Days after the death of Adam "MCA" Yauch, it has been released that hip hop record label Tuf America has filed a lawsuit against the Beastie Boys. Tuf America has announced that the Beastie Boys illegally used samples from Trouble Funk songs.
AllHipHop.com is reporting that the songs in question were parts of the Boys' debut album License to Ill as well as their follow up album Paul's Boutique.
Tuf America reports that the Trouble Funk song "Drop the Bomb" was illegally sampled for the songs "Hold it, Now Hit It" and "The New Style" off of the License To Ill album. It was also sampled illegally on "Car Thief" off Paul's Boutique.
Trouble Funk song "Say What" was also sampled illegally on the song "Shadach" which is also on Paul's Boutique.
All of this right now is just hitting the courts, so time will tell how this situation is resolved.
The only problem I have with this is License To Ill was released in 1986, while Paul's Boutique was released in 1989. Why did it take over 20 years for Tuf America to realize the samples? Why did they wait until the week the Beastie Boys are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame to file this suit?
The report of the lawsuit was not released until today, but reportedly was filed May 3, the day before MCA passed away. Hopefully, this suit can be solved without any legal battles, and Ad-Rock and Mike D can get back to their daily lives.
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