A lawsuit has been filed over a Christina Aguilera song produced by DJ Premier. The track stems from her work with Premier in 2006 when the Gang Starr rep surprised many by working with Aguilera. The two may have seemed like an odd pairing but the collaboration was deemed successful by many once Aguilera released her album, Back to Basics.
The sample in question is “Hippy Skippy Moon Strut,” by Dave Cortez & The Moon People. While Sony obtained sample clearance from Codigo Music and the Clyde Otis Music Group, it did not clear it with TufAmerica, a company that bought the rights to the song two years prior to Back to Basics’ release.
Now, TufAmerica Inc. is suing for punitive damages for copyright infringement, asking for an injunction and also asking that Sony void the rights of the other publishing companies as a result.
The original cut can be heard below followed by the Aguilera/Premier track.
Wow, I had no fuckin’ clue Premo produced that song. Well done, though.
It’s pretty shady how TufAmerica would come with this shit 4 years after the song’s been out, though.
Is it just me, or does it seem like these small companies are buying up rights to music just so they can nail anyone who samples the shit and doesn’t realize or is never informed that they bought the rights to it?
Premo lookin ugly as fuck in that pic as usual. At least he got good beats
damn homey u sound gay talkin about anotha man’s looks
the tracks he produced for her on this album were heat! straight premo thumpers especially “still dirrrty” and “thank you (dedication to the fans) i had to download those they were off the chain premo beats. this is what you get dawg, you wouldn’t of had these problems if you had saved those beats for big shug or termanology or blaq poet or canibus or anybody else that would shit their pants to work with you on the underground scene.
WHERE THE FUCK IS THAT KEY TO THE CITY TRACK W/ EMINEM? WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED TO THAT WHOLE DEAL? SCRAPPED?
Yes sir. Those beats were fucking nice. Thank you was a straight Gang Starr beat. I read an article were Premier said that Christina told him that she loved his beats on Wrath of the Math. Thats when Preem said ..alright i’ll work with you.
thank you was a straight gang starr track! damn she lucky. being knowledgeable about shit and you get hooked up out of respect-thats good stuff. i wish i could hit up preme and drop knowledge, not like a nerd of course, and get some ill shit from him to bob my head to.