Kanye West, Ty Dolla Sign in Hot Water Over 'Vultures 2' Sample Use: 'Not Again'

Kanye West and Ty Dolla Sign surprised fans over the weekend with the unexpected release of "Vultures 2" following multiple delays.

However, their bold move also stirred controversy when Geoff Barrow of Portishead accused them of using a sample from the band's 2008 song "Machine Gun" without permission.

"FFS. Not Again," Barrow wrote on X, formerly Twitter Saturday, along with a snippet of West and Ty's song, "Field Trip," which featured the allegedly unauthorized sample.

The song features artists Kodak Black, Playboi Carti, and Don Toliver.

Responding to Barrow's tweet, X user @morss_alex suggested, "Dude, you need to sue the f**ker. "

Another user, @gazecloud, tweeted encouragingly, "Sue sue sue."

"You should be credited and compensated appropriately. Why people are telling you to just let it go I can't understand," @demagnetisation wrote.

User @innerstate01 added, "Jeezus, that's not even sampling, they just used the entire song for a backing track for some s**t karaoke."

They went on, "Zero creativity. I hope you eventually get compensated for it, and I hope they have to pay double tax for being so god d**ned boring. FFS indeed."

West was embroiled in copyright infringement lawsuits over his past albums, including the "Donda" projects. The release of "Vultures 1" also faced hurdles with sample clearance from Donna Summer's estate and Ozzy Osbourne.

Summer's estate disclosed that West had modified the lyrics of her 1977 song "I Feel Love" and used a re-recording of it for his track, "Good (Don't Die)" after he was denied permission to use the original track. They accused the rapper of copyright infringement.

Meanwhile, Osbourne accused West of taking a part of Black Sabbath's "Iron Man" live performance from 1983 and combining it with one of his "Vultures 1" songs without permission.

According to legal professionals, the unauthorized use of the samples would constitute copyright violation.

Donald M. Woodard, an entertainment attorney, said in February that the situation seemed straightforward and undisputed by West.

Woodard clarified to Business Insider that for the "All of the Lights" rapper to proceed, he would have had to obtain clearance for the master recording and the underlying composition. This suggests that Osbourne and Summer may hold the copyright to either or both song elements.

The expert explained that even if West chose to re-record the music, thus avoiding the need to clear the master recording, he would still be required to clear the composition.

Woodard explained that it is a regular practice for artists in the music industry to incorporate samples.

"Major labels have a clearance department, and they actually have someone on staff that will listen and have a pretty keen ear to detect when there's probably a sample or an interpolation," the lawyer said.

He added, "Then the artist is notified, and the artist's team will have to see to clear the record or clear the use, so that's not unusual."

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