r/electronicmusic • u/SuperBouncyUnicorn di.fm • Apr 16 '13

/r/all will.i.am's new track Let's Go illegally samples Arty & Mat Zo's Rebound [x-post from /r/Music]

So will.i.am's Youtube channel just posted some new tracks and one of them, Let's Go ft. Chris Brown has its main melody taken straight from Arty and Mat Zo's track Rebound.

According to Arty's tweets, no permission was ever asked for the rights to his song from his label.

It's not like Arty and Mat Zo are small time no-name producers (ranked #28 and #72 on the DJ Top 100 in 2012), and their label Anjuna is pretty well known and respected in the EDM scene. To rip them off in this day and age is either pretty bold or pretty braindead (not to mention the fact that will.i.am made a complete waste of the melody).

How do will.i.am and his people expect to get away with this level of tomfoolery? More as the story develops.

Edit:

Arty & Mat Zo's label Anjunabeats is aware of the situation.

Label mate Maor Levi brings the humor. [Soundcloud link]

1.1k Upvotes
  • permalink
  • reddit

96% Upvoted

392 comments sorted by

View all comments

83

u/ActionIan Koan Sound Apr 16 '13

Honestly not surprised. I think this happens more often than we know. Mat Zo and Arty are two of my favorite artists, and it's an awesome track. But this is exactly why I don't listen to top 40 artists. You can never be sure what's really theirs

1

u/thinkerthought Apr 17 '13

Not only Top 40 artists, even Daft Punk

1

u/ActionIan Koan Sound Apr 17 '13 edited Apr 17 '13

Never heard that one, and thats a sample on one of their biggest songs. Did they get rights for it? Or at least ask the guy?

1

u/NottyScaughty Apr 17 '13

except that was the entire point of the album Discovery.

http://www.amazon.com/Discovered-As-Sampled-Daft-Punk/dp/B000W03RK8