Imagine Me and You, I'll Sue

Posted May 13th 2008 8:12PM by TMZ Staff

Two members of the 60's group, The Turtles (you know, "Happy Together'), have sued Capitol Records over an Ice Cube song -- bitches!

According to the suit, filed today in L.A. County Superior Court, Flo & Eddie recorded a song in 1972 for The Turtles called "Buzzsaw." The suit claims the song was sampled in a rap song by Ice Cube called "Jackin' for Beats." Flo & Eddie allege Capital signed a deal for the derivative song but went beyond the agreement to make even more money.

Flo & Eddie want minimum $25,000 but not more than $70,000. We know, it's weird to set a limit when you sue.

Capital, Eddie & Flo -- not happy together.

Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Music

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1. Turtles today, Chipmunks tomorrow.

Posted at 8:25PM on May 13th 2008 by wasted days and wasted nights

2. All Rappers Steal chops and Sample them from Hit Songs, what else is new. There just looking for a Quick Buck off of somebody elses Talent.

Posted at 8:27PM on May 13th 2008 by Biff

3. Who? Please remove the pic on the right, not good.

Posted at 8:46PM on May 13th 2008 by Kelli

4. Hey, the old guys need their money for pensions and health care.
Rappers get their money from drugs and end their careers in a gun fight,
so they don't need pensions and health care.

go to bed, kids, if you don't get a joke

Posted at 8:58PM on May 13th 2008 by marv

5. I listened to both and couldn't find any similarities. I believe that D-Nice sampled "Buzzsaw" in his song "Call Me D-Nice."

Posted at 9:03PM on May 13th 2008 by Brett

6. OMG I to me they have different sounds/beats. WTF.

Posted at 9:33PM on May 13th 2008 by wikked_angel

7. Are you kidding me? They sound absolutely NOTHING alike. I guess Flo & Eddie are broke, and are trying to make a quick buck, or something. That's what you get when you have absolutely NO TALENT, guys.

Posted at 9:59PM on May 13th 2008 by Jeremy Bosco

8. most definitely used by D-Nice before Ice Cube. I think cube was sampling from D-Nice - turtles should be suing the latter

Posted at 10:11PM on May 13th 2008 by matt

9. If you think Flo & Eddie have no talent, you should just stop listening to music right now. You have no hope of ever appreciating great music.

"There just looking for a Quick Buck off of somebody elses Talent."

It's they're not there and Flo $ Eddie aren't strapped for cash. The small amount asked for it mainly to get the credit they deserve for having their work ripped off by yet another no talent "artist".

Posted at 10:32PM on May 13th 2008 by Poonannie

10. TMZ posted the wrong part of the Ice Cube song.

Go to Youtube and search Ice Cube Jacking for Beats.

You will hear the sample clearly from the Turtles as well as samples from a few other songs.

Posted at 10:54PM on May 13th 2008 by Brootis

11. If they're that hard up for money why not just license another one of their songs for use in a commercial?

Posted at 10:58PM on May 13th 2008 by david

12. Hey D-Nice is the one that should be sued

Posted at 11:16PM on May 13th 2008 by D-NICE

13. Brett, that's because TMZ played the wrong part of the song. If you go to Youtube and look it up, you will clearly hear the Buzzsaw song a little sped up but that's it clearly. Funny thing is I always like that particular beat that Cube jacked. The whole song is made of extremely funky beats.

Posted at 11:58PM on May 13th 2008 by Jaywent123

14. I thnk the chorus of IceCube's song sounds like buzzsaw.. but it took them how long to figure this out?! This is why EVERYONE should listen to gangsta rap.

Posted at 12:02AM on May 14th 2008 by Amanda

15. Come on now, They Just want a piece of The Cube cause my homie Cube is still on the grind doin what he do. Somebody said they needed their Pention, well they need to get to work and stop trying to ride off Cubes Nutts. All this time??? Why wait til now,I'll tell you why, cause it took them this long to let all the drugs ware off......Turtles, half shells or whateva you want to call yourselves today, Please get a fricken life and stop comining out the woodworks to collect off of good and true Talent Like My Boy Cube !!! Cube Keep doin what you do boss, cause I'm from Arizona by way of Pasadena Ca. Been ya fan since day 1.......Still got that cali love !!!

Posted at 1:16AM on May 14th 2008 by Kevin O Sr

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