![]() ![]() All that other bullshit is here today and gone tomorrow.” Judge Pauley notes that Smith’s original “is an unequivocal statement on the primacy of jazz over all other forms of popular music” while Drake’s version turns it into “a statement that ‘real music,’ with no qualifiers, is ‘the only thing that's gonna last. ![]() But jazz was, is and always will be.” In Drake’s version, it’s cut down to, “Only real music's gonna last. Sample: Why Can’t We Live Together by Timmy Thomas Perhaps more so than any other rapper, Drake has differentiated himself from his peers by rapping over beats that don’t initially sound like. All that other bullshit is here today and gone tomorrow. In the original, Smith says, “Jazz is the only real music that’s gonna last. Pauley III broke down how the use of the sample constitutes fair use. Yesterday, a judge determined that the sample is fair use and therefore, there’s no liability for copyright infringement, THR reports. Back in 2014, Drake was sued for copyright infringement over the spoken word sample that opens his Jay Z-featuring Nothing Was the Same track “Pound Cake/Paris Morton Music 2.” The lawsuit was brought by the estate of jazz musician Jimmy Smith, whose 1982 song “Jimmy Smith Rap” gets prominently sampled on Drake’s track. ![]()
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