I wouldn't call it infringement. It's inspiration. I definitely think that the future builds on the past and successfully -- especially with music. Yes, Jay-z is the best rapper alive, and a lot of his greatest songs sample "the past." Pablo Picasso said, "Good artists borrow, great artists steal." It's true. Even related to design, which I do, I get inspired by other people's work and I might imitate one's idea and make it my own. I get inspired. But, back to music. Jay is my favorite rapper--my favorite artist and he has a song with Cold Play, called Most Kingz, and it is one of my favorite songs. In a video on youtube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoeAgIQFKhU&feature=related), as a promotion for his book Decoded, Jay breaks down that the song was "Inspired by Basquiat," a painting that says "Most Kingz get their heads cut off" and so the song is based on this inspiration. Jay - Z says, "Yes, I'm inspired by life and all sorts of things. You could say something right now and it would inspire me to write a song or something to happen. Most Kingz just happened to be inspired by a Basquiat drawing. ... It's powerful. Just the statement in itself lends itself for a song ..."
Does Jay-z owe this painting money? Is it infringement? or just inspiration!?
Song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPdD4pubSpo&feature=related (It's Great.)
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