Tofuhut has a great piece about the Sinatra/Biggie mashup and the recent court case that stopped sales of Biggie's '94 album Ready to Die.
This kind of stuff makes me ill. Who benefits from these suits? Let me see... record companies/lawyers?!? The line between protecting the artist and stifling the creative process has been erased a long time ago. This goes way beyond hip hop and music sampling. Can anyone point to one art form that doesn't borrow from something else? Art is cannibalistic.
I'm all for protecting the artist, but we have to figure out a new way to deal with the issues of intellectual property. The techno-genie is out of the bottle. We better focus on our three wishes. And no, we can't wish for unlimited wishes.
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That version of Everyday Struggle...
I really like that tinkly piano behind Biggie. Just wish they could have done the track without making Ol' Blue Eyes sound like one of the chipmunks.
Biggie should have dumped the puffmonster and hooked up with Frank. The chairman wouldn't have let Biggie hangin'. The only beef Frank would have put up with was a steak from Spark's.
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