Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign’s collaborative album ‘Vultures 1’ has been reportedly removed from streaming services due to it not being approved by its distributor. While the album was released on streaming services last Saturday, it appears that FUGA, the company that delivered the record to the platforms, did so without the company being aware of it. FUGA declined to release the album last year and is now actively working with its DSP partners and client to remove ‘Vultures 1’ from its systems.
This is not the first time the album has run into copyright issues. The track ‘Good (Don’t Die)’ was removed from Spotify earlier this week following a complaint over an unauthorised Donna Summer sample by the late singer’s estate. West had asked permission to use Summer’s 1977 classic ‘I Feel Love’ on the track, but he was denied. The artist allegedly changed the words, had someone re-sing it, or used AI to get the sample on ‘Vultures 1’, constituting “copyright infringement”.
Back in December, it was revealed that West had used a Backstreet Boys sample on a ‘Vultures’ track called ‘Everybody’. The song wasn’t reportedly cleared and didn’t end up featuring on ‘Vultures 1’. The sample of Black Sabbath’s ‘Iron Man’ on the cut ‘Carnival’ was also unauthorised, according to Ozzy Osbourne. He called West an antisemite, claiming he had caused untold heartache to many. West has since responded to Osbourne, claiming that the comments may not have come from the musician himself.
In a two-star review of ‘Vultures 1’, NME called the collection “mired in misogyny” and “dogged by degrading lyrics and messy mixes”. The review further added that such misogyny is hardly new in hip-hop, or either artist’s catalogues or the broader musical landscape in general, but that does not make it any less detestable. The collaborative album serves as the first part of a three-volume project, and it may not be available on streaming services for much longer, given FUGA’s active efforts to remove it
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