression, meaning or message.”Īdding that Drake’s hit is “sharply different” than Smith’s, the 6 God is completely in the clear. The most recent high-profile case regarding the legality of sampling within music came as the estate of jazz musician Jimmy Smith sued Drake for the use of his 1982 song “Jimmy Smith Rap” on Drizzy’s Jay Z-assisted cut “Pound Cake.” Though the sample in question undeniably influenced the track (you’ll recognize it as the “Only real music’s gonna last” intro), a judge ruled that it falls under the category of fair use, therefore dismissing the lawsuit. I’m all for giving credit (and royalties) when its due, but some musicians get a ‘lil too cocky when approaching a situation in which their art was used in the slightest. Sampling is an art form and most older musicians just don’t get it.

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