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It was 15 years ago that a young and hungry talent from Chicago by the name of Kanye West changed the course of hip hop forever with the release of his debut album, The College Dropout. Talking to some of those involved in the making of this classic LP, Will Lavin discovers that it could have so easily gone another way.Kanye West and Drop-Out Bear (Photo by Theo Wargo/WireImage)“This the producer on the Roc, he rap better than most rappers,” said Roc-A-Fella Records CEO Dame Dash over the sped up Queen sample on the song ‘Champions’, released in 2002. It may have been a bold statement – one of many to come out of the mouth of Dame Dash over the years – […]The post 15 years of The College Dropout – The Kanye West classic that almost never was appeared first on NME.
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Kanye West: Donna Summer’s estate sues Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign for “illegal” use of ‘I Feel Love’
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Elements of the classic song are said to appear on the 'Vultures 1' track 'Good (Don’t Die)'The post Donna Summer’s estate sues Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign for “illegal” use of ‘I Feel Love’ appeared first on NME.
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Donna Summer: Estate Sues Kanye West Over Uncleared “I Feel Love” Interpolation
submitted by Nick Feb 28th 2024 12:00 am (www.stereogum.com)
Kanye West has been sued by Donna Summer’s estate over the unlicensed “I Feel Love” interpolation on “Good (Don’t Die),” a track that originally appeared on Vultures 1, the album that West released with Ty Dolla $ign earlier this month. As Billboard reports, a lawsuit was filed by the e...
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Ozzy Osbourne: on confronting Kanye West for sampling his song without permission: “It’s wrong if you don’t say anything about him”
submitted by Nick Feb 27th 2024 08:00 pm (www.nme.com)
The Prince Of Darkness shared "I don’t want any of my work in any shape or form to be associated with anything like that"The post Ozzy Osbourne on confronting Kanye West for sampling his song without permission: “It’s wrong if you don’t say anything about him” appeared first on NME.
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Kanye West: Watch Kanye West and daughter North perform ‘TALKING’ together in Paris for the first time
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'Talking' has charted on the Billboard Hot 100, making North West one of the youngest to ever do soThe post Watch Kanye West and daughter North perform ‘TALKING’ together in Paris for the first time appeared first on NME.
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Kanye West: reveals Adidas is suing him for $250million
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"Anybody who loves Ye would not buy these fake Yeezys"The post Kanye West reveals Adidas is suing him for $250million appeared first on NME.
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