Rapper
Kanye
West
has
been
accused
of
"ripping
off" a
song
by
Aphex
Twin
for
a
sample
featured
on
his
2010
track
"Blame
Game".
The
electronic
musician,
real
name
Richard
D.
James,
has
hit
out
at
West
over
an
apparent
sample
of
his
track
"Avril
14th" being
used
on
"Blame
Game",
which
featured
on
Kanye's
2010
album
"My
Beautiful
Dark
Twisted
Fantasy".
James
claims
he
offered
to
help
the
star
create
a
sample,
but
was
rebuffed
by
his
team,
who
went
on
to
take
credit
for
the
finished
track,
reports
contactmusic.com.
"Is
it
a
sample?
I
actually
don't
know
what
it
ended
up
being
in
the
end,
I'm
so
slack,"
he
said.
He
added:
"I
know
that
he
tried
to
f*****g
rip
me
off
and
claim
that
he'd
written
it,
and
they
tried
to
get
away
with
not
paying.
I
was
really
helpful,
and
when
they
first
sent
it
to
me,
I
was
like,
'Oh,
I
can
re-do
that
for
you,
if
you
like',
because
they'd
sampled
it
really
badly
and
time-stretched
it
and
there
was
loads
of
artefacts.
"I
was
like,
'I'll
just
replay
it
for
you
at
that
speed
if
you
want.' And
they
totally
didn't
even
say
'hello'
or
'thanks',
they
just
replied
with,
'It's
not
yours,
it's
ours,
and
we're
not
even
asking
you
any
more.'"
"Blame
Game"
features
crooner
John
Legend
and
sees
Kanye
rap
about
his
past
relationships.