The song would be released to DJs as a promotional single that same month. The song was originally reported to be Nothing Was the Same 's second single, before " Hold On, We're Going Home" 's release. However, as Nothing Was the Same 's September 24 release was approaching, it was removed from SoundCloud.
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On August 1, 2013, Drake released "All Me" for free download via his SoundCloud account.
Key Wane then pressured Sean to send Drake his verse so he could use the song on his album, Nothing Was the Same.
While spending time at Drake's Los Angeles home, Sean discovered that they both had recorded verses over the track. Drake and 2 Chainz immediately became interested in the song and recorded verses over the instrumental. After a period without progress on the track, Wane tweaked it and sent the song to Drake, who was coincidentally in the studio with 2 Chainz. However, the song would go unfinished for several months. Sean took interest in the beat and decided to use it for his upcoming album Hall of Fame. Key Wane originally played the instrumental backing track used for "All Me" through his iPad at a photoshoot for Sean's clothing line.
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The Ansari intro features a sample of one of Ansari's alter egos, "Randy", from the movie Funny People. However, the intro and ending of the song are not included on the album. Key Wane gave Drake and Noah "40" Shebib credit for adding the Ansari sample and the ending breakdown. The song also featured an intro by comedian Aziz Ansari. By doing so, it uses the copyrighted work for ‘a purpose, or imbues it with a character, different from that for which it was created.On August 1, 2013, Drake released "All Me" featuring Big Sean and 2 Chainz, with production from Key Wane. In this manner, ‘Pound Cake’ criticizes the jazz-elitism that the ‘Jimmy Smith Rap’ espouses. Through both the alteration of the ‘Jimmy Smith Rap’ and the rest of the rap’s lyrics, ‘Pound Cake’ emphasizes that it is not the genre but the authenticity of the music that matters. Beyond the text of the lyrics themselves, ‘Pound Cake’ situates its sampling of approximately thirty-five seconds of the ‘Jimmy Smith Rap’ at the beginning of an approximately seven-minute-long hip-hop song in which Drake and Shawn Carter, professionally known as Jay-Z, rap about the greatness and authenticity of their work. On the other hand, ‘Pound Cake’ sends a counter message - that it is not jazz music that reigns supreme, but rather all ‘real music,’ regardless of genre. The message of the ‘Jimmy Smith Rap’ is one about the supremacy of jazz to the derogation of other types of music, which - unlike jazz - will not last. Taking on one element of fair use, it reads, “A work is transformative when it ‘uses the copyrighted material itself for a purpose, or imbues it with a character, different from that for which it was created.’ ‘Pound Cake’ does just that. The order goes into substantial detail in looking at the passage in question, which features Drake and Jay-Z rapping. The decision is unusual, not only because fair-use rulings are rare in songwriting cases, but also because in this era courts are largely favoring plaintiffs in cases like Robin Thicke and Pharrell’s “Blurred Lines” and Katy Perry’s “Dark Horse.” The news was first reported by The Hollywood Reporter. Drake’s song appeared on his 2013 album “Nothing Was the Same.” The Second Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed today that Drake’s use of the 1982 recording “Jimmy Smith Rap” in his song “Pound Cake/Paris Morton Music 2” was fair use of the copyrighted work.