WWE Announcer Greg Hamilton suing WestsideGunn for use of his voice in a Project(Update: Greg Fired

[NZA]

That’s messed up. Did the guy go after Westside Gunn?

got at him on twitter and gunn apologized and told him to message him. i assume he made some changes, but it definitely revealed that he is getting too popular to keep doing this, and while he will use your content, he has youtube protecting his own.

 

[Doin2Much Williams]

Westside wanted to sample soMebody whom possessed a voice with a stronger baritone in nature in contrast to his owns.


Thats a compliment. But white folks are so ungratefuls.



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[DaHNIC82]

You honestly think he’s going to snitch?

I mean.. He is a joo

 

[Supa]

Rap fans siding with people suing artists for sampling on a hip-hop site.

WATTBA.

I'm semi-trolling but the fact of the matter is the best response isn't always "let me sue".

Ghostface was running around calling himself Ironman for years and Marvel gave him a role in the RDJ movie.

Bob James is one of the most sampled artist in hip-hop history and he's reached out to various artists to work with them. Not just take them to court.

Same with George Clinton. His career was given a 2nd wind due to embracing artists sampling him.

These guys are 100x more integral to hip-hop than a fukking WWE announcer.

Fred.

It's the individuals choice if they want to be compensated or are happy someone sampled them. I'm not mad either way as long as they don't try to take all the publishing.

If Pepsi started using Gunn's likeness or voice in an ad without permission I'm sure he'd reach out for compensation. Go press up some GxFR merch and see if they don't run down on you

 

[Artificial Intelligence]

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[Renegade47]

Whatever you say breh

you not a creative. so you dont get it. sampling be literally saving past artist lives better to clear the sample and work with them when you find out instead of being a corny dikkhead.

 

[TripleAgent]

Name one artist who has sampled another artist music and didn’t pay any royalties.

Tons. Underground acts release uncleared samples all the time. Griselda, DOOM (early days at least), Roc Marciano. These dudes selling 10,000 units aren't getting sued for the tiny amount they make, the lawyer fees aren't worth it, and/or they don’t find out. Daringer gets away with a lot. Why else do you think they do that pseudo sampling with Beat Butcher on the Shady albums, but the Griselda stuff is ALL samples?

 

[Starburst]

Tons. Underground acts release uncleared samples all the time. Griselda, DOOM (early days at least), Roc Marciano. These dudes selling 10,000 units aren't getting sued for the tiny amount they make, the lawyer fees aren't worth it, and/or they don’t find out. Daringer gets away with a lot. Why else do you think they do that pseudo sampling with Beat Butcher on the Shady albums, but the Griselda stuff is ALL samples?

Underground acts being the key words. You honestly think mainstream artists can get away with it?

 

[bordeaux]

some very stupid takes here. sure can tell when yall like an artist.

 

[El_Mero_Mero]

and are making excuses until it actually happens to them.

The same can be said for so many different topics that get discussed on this website, and honestly in the real world too.

 

[TripleAgent]

Underground acts being the key words. You honestly think mainstream artists can get away with it?

WSG is exactly that. Whatever project(s) this goof is complaining about, even if he's legally in the right, how much money do you think has been generated for him to sue for?

Besides streams, how do you even count? Those vinyl drops and shyt, he can probably lie and say sold 52 Who's going to spend thousands to find out?

 

[hex]

It's the individuals choice if they want to be compensated or are happy someone sampled them. I'm not mad either way as long as they don't try to take all the publishing.
If Pepsi started using Gunn's likeness or voice in an ad without permission I'm sure he'd reach out for compensation. Go press up some GxFR merch and see if they don't run down on you

Neither of your examples are the same as what I'm talking about.

Hip-hop and by extension sampling was born out of not having access to actual musical instruments. So people used records, breaks, etc.

There isn't an analogue for Pepsi or bootlegging clothing.

I'm just saying it's hilarious to see "hip-hop heads" side with the people suing. When this mind state, legally correct or not, would've killed hip-hop directly after it's inception.

Fred.

 

[Chip Skylark]

Honestly I’ve been wondering how all these underground acts clear all of these damn samples? The process can be long and expensive for top selling acts but these cats be pushing samples projects out like it’s nothing

 

[TripleAgent]

Honestly I’ve been wondering how all these underground acts clear all of these damn samples? The process can be long and expensive for top selling acts but these cats be pushing samples projects out like it’s nothing

They don't. See my last two posts.

 

[Rayzah]

Not sure how Game thought he could get away with calling himself “The Game” and not face any consequences. What a clown move.

You think he was thinking about fukking HHH when he came up with his name? Smh

No offense but you live in a fantasy world if you think gratitude has anything to do with someone taking your hard work and twisting into their own.

are you the guy suing? Damn you sound like a real a$$hole, talking about the law is the law and all this bs. I swear some of y’all have zero morals and live your lives by some man made laws to have a super rich company sue a barely above middle class rapper. For a 5 second sample of some random announcers voice.