Anjunabeats Releases Statement On Will.i.am's Supposed Stealing of Rebound

Anjunabeats Releases Statement On Will.i.am's Supposed Stealing of Rebound

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Many of you may have heard about a lil bit of trouble Will.i.am has found himself in lately in relation to his sampling of Arty and Mat Zo’s song “Rebound,” but until now no one had heard from Anjunabeats, the actual label involved. Well, said label spoke today and it doesn’t sound good for Will.i.am.

As you may recall, Will.i.am “sampled” Arty and Mat Zo’s track “Rebound,” for his track “Let’s Go featuring Chris Brown.” Will.i.am claims it was all a miscommunication, or lack thereof and that he more or less released the song thinking all had been cleared.

Well, turns out Anjunabeats, the legal owner of the master recording never heard from Will.i.am or anyone in his camp and claim the samplling is a straight up rip off! Damn, Will.i.am, what’s up with that?

Here is Anjunabeats official statement on the matter.

Anjunabeats is the record label behind Arty and Mat Zo and owns the master recording rights to their collaboration “Rebound.” Mat Zo and Arty have been important members of the Anjunabeats family for a number of years and “Rebound” was one of the label’s most popular releases in 2011.

As has been widely reported, a large section of “Rebound” was sampled on Will.i.am’s track “Let’s Go featuring Chris Brown” and this took place without the permission of Anjunabeats or Arty & Mat Zo.

Although Arty (but not Mat Zo) was credited in the sleeve notes, this is not the same as obtaining permission. To present someone else’s work as your own, you need to seek permission, agree terms and file paperwork, which has not happened in this case.

We’ve remained silent on this issue until now but as a record label it is our obligation to protect our artists’ interests and we felt it was necessary to respond to some of the inaccuracies that have been reported following Will.i.am’s recent comments to Associated Press.

The Associated Press comments they are referring to are made in the following video:

What do you think? Honest mistake on Will.i.am’s part or does it change your views on him, or make them worse?

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