Kanye West & Solange Under Fire Stealing Songs: Report

[CEITEDMOFO]

Solange and Kanye have some explaining to do.

Kanye West and Beyonce's little sister are in some trouble after they allegedly ripped off Leroy Mitchell's 1970 song "If We Can't Be Lovers."

The reports are coming from TMZ where Leroy, also known as Prince Phillip Mitchel, is claiming that Solange's "fu*k The Industry" and Kanye's "Everything I Am" both pulled samples from his beat.

Leroy's suit claims that Kanye and Solange committed the infringement knowing very well it was his original song. Although both of the songs from Kanye and Solange weren't chart-topping numbers, Leroy wants to halt all performances and radio play and is seeking punitive damages. Listen to Leroy's song below as well as Kanye and Solange's apparent renditions.

In other news for Kanye West, he executive produced Teyana Taylor's upcoming album that's in the final stages before its release. "The album is actually done, just waiting on some minor tweaks and whatever last minute switches or edits and a green light from Kanye and should be good to go." she told Oyster Magazine. "Mr. West is EP-ing my entire album — you guys will just have to wait and see what magic he’s created!"









Kanye West & Solange Under Fire Stealing Songs: Report

 

[Waterproof]

It called chopping, let's not act that hip hop is not about sampling and chopping. Dilla and Preme is Kings of the shyt but they chop it up so damn much that you can't even tell who's the original song from

 

[Harry B]

Let's see if this dude doesn't know his own contract like a lot of old heads.
A lot of times these old heads don't know that no one needs their blessing if they don't own the rights.

 

[Kilgore Trout]

pretty blatant lol

 

[Kilgore Trout]

Let's see if this dude doesn't know his own contract like a lot of old heads.
A lot of times these old heads don't know that no one needs their blessing if they don't own the rights.

this

I know who i paid god, search light publishing

 

[AkaDemiK]

That everything I am joint....still fire

 

[L&HH]

Let's see if this dude doesn't know his own contract like a lot of old heads.
A lot of times these old heads don't know that no one needs their blessing if they don't own the rights.

Unless there was a recent Wikipedia edit. "Prince Philip Mitchell" is actually credited on everything I am.

 

[tuckgod]

That everything I am joint....still fire

 

[street heat]

Old Nikkaz

 

[Gold]

man Solange ruined that beat

Everything I am tho?

This will blow over tho. Same thing happened to Drake twice on NWTS, just some money and some lawyers usually does the trick

 

[Guvnor]

Damn, I wonder how much they gonna have to pay him if they lose this. How did this slip through the cracks and they didn't clear it.

Unless there was a recent Wikipedia edit. "Prince Philip Mitchell" is actually credited on everything I am.

I hear though that you can be credited but if you don't own the rights to the song or any publishing then they don't need your approval but not sure how true it is or if that applies here.

It called chopping, let's not act that hip hop is not about sampling and chopping. Dilla and Preme is Kings of the shyt but they chop it up so damn much that you can't even tell who's the original song from

True but they did not clear it which is the problem here.

 

[Guvnor]

The original with Kanye was hard AF. The version with Solange would have probably worked better without the scratches on it.

Such a hard sample


On another note I wonder why did they wait so long to sue?

man Solange ruined that beat

Everything I am tho?

This will blow over tho. Same thing happened to Drake twice on NWTS, just some money and some lawyers usually does the trick

Depends, it could be settled out of court but then you got that Marvin Gaye/ Robin Thicke and Pharell situation over blurred lines. The Gaye estate sued the shyt out of them and they made millions. At the same time these songs didn't sell as much so maybe they won't get that much after all.

 

[Waterproof]

The original with Kanye was hard AF. The version with Solange would have probably worked better without the scratches on it.

Such a hard sample


On another note I wonder why did they wait so long to sue?


Depends, it could be settled out of court but then you got that Marvin Gaye/ Robin Thicke and Pharell situation over blurred lines. The Gaye estate sued the shyt out of them and they made millions. At the same time these songs didn't sell as much so maybe they won't get that much after all.

Kanye version is hard as hell one of my favorite tracks off of graduation

But this shyt make you appreciate the musical art of Hip Hop and the crate diggers that dig for records and find something from an artist who is unknown and can take just a small part of a song and make a new song

 

[bourgeoisie tall freak]

this is probably something that happens everyday in the industry. labels dont have teams of lawyers on payroll for nothing lol. they just gonna cut him a check and do it again. on the other hand, i'm not clear on what dude's complaint is since he is actually credited on the graduation album booklet which implies the sample was cleared.

seems like an issue he needs to take up with his publishing team.

 

[Guvnor]

Kanye version is hard as hell one of my favorite tracks off of graduation

But this shyt make you appreciate the musical art of Hip Hop and the crate diggers that dig for records and find something from an artist who is unknown and can take just a small part of a song and make a new song

I agree man, sampling really is an art. Some folks try to hate on it and say it's not but they just haters.