so if someone takes a concept you started and said the same thing or flipped it, you'd be happy go lucky that they went platinum off it and you were still just a local artist?...cuz Jay-Z HAS done that as well ya know
"What More Can I Say" was originally something that Lupe Fiasco (Chicago native) did years aGo, he just re-wrote parts and shit but the basic concept and beat were pretty much the same
as well as something by another Chicago rapper named Payroll, I just can't ever remember which song he took from him...but it's on the 1st BluePrint album where Kanye did the hook to his song...that's not Jay-Z beat or song
basically, Kanye West used to do beats for Payroll and gave Jay-Z the beat, hook and concept for a song that wasn't his to begin with
and that's just Chicago, imagine how many other cities there's niggas that Jay-Z has stolen from all over the WORLD, not even just the U.S. man, shit...Jay-Z is a rap magician, it's all smoke and mirrors, tricks of the trade...one BIG ass illusion