From the new album "Snowgoons Dynasty" ft. Esoteric, Ill Bill, Godilla, Fredro Starr (of Onyx), Sicknature, Punchline,
Reks, Thirstin Howl the 3rd, Planetary (of Outerspace), Virtuoso, Maylay Sparks, Swann, Sav Killz, M-Dot & Reef The Lost Cauze
Finesse was obviously talking about an instrumental as you said it yourself, no sound of finesse lyrics at all.
The very fact that Finesse is pursuing this says one of two things.....
1. Finesse Cleared the samples as he is not an idiot.
or
2. Finesse is an idiot.
Ill put my money on 1...
I dont know why you keep mentioning LF's voice, it has nothing to do with the voice, its about the beat. A beat that LF no doubt had to pay to clear the samples for. He owns the rights of the instrumental like any other producer, unless he sold them, which didnt happen.
I just cant see what precedent is getting set? People will get sued for SELLING mixtapes.
Hasnt that always been illegal, hence the "For Promo Use Only, Not For Resale" tagline.
Since the person started making money from your shit.
Isnt the bottom line about whether the person made money off of the beat?
I always thought mixtapes were free promo material, and in that sense then no, because they werent used to make money. But at some point it seemed that mixtapes became...
Not without permission no, is that too much to ask?
I think the issue here is not that he used finesse's beat, its that even when approached by finesse, he just ignored him. Leaving finesse with just the legal route left.
I cosign this ^^^
This is exactly why location is important, only a part of the work is making the beats or music. You could have the best talent, but without the right connections or some really good luck, then you are not going to connect with the people that can work with you to push you...
I saw the old video where he got confronted for jacking a beat, hes a bitch. I hope he does get sued a new arsehole.
Im glad its finesse on one hand and feel sorry for him having to go this route on the other.
most synths or sounds can sound thin if you dont know what you are doing.
As for reason, I really only use stock sounds and some tweaking, and my tracks are certainly not thin.
What I will say about reason though, is that it has a sound to it, the algorithms used by reason give it a sound that...