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\n\tAfter a series of release dates that came and went, Ye<\/a> (formerly known as Kanye West) and Ty Dolla Sign\u2019s Vultures 2<\/em> album finally dropped on Saturday. And, like its predecessor, the second volume from the two MCs is getting criticized for allegedly not clearing some samples.<\/p>\n \n\tIn a tweet from producer\/DJ Geoff Barrow, the Portishead<\/a> member wrote \u201cFFS [for f\u2013ks sake] Not Again [shrug emoji],\u201d along with a screen shot of the Vultures 2<\/em> track \u201cField Trip.\u201d The song seems to very prominently sample the instantly recognizable drum pattern from the 2008 Portishead track \u201cMachine Gun,\u201d though at press time neither Spotify nor Apple Music listed any production or sample credits for the song also featuring Don Toliver, Kodak Black and Playboi Carti and attributed to the rap duo\u2019s joint name, \u00a5$.<\/p>\n \n\tAt press time a spokesperson for Barrow confirmed that the tweet was from Barrow, but it was unclear if the musician or the group were planning to take official legal action for the alleged unlicensed sample; legal representatives for Ye and Ty (born Tyrone William Griffin Jr.) had not returned requests for comment.<\/p>\n \n\tBack in February, the estate of Donna Summer filed a copyright lawsuit against<\/a> West in which they accused the rapper\/producer of \u201cshamelessly\u201d using Summer\u2019s 1977 hit \u201cI Feel Love\u201d without permission on the Vultures 1 song \u201cGood (Don\u2019t Die).\u201d The estate\u2019s attorneys said at the time that West \u201cshamelessly used instantly recognizable portions\u201d of Summer\u2019s song in his track, despite her estate having already \u201cexplicitly denied\u201d him authorization to do so. After the Summer estate\u2019s public statements regarding the song before the filing, \u201cGood (Don\u2019t Die)\u201d was pulled from streaming platforms and appeared to be pulled from digital versions of the album; at press time it was still not available on major streaming platforms.<\/p>\n \n\tIn addition, after Ozzy Osbourne denied West\u2019s request to sample one of his songs on Vultures 1<\/em> \u2014 a solo Ozzy version of the Black Sabbath song \u201cWar Pigs\u201d recorded at the 1983 US Festival \u2014 the metal icon lashed out at Ye<\/a> in February after the sample turned up during a listening party at Chicago\u2019s United Center for the serially delayed first Vultures<\/em> album. <\/p>\n \n\t\u201cREFUSED PERMISSION BECAUSE HE IS AN ANTISEMITE AND HAS CAUSED UNTOLD HEARTACHE TO MANY,\u201d Osbourne wrote at the time. \u201cHE WENT AHEAD AND USED THE SAMPLE ANYWAY AT HIS ALBUM LISTENING PARTY LAST NIGHT. I WANT NO ASSOCIATION WITH THIS MAN!\u201d Osbourne\u2019s comment about Ye was a reference to the barrage of antisemitic comments and insults<\/a> from Ye in late 2022 that caused the downfall of his once billion-dollar music and fashion empire and led to pariah status in the music and business world. <\/p>\n \n\tThis is not the first time that West has been sued for illegally sampling or interpolating other artist\u2019s songs into his tracks. In 2022 he was\u00a0served with a lawsuit<\/a>\u00a0claiming his song \u201cLife of the Party\u201d illegally sampled rap group Boogie Down Productions. In another case<\/a>\u00a0he was tagged for using an uncleared snippet of\u00a0Marshall Jefferson<\/a>\u2019s 1986 house track \u201cMove Your Body\u201d in the song \u201cFlowers\u201d and another case<\/a>\u00a0claimed he allegedly sampled a sermon by a Texas pastor on \u201cCome to Life.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tThis also isn\u2019t the first time Barrow has called an artist out for allegedly sampling his band\u2019s song \u201cMachine Gun\u201d without permission. In 2013, he accused The Weeknd of sampling the track from Portishead\u2019s Third<\/em> album on \u201cBelong to the World\u201d without asking first. \u201cWhen someone asks to sample you and you refuse they should have the respect as a fellow artist<\/a> to not use it,\u201d Barrow tweeted at Abel Tesfaye at the time.<\/p>\n \n\tSee the tweet from Barrow below.<\/p>\n