Juvenile Addresses Kanye West Sampling Him On ‘Vultures Pt. 1’

Marc Griffin
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Juvenile has addressed Kanye West sampling him on Vultures Pt. 1. During an interview with TMZ, the Louisiana artist said he was “flattered” by Ye interpolating his hit song, “Back That Azz Up,” on his track, “Do It.”

West’s song, which also features YG and the late Nipsey Hussle, includes a nod not only to Juvie but DJ Jimi and his track, “Bi**hes Reply.” “All this money on the floor/10 racks,” Ty Dolla $ign croons. “Throw it up/ Watch how I do it, make her drop to her toes/ Bend it over, pick it up real slow/ I do it, baby, do it.” Unlike most artists sampled by Ye for the album, Juvie positively embraced the musical nod.

“I give everybody a chance, man, and Kanye’s a good dude,” he told the outlet. “He’s actually one of those cats when we released the Juvie, Wacko and Skip album that showed a whole lot of support. So it’s one of those situations. I’m kind of flattered that the guy chose me to sample my music. It’s how you look at it.”

The outlet also asked Juvenile if Ye’s string of controversies ever crossed his mind when discussions to interpolate his track arrived. Juvie expressed that that wasn’t the case and that he “likes to stay in his own world.”

“With me, I try to keep things on the positive, especially with the new artists and the ones that came after me. I’m flattered Drake done sampled my music, too, and I treated him the same way. It’s all love with me… I don’t get into what everybody else get into. I kinda like to stay in my own world and stay out the way.”

Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign released Vultures Pt. 1 in February. As with most Ye albums, the work includes a bevy of samples. Ozzy Osbourne was among the artists who had his work repurposed for the LP. However, he wasn’t as happy as Juvenile to be associated with the controversial rapper. The legendary rock star took to X/Twitter to denounce Ye indirectly using Black Sabbath’s 1970 track, “Iron Man,” as he sampled his own track, “Hell of a Life.”

“KANYE WEST ASKED PERMISSION TO SAMPLE A SECTION OF A 1983 LIVE PERFORMANCE OF ‘IRON MAN’ FROM THE US FESTIVAL WITHOUT VOCALS & WAS REFUSED PERMISSION BECAUSE HE IS AN ANTISEMITE AND HAS CAUSED UNTOLD HEARTACHE TO MANY,” Ozzy said. “HE WENT AHEAD AND USED THE SAMPLE ANYWAY AT HIS ALBUM LISTENING PARTY LAST NIGHT. I WANT NO ASSOCIATION WITH THIS MAN.”

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