Electronic musician claims camp Kanye told him its not yours, its ours, regarding elements of his 2001 track which were used for Wests song Blame Game
Aphex Twin has accused Kanye West of trying to plagiarise one of his songs for use on My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. The rapper and his reps allegedly tried to get away with not paying for Aphexs track Avril 14th, which forms the musical backbone of Wests song Blame Game.
[Kanye] tried to fucking rip me off and claim that hed written it, and they tried to get away with not paying, Aphex Twins Richard D James claimed in a new interview with Pitchfork. Although James insists he was really helpful following Wests enquiries, offering to send a polished version of the Avril 14th sample, re-played at a different speed, the MCs camp was reportedly nothing but rude. They totally didnt even say hello or thanks, they just replied with, Its not yours, its ours, and were not even asking you any more.
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by Sean Michaels via Electronic music | The Guardian
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