an Interesting article...
http://www.philly.co...yl-Johnson.html
Reading between the lines I guess this affair may now be in the hands of lawyers or heading that way...
clip below..
Chicago soul man Syl Johnson, who was the subject of a massive retrospective box issued by the Numero Group last year, has a beef with fellow Windy City resident Kanye West and his Watch The Throne partner Jay-Z. It seems that last year, West's lawyers and Numero were in negotiations over the use of a sample of Johnson's song "Different Strokes" on "The Joy," a West creation targeted for My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.
Talks broke down, and the song didn't make the album, but now it's turned up on Watch The Throne, the celebrated collabo by the two hotshot rappers, even though an agreement was never reached.
Read more: http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/inthemix/Note-to-Kanye-and-Jay-Z-Dont-Mess-with-Syl-Johnson.html
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