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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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46. Geggy Tah had commercial success with this tune.
You're all idiots.
It was played on KROQ etc...
They toured with bands like Soul Coughing and CAKE.

Greg Kurstin produces Lily Allen now. Tommy Jordan has played on a lot of songs
y'all know.

Wonder how this suit will play out.
Sounds like someone be rippin' someone else off...

Posted at 6:27PM on Jul 16th 2009 by frank

47.
Come on people. How many beats, tunes or lyrics can there be in the world? Some have to sound alike. Get over it, It's not a rip off.

Posted at 6:43PM on Jul 16th 2009 by judi

48. Throw that flappy lipped thief in the pokey.

Posted at 6:46PM on Jul 16th 2009 by Carter

49. I Miss Geggy Tah!

Posted at 6:45PM on Jul 16th 2009 by UgottaBkiddnMe

50. same chord progression and the same rythm set to those chords with the same melody chopped up......its close! too close for comfort, check please! look!!...... my screen name backwards.

Posted at 6:53PM on Jul 16th 2009 by etiuswal

51. both songs suck. but yeah its a total rip off, Pharrel oughta have to pay, He is rich enough. Screw him

Posted at 7:33PM on Jul 16th 2009 by Adamsday

52.

NO BODY REALLY CARES ABOUT THESE TWO LOOSERS

RAP IS CRAP>>>

Posted at 7:49PM on Jul 16th 2009 by Real Deal

53. Any tone deaf person can see that's a ripoff.

Posted at 8:38PM on Jul 16th 2009 by cr

54. Sure, they sound similar but if you have an ear for music they are completely different riffs.

Posted at 1:39AM on Jul 17th 2009 by Pandora

55. While they sound similar if you have an ear for music they are different riffs.

Posted at 8:58PM on Jul 16th 2009 by Pandora

56. You guys don't know Geggy Tah?? And you call yourselves an online gossip rag??? "Whoever you are" was palyed on the airwaves in Chicago and I'm sure on a number of other radio stations. Yeah they didn't become huge but I heard it a lot on the radio. So it's not like they made a song that never made the airwaves.

Posted at 9:33PM on Jul 16th 2009 by Wouldn'tYouLikeToKnow

57. Yeah, I've heard of Geggy Tah. They had a hit back when I was in high school. Who doesn't remember that song? It was the late '90s.

Posted at 9:55PM on Jul 16th 2009 by MRMVLC

58. Man... first Tim ... now Pharell is beat jackin? All I can see is he should have paid them for the rights if he did, but then again the neptunes use alot of those type of chords in thier songs slim chance could be a coincidence. 1/100,000,000 chance. BTW those guys should really be suing the Free credit report .com people.. man they jacked their whole style man!

Posted at 6:54PM on Jul 19th 2009 by Gdia

59. THIS BEAT WAS STRAIGHT STOLEN BY THE TUNES! EVEN THE HOOK! G DAMNIT! PAY THE MAN! "Give em that Enzo"!

Posted at 6:54PM on Jul 19th 2009 by Gdia

60. Another slime bag crawling out of the wood works;Pharrell that is.

Posted at 10:43PM on Jul 16th 2009 by wrong@frog.cc

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