Like many artists who made themselves successful worldwide, Kanye West is also taking in some impacts from it. The rapper is being sued by a Maryland producer named Dayna Staggs aka D'Mystro who claimed that West sampled his song "Volume of Good Life" for West's "Graduation" single "Good Life".
Staggs provided the paper evidence along with the lawsuit that was brought up on March 20, enclosing the music sheet for comparison between the two songs. Staggs, in the court papers stated that his "Volume of Good Life" was copyrighted in the '80s and was released under Pallas Records internationally soon after that. Furthermore, Staggs also claimed that he brought up the case in November 2007 by sending cease and desist letters to BMI, the company that represents Roc-A-Fella Records and Def Jam where West released his album under, but received no favorable reply.
West's version of "Good Life" that won him a Grammy earlier this year, is also deemed "vulgar and offensive" up to the point that it potentially "harms the reputation" of the much cleaner "Volume of Good Life".
Staggs is now demanding an 85 per cent royalties from worldwide sales of "Good Life". No representative of West or any of the defendants named in the lawsuit has commented on this.
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That's sad we have hip hop sound pirates who steal from Legends... At least D. Staggs is in good company MJ may you rest in peace, your music was and still is assume.
PYT is off the thriller album which is sampled on the good life song. Volume of the good life is sample in which it came and the title of the song is good life. Dang Mr. West should at least change the title before you downloaded the song.
Today May 20, 2009 I heard that Ye is Moving to London to avoid Good Life Lawsuit and few others that are seeking monetary damages from his sampling actions in the industry.
Yeah true dat, dude needs to release his samples so people can hear. They again this might have impact on ye career.
Saw Ye on BET, looked kinda mad. I guess he's not livin the good life. Maybe he will learn from this, stealn joint from a music legend is career over move. Especially if the legend is well respected like D'mystro.
Seems like Ye is kinda, gay Fish. LOL
Yeah all this stuff very true, and Ye is paid like he claims, this lil loot shouldn't even matter. Dude does have copyrights on the work so write the check Ye. Be a real man and move on.
Dude needs to release his song so people can hear it. If it was me I would then again maybe not.
Yeah thats true. I mean Ye been sampling for every hit song. Threw the wire, - Chaka Kahn's threw the fire. Many of them Ray Charles, Diamonds are forever. Now Welcome to good life - DMystro Volume of the good life song or sample or both. Cmon Ye have some class, be a man write the check and move on.
Ye Needs to settle his law suits, before they snatch his loot. Don't ignore the long arm of the law babes..