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Neptunes STOLE Some of Their Beats??

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Josh

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"In an exclusive interview with SOHH.com, 18-year old Joseph Zakoni accused Pharrell and Star Trak President and long-time Neptunes's manager Rob Walker of copying and manufacturing his beats - without consent - that were posted on the label's message board last April. Zakoni insists that Star Trak Entertainment strung him along into believing that he would eventually become a part of the Star Trak production team, including future plans to work with the likes of Super Cat, only to be duped while they manipulated his productions..."

"...They flew me out to New York once," Zakoni recalls of a previous encounter, "and I walked into the studio and was like, 'Oh awesome! They're playing my beat...wait a minute...', and [then I realized] it was that 'ni99a Please,' Jay-Z bullsh!t." Zakoni has gone so far as to present to SOHH.com what he calls proof of the theft -- an MP3 that displays the shocking similarities between his original production and Neptune-produced Jay-Z track. Other tracks that Zakoni alleges The Neptunes stole from his collection are tracks by Canadian/Jamaican-descent rapper Kardinall Offishall ("Belly Dancer") and Nas ("Flyest Angel") - which is currently receiving modest play on radio, and sits at #29 on New York's Hot 97's (WQHT) play list..."
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Originally posted by: gigapet
thats beat. I'd be heated too. He should clap dem fools for frontin' on his hot joints yo!
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Or he could sue 'em and make loads of money!! MWAHAHAHAH!!...


...according to the article he's too "poor" to do that though. 🙁
 
That sucks. I hope only Pharell goes down for this and Chad Hugo rises. Poor guy gets no spotlight at all.
 
Originally posted by: sygyzy
That sucks. I hope only Pharell goes down for this and Chad Hugo rises. Poor guy gets no spotlight at all.
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I don't think he cares though...😕
 
Originally posted by: Josh
Originally posted by: sygyzy
That sucks. I hope only Pharell goes down for this and Chad Hugo rises. Poor guy gets no spotlight at all.
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I don't think he cares though...😕
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I doubt anyone could be so humble as to not care. Here you are, building an empire with your partner then he positions himself to be a big pimp while you are in the background riding bmx bikes on his video! I would care!
 
Originally posted by: sygyzy
Originally posted by: Josh
Originally posted by: sygyzy
That sucks. I hope only Pharell goes down for this and Chad Hugo rises. Poor guy gets no spotlight at all.
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I don't think he cares though...😕
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I doubt anyone could be so humble as to not care. Here you are, building an empire with your partner then he positions himself to be a big pimp while you are in the background riding bmx bikes on his video! I would care!
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Yea, but some people prefer to just be the background and just chill not really care about all the popularity. I'm sure he didn't take the job because he wanted to be a "big pimp", he just loves what he's doing and now he's getting paid handsomely for it...I'm sure that's more than enough for him and would be more than enough for me 🙂
 
you can't copyright drum beats, just like you can't copyright chord patterns, song titles, or band names. they can steal them all the want to.

you can, however, copyright sound recordings, so if they got the beats from samples of his work, he can sue. but if they just recreated them on their own, using their own stuff, then he has no basis. cry me a river. if he actually made music instead of "beats" then he could copyright it.
 
I call B.S. .. Listen to the MP3 - the beats are not even in the same BPM! They have to slow down the neptune's beat to make it sound like the "original" beat ... That's not a fair comparison at all..
 
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