Kanye’s Stolen Sample
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Here’s an interesting little story about Kanye West trying to steal from the legendary Aphex Twin. It’s just something that I think more people should know about. There isn’t really a big ending or anything, but it is what it is.
@asbradfield
January 17, 2026 at 3:52 am
on one hand, blurred lines is the best song to come out this decade
@Jimmy-es8bc
January 17, 2026 at 3:52 am
Marvin Gaye's estate are notoriously litigious. I think the Blurred Lines case was a bunch of bullshit. Sure the song sounded similar when you broke it down, but the overall sound and feel of the song is completely different.
@tripy4746
January 17, 2026 at 3:52 am
9:10
@ivrogggg
January 17, 2026 at 3:52 am
now we have the right to say ratm ripped tool’s opiate riff?
@mouseinyohouse
January 17, 2026 at 3:52 am
Bro I was listening to Drukqs by aphex twin and I heard Avril 14TH and I was like “blame game??” So I searched this up and I’m glad I wasn’t the only one who noticed that.
@dharmakaya_craft
January 17, 2026 at 3:52 am
Kanye will never ever even be a percentage of a musician that Richie D is/was/and will continue to be.
@peterkoinzell7983
January 17, 2026 at 3:52 am
Wow can you believe I heard Blame Game then avri114 and thought "oh Apex Twin is doing a cover of that not that old Kanye song ;/ lame"
@marscrasher
January 17, 2026 at 3:52 am
blurred lines is so blatantly not a copy
@fugamantew
January 17, 2026 at 3:52 am
Kanye is a victim of a certain capitalist current aimed at pure disregard
@xn9333
January 17, 2026 at 3:52 am
GET TO THE FXCKIN POINT MAN!!!
@flyordie6370
January 17, 2026 at 3:52 am
The money and power-hungry monsters of the music industry will go to any extent to make profit, even if it includes blatantly copying other songs
@b4u992
January 17, 2026 at 3:52 am
So is there any evidence Kanye himself even knew about his and not just his producers? All we have is hearsay from RDJ and he's known to say crazy shit and lies in interviews.
@AugustRx
January 17, 2026 at 3:52 am
This felt like when you have to reach the 500 word limit but only have two sentences on your paper
@liamharder
January 17, 2026 at 3:52 am
I had always thought IDM came from the thought experiment exploring what music would be if machines became sentient.
@TreehouseINC
January 17, 2026 at 3:52 am
this video was way too long LOL
@108noonoo
January 17, 2026 at 3:52 am
Sampling can be a cool way to make new music from old Dilla and Dj shadow do it best but Kayne just nicks whole songs pretty much and raps over them its not subtle its terrible.
@shredderly
January 17, 2026 at 3:52 am
Him and aphex twin are creative in very different ways. Yeah they are. Aphex twin is a genius who can't be rivaled and kanye is a great example how mediocre artists rise to the top by pandering to the lowest common denominator.
@matttheking1655
January 17, 2026 at 3:52 am
Weird but Aphex Twins aka Richard James had received writing credit for the song… Its literally on the credit,!..🤔
@ThaHulkster
January 17, 2026 at 3:52 am
I still struggle how to describe the genre that guys like Flying Lotus and Aphex Twin make. Another thing, it would be a helluva thing to see Ye ditch hip hop production & go whatever this production route is.
@joshpickles9022
January 17, 2026 at 3:52 am
You played the wrong part of the aphex twin sample you spanner. It's the next bar.
@giveyourselfahandle
January 17, 2026 at 3:52 am
Kanye West refusing to pay any respect to Richard D James for his creation, and also Kayne saying that he would absolutely be the next president on Joe Rogan's podcast are just two of the reasons that I have absolutely no respect for the delusion piece of shit named Kanye West. Artist… sure. Human… fuck him.
@dalek604
January 17, 2026 at 3:52 am
Plot twist ye turns out to a be a black white supremacist.
@j.r.9170
January 17, 2026 at 3:52 am
Kanye is a wack job
@alfredino724
January 17, 2026 at 3:52 am
yeezy taught me
@catguyisawesome
January 17, 2026 at 3:52 am
but that's like, every kanye sample
@bradleymccarthy4637
January 17, 2026 at 3:52 am
heres a fuken idea..write your own songs! rap blows
@crieverytim
January 17, 2026 at 3:52 am
you interrupt yourself w the pronunciation of Avril 14th and AFX weird track names…. when you should be playing the two records side by side so we can compare them. Not a great time for a tangent
@custardgannet4836
January 17, 2026 at 3:52 am
I doubt Richard would really give a shit about someone sampling his work without permission
@thegrinderman1090
January 17, 2026 at 3:52 am
Richard D is so humble while being the musical genius that Kanye wishes he was. And i say that as a Kanye fan.
@dominikrago1236
January 17, 2026 at 3:52 am
Fun fact: the people who published the song "Xtal" by Aphex Twin didn't pay nor credit the song that Xtal sampled (it's a song called "Evil at play", and Richard sampled the female voice).
@polska4968
January 17, 2026 at 3:52 am
hang on , this old news , check beyonce and kelis battle
@khalilkaleel644
January 17, 2026 at 3:52 am
no way
@__________________________7981
January 17, 2026 at 3:52 am
im all pro sampling, but not when you try to claim you didnt sample and that its yours, and also, i miss my dog (who knows knows)
@valerienash6425
January 17, 2026 at 3:52 am
this is pretty consistent with kanyes bs behavior
@bigdaddy793-1
January 17, 2026 at 3:52 am
bro made an 11 minute video for something that could fit in a youtube short
@Whocares1987
January 17, 2026 at 3:52 am
Team Richard
@bill3118
January 17, 2026 at 3:52 am
He's certainly no musician.
@flowerchild8450
January 17, 2026 at 3:52 am
Just getting into Aphex Twin now and listened to Avril 14th, jaw dropped when the final 30 seconds of the song came in and I realised where I recognised it from lol. In retrospect Blame Game works way better with Avril 14th both as an interlude as an outro, gives it that good Runaway vibe.
Also obviously Kanye is a douchebag for trying to make it as though he wrote the piece of music originally.
@arthurcharlie2873
January 17, 2026 at 3:52 am
Soo so very late. But Zeducation sampled your background song!
@eleven9286
January 17, 2026 at 3:52 am
You didnt show the part of Avril 14th that he sampled. It's identical.
@DarKNess1111x
January 17, 2026 at 3:52 am
Wow! I assumed all was in order and adore both tracks, but considering Kanye's exceptional levels of douche-baggery this is hardly a surprise. Shame on all others involved. He probably convinced them that it was justifiable on some warped racial premise, and this is coming from a black person. Blatant theivery by all accounts SMH
@joshualol163
January 17, 2026 at 3:52 am
W
@tayjen59
January 17, 2026 at 3:52 am
you look a lot like Andrew Scott (Professor Moriarty from Sherlock Holmes series), great video btw, thank you!
@paulwall2891
January 17, 2026 at 3:52 am
Rap is nothing but samples
@ClandestineMerkaba
January 17, 2026 at 3:52 am
Aphex Twin is a sonic God. Con yay, is a thief and a pile of shit.
@Robards18
January 17, 2026 at 3:52 am
Also:
Aphex Twin: https://youtu.be/6JZvwbJeseA?t=21
KW: https://youtu.be/Bm5iA4Zupek?t=33
Dont't believe in coincidences here 🙂
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