Jay-Z "Empire State of Mind" stolen...

Jay-Z is well known as a number 1 hit making artist, but to many in the industry he is reviled for sampling lyrics, music and whole sections of songs. His latest hit, "Empire State of Mind" is a great example. He sampled the first 20 seconds of The Moments 1968 song "Love on a Two Way Street". LISTEN BELOW. The sample begins at 1 second...

Here is Jay-Z's version (sample begins at 12 seconds):

Crazy huh?! The music is exactly the same. He also sampled the beat from Isaac Hayes song "Breakthrough" in the song. Sampling music is something that all artists do, but when you do it in a manner that makes people believe you created something new, that is wrong. This is the same Jay-Z who said "I’m the blueprint, I’m like the map for em." ("A Star is Born", The Blueprint 3) It seems like the big-headed star is stealing a blueprint or two from artists who came before him.  
Shame on Jay-Z for sampling stealing music.