Well. We've been here a couple of times now haven't we? Zuperblaq* has been accused of stealing a sample again. The video above contains a clip of the Freeland track "Mancry" and then the Black Eyed Peas track "Party All The Time". Even the most hardened Black Eyed Peas fan would have to admit that it's just a little bit the same. This isn't the first time Zuperblaq has got in trouble for this kind of thing, not so long ago he pissed off Boys Noize when he used some beats without permission and a bit before that he didn't get permission for a sample of Daft Punk's around the world. Anyway, after a bit of waiting, Black Eyed Peas "people" released this statement about the situation with the Freeland track...

"It was a lack of finalising legalities before releasing the record, clearance was not done and that was what it was about." - ZuperBlaq's tired legal team.

Which is pretty much the same response the Zuperblaq lawyers gave with the Daft Punk sample..

Now, I'm pretty sure of this, but I could be wrong, but when you put out a record aren't you meant to clear the sample before release, not clear the sample after release? This is starting to smell like arrogance on his part, like these artists should be greatful for the exposure he's giving and that alone means he doesn't have to clear samples? It would be interesting to see what would happen if the shoe was on the other foot......

Zuperblaq*がまたまたサンプル絡みでトラブルに...上にあるビデオを見てみてください。始めに出てくるのがFreelandのトラック"Mancry"でその次がBlack Eyed Peasの"Party All The Time"です。たとえBlack Eyed Peasファンだとしてもこれはあまりにも似すぎだと思いません？！こういう事は初めてではなくて、ちょっと前にもBoys　Noizeのビートサンプルを許可なしに使ったり、更に過去にはDaft PunkのAround The Worldのサンプルをまたまた勝手に使ったり...その後Black Eyed Peas側がFreelandの件について出した声明が上↑にありますが、Daft Punkの時とほぼ内容は同じで、これから解決しますといった言い訳です。

普通はリリースする前にこういう問題は解決するべきだと思うんですけどね。使われた本人はたまたまそのトラックを聞いて「何だこれ？！」ってなっちゃうって話で。なんだか彼のイメージは悪くなる一方ですね。彼は使っている事自体がアーティストにとってありがたいと思ってるみたいですが、彼もアーティストに対して尊重心を見せないとね...

Anyway, Freeland's "Cope" is a good album. One of my favourite tracks is "Best Fish Tacos In Ensenda" which you can hear below and you can download a couple of Freeland tracks here.

とりあえずFreelandの"Cope"は良いアルバムです。お気に入りのトラックは"Best Fish Tacos In Ensenda"というトラックで下のプレイヤーで聞けます。他にもここで何曲かダウンロードできます。

Have a good weekend peoples! ^_^

Some of this information in this post was gathered from here.
*Zuperblaq is what Will I Am is calling himself these days. So we shall call it him forever.

今回の内容の１部はここから集めました。
*因みにZuperblaqとは最近Will I Am自ら名乗っている名前です。