naw, sampling would mean LMFAO would have taken sound recorded from Ross (which ross would have been able to sue for even more).Technically that is sampling
Rick Ross suing LMFAO over "Everyday I'm Shuffling"
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Reverend Jesse Jackson
Somebody I Am
Naw you can get sued for stealing lyrics as well depending on how obvious it is. The "Everday I'm Shuffling" is an obvious encomium to Ross' "Everday I'm Hustlin"
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Smh Ross.
osama bin fly
al shabab
throw a gang sign dare you do sumthin about it
true, i understand he probably has a case. i'm more talking as far as hip hop, there used to be a time when suing over petty shyt like that was frowned upon. my original post was more about "the code of hip hop" then the legal aspect. Like i said, back then, Chuck D was criticized for suing over the use of his actual voice for 10 Crack Commandments (and that was his actual voice). this could borderline be considered a parody. According to "hip hop rules", would it be bytchmade for Ross to sue? do people even care about that? do these rules apply to non-hip-hop acts? are electronic music acts considered distan cousins of hip hop? is it only an issue if it's super popular music? am i over-analyzing all of this? that's what my post was aimed at.
Reverend Jesse Jackson
Somebody I Am
Suing for samples If you aren't making at least $100,000 from hip-hop is a punk move IMO. Ross suing them this late is an obvious money grab. I agree with you. I'm just saying Ross has a right to sue.
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Make dem cacs pay
Make dem cacs pay
Over one fukking line, One line???? A line that they even switched up! If he wins every rapper, singer and producer will be sued first thing tomorrow morning
wild100sboy
Superstar
What a fat POS. And wasn't that "everyday I'm hustling" line a sample itself in officer Ricky song?
thernbroom
Superstar
Rick Ross is suing LMFAO for copyright infringement.
The rapper has filed a lawsuit against the duo over a lyric used in their 2011 track 'Party Rock Anthem'.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Ross claims that the phrase "Every day I'm shufflin" from LMFAO's hit single is imitative of his own 2006 track 'Hustlin'', in which he repeatedly uses the lyric "Everyday I'm hustlin'".
Ross and the song's composer Jermaine Jackson have filed the case against the group - made up of uncle and nephew Redfoo and Sky Blu - at a Florida federal court over the unauthorised use of the line.
The lawsuit states: "The use of 'Hustlin'' in 'Party Rock Anthem' is readily apparent, despite the slight change from "Everyday I'm hustlin'"…' to "Everyday I'm shufflin...'" and constitutes, inter alia, the creation of an unauthorised derivative work."
It also mentions that the use of the phrase "is an obvious attempt to capitalise on the fame and success of 'Hustlin'", pointing out that the lyric is even performed in a similar manner to Ross.
The lawsuit continues: "The phrase is so important to the success of 'Party Rock Anthem', that LMFAO launched a highly successful clothing line, Party Rock Clothing, that features the phrase on T-shirts and other clothing items."
Ross is asking for an injunction and statutory damages, claiming that LMFAO have ignored previous warnings over the alleged infringement.
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/n...-sues-lmfao-over-party-rock-anthem-lyric.html
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Done.
Damn, Ross must be hurting financially to do this now considering how long LMFAO's song has been out...like OVER TWO YEARS AGO! You mean to tell me if you thought they was biting you didn't think of it back then when the song was ALL OVER THE RADIO!!!
Oh, and LMFAO will not be losing shyt cause of this. Besides all the royalties they've made over the years, one of the members of LMFAO is Berry Gordy's son, so they'll be good nonetheleess.
Oh, and LMFAO will not be losing shyt cause of this. Besides all the royalties they've made over the years, one of the members of LMFAO is Berry Gordy's son, so they'll be good nonetheleess.