The estate of jazz musician Jimmy Smith filed the lawsuit, as Drake’s track used a 35-second sample of his 1982 song Jimmy Smith Rap. The track was produced by Drakes frequent collaborator Boi-1da and Jordan Evans. Songfacts: The outro to Drakes third album, Nothing Was The Same, features two penetrating verses from Jay Z on the first half of the song.
After few moments will be generated link to download video and you can start downloading. Pound Cake/Paris Morton Music 2 appeared on Drakes 2013 album Nothing Was The Same and features Jay Z. Just chose the format and click on the button 'Download'. JAY Z - Drake' Download video 'Pound Cake / Paris Morton Music 2 (feat. In this manner, ‘Pound Cake’ criticizes the jazz-elitism that the ‘Jimmy Smith Rap’ espouses. Download 'Pound Cake / Paris Morton Music 2 (feat. Through both the alteration of the ‘Jimmy Smith Rap’ and the rest of the rap’s lyrics, ‘Pound Cake’ emphasizes that it is not the genre but the authenticity of the music that matters.
Beyond the text of the lyrics themselves, ‘Pound Cake’ situates its sampling of approximately thirty-five seconds of the ‘Jimmy Smith Rap’ at the beginning of an approximately seven-minute-long hip-hop song in which Drake and Shawn Carter, professionally known as Jay-Z, rap about the greatness and authenticity of their work. On the other hand, ‘Pound Cake’ sends a counter message - that it is not jazz music that reigns supreme, but rather all ‘real music,’ regardless of genre. The message of the ‘Jimmy Smith Rap’ is one about the supremacy of jazz to the derogation of other types of music, which - unlike jazz - will not last.
Taking on one element of fair use, it reads, “A work is transformative when it ‘uses the copyrighted material itself for a purpose, or imbues it with a character, different from that for which it was created.’ ‘Pound Cake’ does just that. The order goes into substantial detail in looking at the passage in question, which features Drake and Jay-Z rapping. The decision is unusual, not only because fair-use rulings are rare in songwriting cases, but also because in this era courts are largely favoring plaintiffs in cases like Robin Thicke and Pharrell’s “Blurred Lines” and Katy Perry’s “Dark Horse.” The news was first reported by The Hollywood Reporter. Drake’s song appeared on his 2013 album “Nothing Was the Same.” The Second Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed today that Drake’s use of the 1982 recording “Jimmy Smith Rap” in his song “Pound Cake/Paris Morton Music 2” was fair use of the copyrighted work.