Is this for real???
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/may/09/beastie-boys-alleged-copyright-infringement?newsfeed=true
I love Trouble Funk (In part due to the Beastie's & Rick Rubin's championing of them) but come on, give 'em a break. Why now?
EDIT: Tuff America is an imprint of Tuff City, owned by Aaron Fuchs, this is his business model, buying up the rights to old tracks that have been sampled, then persuing 'infringers'!
How low can you go?
Adam Yauch (MCA) of the Beastie Boys passes away.....sucks...
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I understand intellectual copyrights and such, but coming to a group nearly 30 years after the fact (and kicking them when they're down 'cause MCA'sStankbomber said:
Is this for real???
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/may/09/beastie-boys-alleged-copyright-infringement?newsfeed=true
I love Trouble Funk (In part due to the Beastie's & Rick Rubin's championing of them) but come on, give 'em a break. Why now?
EDIT: Tuff America is an imprint of Tuff City, owned by Aaron Fuchs, this is his business model, buying up the rights to old tracks that have been sampled, then persuing 'infringers'!
How low can you go?sickpassed on), then demanding compensation for intellectual property that you didn't even create is f*cking sick. The guy's trying to make an easy buck, and I hope the sh*t gets thrown out for being the frivolous lawsuit that it is.Most of these old funk and soul bands are so off the radar in the new commercial age that their vinyl is cluttering up garage sales... If it wasn't for studious crate diggers, hip hop listeners, and people using these samples, there wouldn't be much interest in these songs anyway (even if you put out some flimsy "essential greatest hits" or something), so any old funk dudes with legitimate claims to the copyright are probably keeping their mouth shut right now and at least happy that the sh*t is in use.
I would say that "MCA is spinning in his grave right now" (as cliché as that is), but I probably shouldn't say it, 'cause if Fuchs found out he was "spinning" Trouble Funk, he'd dig him up and charge him with copyright infringement. Weak.
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Posts: 3,618Posted 14 years ago #I knew it was trouble sampling them...
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*facepalm* psssh! Nice one, hahaha.YoYoPo said:
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Posts: 46Posted 14 years ago #Nice tribute here, http://www.flickr.com/photos/heavyartillery/7178818068/lightbox/
painted on the streets of Brighton, by Aroe of Heavy Artillery Crew.
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Posts: 588Posted 14 years ago #Loyalty radio show dedicated to MCA:
http://loyaltyradio.podomatic.com/entry/2012-05-13T14_10_01-07_00
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Posts: 1,879Posted 14 years ago #Stankbomber said:
Nice tribute here, http://www.flickr.com/photos/heavyartillery/7178818068/lightbox/
painted on the streets of Brighton, by Aroe of Heavy Artillery Crew.
Hip Hop Lives!Whoa! That is a sick piece, a master paying homage to a master...
And THCx for hookin' up the Tribute podcast freshkest, listening to it as I type this!
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Posts: 3,618Posted 14 years ago #WOAH - that piece is f***ing SICK!!!
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Posts: 1,879Posted 14 years ago #freshkest said:
The radio show wasn't all that great. I apologize.
That piece however is very nice.
I'll be on the look out for more MCA related material.No worries, it wouldn't have been that bad if they didn't talk so damn much! They had some dope songs in the set...
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Posts: 394Posted 14 years ago #That sounds so f***ing awesome freshkest. I wish I lived up there, I'd be there with my ear goggles on........been listening to the Beasties since this happened a lot. Such a positive person in the hip hop world....impossible to replace Mr. Nathaniel Hornblower.....tripping out to him in the "Beats Rhymes and Life" documentary.......the part about "bust off on ya couch, now you got Siemin's Furniture"......funny part......
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Posts: 3,255Posted 14 years ago #Side note: R.I.P. to Donna Summer
"Love to Love You Baby" is one of the RAWEST tracks I've ever heard. If I could make a woman sound like that, I think my life would be complete.
Maybe not as accomplished as an Aretha Franklin or a Diana Ross, but she's light-years beyond any of the "divas" in recent times.
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Posts: 588Posted 14 years ago #Now here's a true tribute show to MCA and the Beastie Boys, all music, less chatter, by the man AC the PD at hiphopphilosophy:
http://soundcloud.com/acthepd-26/the-official-hiphopphilosophy
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Posts: 1,879Posted 14 years ago #freshkest said:
Now here's a true tribute show to MCA and the Beastie Boys, all music, less chatter, by the man AC the PD at hiphopphilosophy:http://soundcloud.com/acthepd-26/the-official-hiphopphilosophy
Proper tribute, nice freshkest!
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