Just when you think he can't become more of a douche...

[davos]

Kanye rips of King Crimson for a track?? Seriously

I come back to the US after a few months and want to find some new music that wasn't on my iPod the whole time...and stumble across this crap:

http://www.hiphopmusicdotcom.com/kanye-west-power-feat-dwele.html

I'm stickin' with the Classic Rock

[Jbro]

I thought all rappers rip off other peoples tracks.

[mmmbeans]

i'm sure king crimson got paid.

[davos]

i'm sure king crimson got paid.

thats not the point. any real musician knows the music is more rewarding than the money in the long term

[davos]

I thought all rappers rip off other peoples tracks.

well, taking a 3 second sample and transforming into something else v. using the original voices & riffs (what most as$es today do) then just sampling it makes a big difference imo

[scpanther22]

thats not the point. any real musician knows the music is more rewarding than the money in the long term

thats what all the stuggling musicians say

[mmmbeans]

thats not the point. any real musician knows the music is more rewarding than the money in the long term

and anybody who doesn't want a day job sells out as soon as f*cking possible.

[Jangler]

Kanye doesn't care about white peoples music.

[charlotte49er]

I thought all rappers rip off other peoples tracks.

I think it started as far back as MC Hammer. Seems to me, one of his songs, Prince (the little purple guy) did first. Pray, maybe?

Fat Boys did it with Chubby Checker & The Twist

Fat Boys again with Wipe Out

RUN DMC with Aerosmith's Walk This Way

Puff Daddy & Faith with The Police/Sting's Every Breath You Take.

Fuggies ripped off Roberta Flack with Killing me Softly

Who can forget this one? BJ Thomas' Hooked on a Feeling (I guess this was pre- Hip Hop.

Blue Swede version:

[CharlotteBeer.com]

Is this the first you've heard about Kanye sampling other tracks? Because that's sort of his thing.

[davos]

thats what all the stuggling musicians say

Nah, the struggling one's just look at that perspective in the short term. There's no problem in cashing in, but you can still put the music first. Its not like the kids who listen to Kanye know who King Crimson is...so choosing them won't benefit the song's financial success. I'm sure he could synth a beat to use those sh*tty lyrics with. He just takes the easy road.

Also, I don't think y'all are getting my point. I'm just trying to reiterate he's a douche. how can you argue that?

[CharlotteBeer.com]

I agree that he's a douche, but not because of the song he chose to sample. In fact, that's what I like about a lot of his songs; how he takes samples from other genres and turns them into something new.

I like The Fray's cover of Kanye's track "Heartless" for the same reason.

[Dpantherman]

hes arrogant, cocky, and bitchy, which probably describes alot of people. But when hes focused he can make some really good music. before he went mainstream pop (his first two albums) he was my favorite artist. he made some good gym music for me to workout to, but i lost that connection i had w/ music. hopefully he scales back the on the autotune this time around.

[scpanther22]

Nah, the struggling one's just look at that perspective in the short term. There's no problem in cashing in, but you can still put the music first. Its not like the kids who listen to Kanye know who King Crimson is...so choosing them won't benefit the song's financial success. I'm sure he could synth a beat to use those sh*tty lyrics with. He just takes the easy road.

Also, I don't think y'all are getting my point. I'm just trying to reiterate he's a douche. how can you argue that?

Not arguing that.I know he is.Just saying I think he is talented douche.

But on the music part I think artist still would like to put the music first.But the big record companies dont care.its all about the money for them.