Earlier in the month, Black Eyed Peas frontman will.i.am faced heavy criticism from music fans following the release of the Chris Brown-assisted “Let’s Go,” a record that heavily samples European duo Arty and Mat Zo’s “Rebound.”
Billboard.com recently caught up with will.i.am to get his thoughts on the controversy surrounding the song, which is featured on his newly-released #willpower album. According to will.i.am, an alternate version of “Rebound” was created by Arty for his use, but he instead opted for the production on the original version of the song.
“Arty is a dope producer so I wrote this song to ‘Rebound’ this last year. I got in touch with Arty and showed it to him, did a different version to it ’cause I asked him [to] make it newer ’cause I don’t just wanna take your song and rap over it…We preferred writing over and using the [original] “Rebound.’ Something happened and the clearance…hopefully we resolved the issue,” said will.i.am.
The pair lashed out at will.i.am earlier in the month for his alleged, unapproved use of their song via Twitter, with Arty stating that, “They never cleared rights through Anjunabeats, who’s only one label, who ownes the rights for ‘Rebound’.”
As of now, it’s unclear if Arty and Mat Zo plan on taking any legal action.
Pleaaaase never release the crap you tried to sell Michael Jackson.
Will.i.am is a dick and I have no idea why UK TV production companies like him so much, he’s a shallow and vapid with marginal talent.
Anjunabeats, Super8 & Tab however… legendary!
LOL who cares about this nigga he ain’t shit to none of us
Albuhas a 51% average on Metacritic. Yikes
Why is this even news? This guy is clearly a pop artist.
he should of ask Dr.Dre how it done so he wouldnt have got catch
u mean caught nigga
LMAO wouldnt have got catch
only good song he had was dick riding obama ft thugnifecent
Who gives half a shit about this fuckhead who decided “yo fuck a message, I want 1900 songs about going to a party”. Seriously, I hate this fool so much. I hope he gets sued and I hope he loses heaps of cash.
It’s mind-boggling the heart wants it, the mind rejects it
Fuck the past, let’s put the present in perspective
That’s my lady, she would never back-stab or cross me
Stand butt-naked in the storm, sippin’ the frosty
Force me to choose, I’mma follow my heart
She was there from the beginning, but I tore ’em apart
No more Delucas, straight Killa Bee on the swarm
And when it’s time to get big, she put her game face on