But jazz was, is and always will be.” In Drake’s version, it’s cut down to, “Only real music’s gonna last. All that other bullshit is here today and gone tomorrow. In the original, Smith says, “Jazz is the only real music that’s gonna last. Yesterday, a judge ruled that the sample is fair use, THR reported, and that there is no liability for copyright infringement. Smith’s 1982 track “Jimmy Smith Rap,” as well as “Don’t Say A Word” by Ellie Goulding, “Jimmy Smith Rap” by Jimmy Smith, and “C.R.E.A.M.” by Wu-Tang Clan were sampled on the song, which was produced by Boi-1da and Jordan Evans.
Drake was hit with a lawsuit in 2014 over the vocal sample that opens his JAY Z-featured Nothing Was the Same record “Pound Cake/Paris Morton Music 2.” The copyright infringement lawsuit was filed by jazz artist Jimmy Smith.
