Comments on: Freeland vs. Black Eyed Peas

By: jean paul

jean paul — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:58:53 +0000

suck mi dick bitch

By: myles AWAY

myles AWAY — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:40:58 +0000

SUE THEM! that is bullshit! pure, blatant rip off!!

By: It’s Freeland Week | Noise Porn

It’s Freeland Week | Noise Porn — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 07:34:10 +0000

[...] has settled out with the Black Eyed Peas in court after their blatant sampling of the track Mancry; we covered this in July this year, take a peek and listen for [...]

By: Pete Nice

Pete Nice — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 13:57:40 +0000

Listen to the Freeland track – they may have slightly changed the key but you can ever hear the drum fills from the original in the BEP version. Freeland should sue – blatant sample

By: jb66

jb66 — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 10:37:36 +0000

one thing i was wondering is how it got it b.e.p.’s grubby mitts? originally the track was a remix for marilyn manson so has someone from his camp passed on the backing track? (both artists are on polydor) sour grapes maybe for mr freeland deciding to keep the track for himself???

By: jolson

jolson — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:47:59 +0000

ehh, while I’m not in favor of stealing other artists’ work, shouldn’t Freeland be excited about the fact that his music is going to get more exposure from this? I mean, it’s not like the B.E.P. audience overlaps hugely with the UK club scene, and it’s not like they’re going to turn on their precious Peas just because some English guy they’ve never heard of wrote the song first.

Although I will admit that when artists use samples of music that has just been released (a la “Swagga Like Us”) it annoys me. I feel like you should let the original song live its brief life and give it a few years to fade away before you use it.

And finally, while the similarities are there, the B.E.P. breaks into some stuff around 1:30 that the Freeland track doesn’t, which is to say that the only imitated material is a VERY common series of three chords and a specific synth texture. I doubt Freeland stands a chance against a major label legal division.

By: Acid

Acid — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:58:59 +0000

I guess we all can agree before hand that the Black Eyed Peas are one of the worst bands in music today, and Will I Am is an overrated producer. I hope Freeland takes measure and exposes these talentless morons.

By: Udy

Udy — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 09:14:39 +0000

Seems so pointless as well. Surely he could have just re-written it with a slightly different sound? At least then he could only be accused of plagiarism.

By: Mikey

Mikey — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 15:48:05 +0000

Wow… that’s a bit blatant. Good grief, at least run it through some sound processing or something if you’re going to steal it… Or, heaven forbid, contact Adam F. and say “hey, can we use this awesome sample?”

By: Fabio

Fabio — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 09:27:15 +0000

The Black Eyed Peas already made too much money with bad music.
Sue them!!