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Man Claims His Beat Nicked by Pharrell

Posted Jul 16th 2009 12:25PM by TMZ Staff

Ever heard of the band Geggy Tah? We hadn't either until one of its band members just accused Pharrell of some serious musical thievery.

In a federal lawsuit filed this week, Thomas Jordan claims the Pharrell produced track "All I Wanna Do (Feel Like Me)" is a total rip-off of the Geggy's '96 tune "Whoever You Are."

The suit alleges Pharrell produced "Feel" for the rap group The Clipse -- made up of Malice and Pusha T -- back in '97 ... but the song wasn't released until 2007.

Check out the two songs -- "Whoever You Are" and "Feel Like Me" -- and judge for yourself.

Tags: copyright infringment, CopyrightInfringment, pharrell, the clipse, TheClipse

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1. This story is listed third on the page and still there are no comments? First anyone?

Posted at 2:25PM on Jul 16th 2009 by One Mike

2. It could be coincidence but I doubt it. Stuff like this is what copyright and intellectual property laws should be going after.

Posted at 2:31PM on Jul 16th 2009 by Dude

3. Another scum bag crawling out of the wood work.

Posted at 2:31PM on Jul 16th 2009 by wong@frog.cc

4. yeah pharrell jacked it

Posted at 2:33PM on Jul 16th 2009 by superchill

5. Well, anyone who listens to The Clipse' track for 2 seconds can tell that it's sampled! Loox like someone has some Vanilla Ice up thier sleeve!

Posted at 2:49PM on Jul 16th 2009 by valleyboii

6. Another scumbag crawling out of the wood work.

Posted at 2:35PM on Jul 16th 2009 by wong@frog.cc

7. Sounds like the same chord progression and the same rythm set to those chords. BUSTED

Posted at 2:51PM on Jul 16th 2009 by Mo Gridder

8. There's a huge mistake in the article. The Clipse song is off their album "Exclusive Audio Footage," which was recorded in 1996-1997 and shelved after their first single was bombed. So saying it "wasn't released until 2007," which makes Pharrell sound like a biter, is wrong.

Posted at 2:37PM on Jul 16th 2009 by snh

9. Another scum bag crawling out of the wood works.

Posted at 2:37PM on Jul 16th 2009 by wong@frog.cc

10. It does sound like to original but artist sample old music all the time...Flo Rida "Right Round" sound familiar to you? And we all know Diddy has his share of remaking original music and making it his own.

Posted at 2:37PM on Jul 16th 2009 by SmallpkgTNT

11. I meant to just say "bombed," not "was a bombed." My bad.

Posted at 2:38PM on Jul 16th 2009 by snh

12. All I wanna do is to thank you, even though I don't know who you are. You let me change lanes while I was driving in my car.

Posted at 2:41PM on Jul 16th 2009 by JT

13. Another slime bag crawling out of the wood works.

Posted at 2:41PM on Jul 16th 2009 by wong@frog.cc

14. Geggy Tah rocks!

Tommy & Greg, use this to spring back on the scene - the world needs original, cool-ass music like you guys make!!!

;-)

Posted at 2:46PM on Jul 16th 2009 by GT Fan

15. sure it sounds similar..

but did he eeven release this on a retail album??

it doesnt seem like it.. it was released on a mixtape which is a free cd anyway..

so i dont see whats the point of suing.??

Posted at 2:44PM on Jul 16th 2009 by lex

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