![]() ![]() That still leaves A as the composer – who gets royalties – and B as the arranger. Or, let’s say that it’s not a cover, but B completely changed the song – shifting parts, adding new sections, changing the speed, and so on, as producers often do. That’s assuming that artist A actually performed the song, which sampling producers aren’t even doing. Let’s just go back before the dawn of sampling for a second: once upon a time, if artist A recorded a cover a song written by artist B, A had to pay royalties to B for any sales generated with the cover. Sadly, the second seems to be true more often, and while any artist deserves the benefit of the doubt, hip hop relies far too much on this tactic. On the other hand, if Drake is indeed lying about getting permission, that amounts to copy-paste plagiarism. If Smith’s estate did give permission, it’d signal they’re exploiting Drake’s success for their own financial gain. When the facts all come out, it’ll be a cut-and-dry case of right and wrong with an implied context either way. ![]() Because we had a ball. 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. Like back in the old days. 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. We had the champagne in the studio, of course, compliments of the company, and we just laid back and did it. The suit amounts to about $300k in damages for these lyrics that set a chill vibe, before sampling Wu-Tang and Ellie Goulding: In case you missed it, Drake was recently sued by the estate of late jazz musician Jimmy Smith for sampling the latter’s “Jimmy Smith Rap” in the intro of Drake’s “ Pound Cake/Paris Morton Music 2.” As of publishing, it’s amounted to a game of he-said/they-said, as Drake’s liner notes allege that the sample was properly licensed, but Smith’s estate denies having ever been contacted. ![]()
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