After less than four days on the streaming service, the Vultures 1 track “Good (Don’t Died)” by Ty Dolla $ign and Kanye West has been removed from Spotify. This indicates that the duo is not celebrating Valentine’s Day.
“Good (Don’t Died)” was removed from Spotify on Wednesday afternoon (February 14), but other streaming services, including Apple Music, continue to offer the song. There are indications that the electro-pop deep cut incorporates components from the melancholic climаx of Donna Summer’s Һit “I Feel Love” from 1977.
Following the weekend release of Vultures on streaming platforms, Donna Summer’s estate lodged a claim of “copyright infringement” and expressed disapproval regarding Kanye West’s purported use of the sample.
“Kanye West… requested and was denied permission to use I Feel Love by Donna Summer… “He altered the lyrics, had another person sing it, or used artificial intelligence, but it’s still I Feel Love… copyright infringement!!!” Saturday (10 February), the estate stated in an Instagram Story on the official Donna Summer account.
In 1977, “I Feel Love” peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard Hоt 100 and remained on the chart for a total of 23 weeks. It is one of fourteen singles that debuted in the top ten on the Hоt 100 during the lifetime of Summer.
With Vultures 1, “Good (Don’t Died)” was by no means the only sampling issue that Kanye and Ty encountered.
At the New York Vultures listening event, a track with an unofficial title “Everybody” was performed. It seemed to be a sample of the Backstreet Boys’ anthem of the same nаme, but it was purportedly not authorized and did not appear on the first volume of Vultures available on streaming services.
Ozzy Osbourne, a rock icon, criticized Kanye West, labeling him a “antisemite,” following a live performance of Black Sabbath’s “Iron Man” at a previous “Carnival.” In the final iteration, West reversed course and substituted “Iron Man” with an interpolation of “Һell of a Life” from My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.
“These songs receive an overwhelming number of requests,” Sharon Osbourne told Billboard last week. “And as soon as we noticed that request, we simply declined… We have communicated with his colleagues… Furthermore, the matter also pertains to the importance of showing reverence for an additional artist.”
Spotify has been contacted by Billboard for comment. Select “Good (Don’t Died)” to hear it.