Will.i.am’s fourth studio album, #willpower, indicates strong electro-pop influences with lead singles including the Sebastian Ingrosso and Steve Angello produced “This Is Love” and the Basto written “Scream & Shout.” Other than these collaborators, Will.I.Am had no other EDM producers come to his aid — at least to their knowledge. Today, Will’s VEVO uploaded the fifth track from the album, “Let’s Go” alongside Chris Brown, and the preview has the dance music community up in arms. ”Let’s Go” appears to be a blatant ripoff of Arty and Mat Zo‘s Anjunabeats release, “Rebound,” and not just a sample, the entire track. Listen for yourself after the break.
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Arty, Mat Zo, and Anjunabeats label head Jono Grant have been voicing their own concerns. Arty took to twitter claiming that will.i.am never cleared the rights with Anjunabeats, who owns the rights for “Rebound.” Jono Grant tweeted earlier, “Poor form by Will I am nicking @mat_zo and @arty_music ‘s track “Rebound” without asking the artist or label @anjunabeats ! #dotherightthing” (since deleted). Mat Zo has seemingly deactivated his twitter account in disgust. This isn’t the first controversy to spark behind #willpower. British singer-songwriter Tulisa is currently suing Will for song royalties to “Scream & Shout.”
Fail thread. Arty and Mat Zo produced Let's Go. There are photos of them with will.i.am too.
The label just want to boost awareness of the original track, hence all this crap. It gets all the puppet EDM fans riled up, leading to streaming and ad revenue, etc.
Also, Tulisa's lawsuit is with the producers of the song - not will.i.am - and will be thrown out. She only wrote a demo, and the producers chose to give the track to will.i.am instead.
Fail thread. Arty and Mat Zo produced Let's Go. There are photos of them with will.i.am too.
The label just want to boost awareness of the original track, hence all this crap. It gets all the puppet EDM fans riled up, leading to streaming and ad revenue, etc.
Also, Tulisa's lawsuit is with the producers of the song - not will.i.am - and will be thrown out. She only wrote a demo, and the producers chose to give the track to will.i.am instead.
But Will didnt clear the rights to use the song. That's what Arty's saying on Twitter.
Will.i.am’s fourth studio album, #willpower, indicates strong electro-pop influences with lead singles including the Sebastian Ingrosso and Steve Angello produced “This Is Love” and the Basto written “Scream & Shout.” Other than these collaborators, Will.I.Am had no other EDM producers come to his aid — at least to their knowledge. Today, Will’s VEVO uploaded the fifth track from the album, “Let’s Go” alongside Chris Brown, and the preview has the dance music community up in arms. ”Let’s Go” appears to be a blatant ripoff of Arty and Mat Zo‘s Anjunabeats release, “Rebound,” and not just a sample, the entire track. Listen for yourself after the break.
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Arty, Mat Zo, and Anjunabeats label head Jono Grant have been voicing their own concerns. Arty took to twitter claiming that will.i.am never cleared the rights with Anjunabeats, who owns the rights for “Rebound.” Jono Grant tweeted earlier, “Poor form by Will I am nicking @mat_zo and @arty_music ‘s track “Rebound” without asking the artist or label @anjunabeats ! #dotherightthing” (since deleted). Mat Zo has seemingly deactivated his twitter account in disgust. This isn’t the first controversy to spark behind #willpower. British singer-songwriter Tulisa is currently suing Will for song royalties to “Scream & Shout.”
Stay tuned as this story develops.
Update: ”Bang Bang,” also uploaded today, mimics the exact chord progression from the drop in Sandro Silva and Quintino’s “Epic.” Listen to Will.I.Am’s drop at 2:15 in.
@chrisbrown
I don't even know who mat zo Or arty is? I ain't got **** to do wit if ur mad or not. Someone asked for a feature on a record and I did it.
