He has reportedly negotiated licences for (Not Just) Knee Deep samples on songs by De La Soul, Snoop Dogg, LL Cool J and more, and last year won formal rights to the phrase, "Bow wow wow yippie yo yippie yay".īlack Eyed Peas' new album, The Beginning, is out now. This song has been re-recorded and does not use in any form any feature of the original recording. Musically, the song is a Pop track and it has a tempo of 120 beats per minute. They have filed their complaints together, seeking damages, a share of profits and songwriting credits.Ĭlinton has similar demands, but unlike Pringle and Phenom the funk bandleader has a history of copyright triumph. It was released on 2012 and was originally written by MAX MARTIN, MASON LEVY, ADAM LEVINE, SAMUEL DENISON MARTIN. Texas songwriter Bryan Pringle and Chicago singer Phoenix Phenom claim executives at Interscope stole hooks from their demos. In October, the Black Eyed Peas were hit with two other infringement suits in relation to their songs I Gotta Feeling and Boom Boom Pow. The overall sound of the album has a more electro hop beat rather than the usual hip pop/R&B feeling of their previous albums. Clinton alleges that someone forged his signature on a licensing agreement. ' Peas I Gotta Feeling downloaded 6 million times ' Google News. But he insists he refused to sign any contract or concede to terms of compensation. 'Black Eyed Peas’ I Gotta Feeling surpasses six million legal downloads', AugAssociated Press. YouTube TikTok Pinterest Twitter Instagram Facebook.
Like the earlier remix, it incorporates a prominent sample from Parliament's 1979 song, (Not Just) Knee Deep.Ĭlinton claims the band's producers approached him last year to license the funk sample. I got a feelin That tonights gonna be a good night That tonights gonna be a good night That tonights gonna be a good.
The most recent of these, Shut the Phunk Up, appeared as a bonus track on the 2009 album The E.N.D., as well as the DVD Live from Sydney to Vegas.
The leader of Parliament-Funkadelic claims his signature was forged to clear a sample for two tracks by the group.Ĭlinton's lawyers are seeking "millions" in damages relating to two remixes of the Black Eyed Peas' 2003 hit Shut Up, which sold more than 8.5m copies. The Black Eyed Peas have been accused of copyright infringement for the third time in three months, this time by funk legend George Clinton. ReleaseArtistFormatTracksCo.Invasion of Boom Boom Pow: Megamix E.P.The Black Eyed PeasDigital Media6US.Boom Boom PowThe Black Eyed PeasCD4DE.Boom Boom PowThe Black Eyed PeasDigital Media1GB.