George Clinton sues Black Eyed Peas for unlawfully using his music

Some people eat black eyed peas on New Year’s Day for good luck in the coming year. However, the luck hasn’t rubbed off on the Black Eyed Peas band, as they rang in 2011 with a lawsuit from funk pioneer George Clinton.

Clinton filed a lawsuit against the band, including Fergie and will.i.am, and the label, Universal Music Group, for using parts if his 1979 song “(Not Just) Knee Deep” in the remixes of the B.E.P. song “Shut Up.”

“Shut Up” isn’t anything new, however. It first debuted in the band’s 2003 album Elephunk and the remix version came about later that year. The song was also used in the deluxe edition of the Peas’ 2009 album, The E.N.D.

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Sunday, January 2, 2011 at 10:07 pm by jordan

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Coming Clean About George Clinton

George Clinton was first inspired by the doo wop sound of the 50’s.  He was interested in it so much he made it his lifetime career, becoming the creative force behind the groups Parliament and Funkadelic.

Although the groups began making music together in 1955, it wasn’t until 1969 that they began to create a buzz.  Clinton, recording as both Parliament and Funkadelic, “revolutionized R&B during the seventies, twisting soul music into funk by adding influences from Jimmy Hendrix, Frank Zappa, & Sly Stone.”

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Tuesday, May 4, 2010 at 1:01 pm by elizabeth

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