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Kanye West’s ‘Vultures 1’ Still Uses Part of an Uncleared Black Sabbath Song — Plus Many More

Kanye West's 'Vultures 1' samples an interpolations, including a Black Sabbath riff use, are not all cleared.

A spokesperson for Primary Wave, which has a partnership with James Brown ‘s estate, tells Billboard that a use of The Godfather of Soul’s oft-sampled “Funky President (People It’s Bad)” was not cleared for use on the Vultures 1 track “Fuk Sumn.” Che’ Pope from Yeezy Music says that licensing discussions are “in process” for the album and “everything’s in great shape, except for Ozzy Osbourne and Donna Summer.” He says that the Summer use should never have been released, and that the team is working on the “Carnival” issue now. While West built a name for himself as an all-time great hip-hop producer with exquisite use of samples and interpolations, with this release that’s been complicated by his recent history of antisemitism, starting in 2022 and after which he was widely condemned and lost numerous business deals.

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