Sean Combs' Group Accused of Stealing a Diddy

Celebrity Feuds8/2/2009 3:00 AM PDT BY TMZ STAFF

Sean Combs' Group Accused of Stealing a Diddy

P. Diddy handpicked Day 26 in Season 4 of "Making the Band" -- and now they're being accused of handpicking one of their new songs straight from someone else's album!

In a copyright infringement notice fired off to Bad Boy Records -- the company ran and founded by Diddy -- singer Kirby Shields alleges his song "I'm Just Getting Started" is "identical" to Day 26's "Just Getting Started," released in April.

And here's the rub: Shields says the copycat track was produced by Christian Davis Stalnecker, the same producer he hired to work "exclusively" for him back in '07.

Check out the two versions below:

DAY26 - "Just Getting Started"

Kirby Shields - "I'm Just Gettting Started"

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anonymous: 924 days ago

firstt ! and yes, they pretty much are the same song with obviously different singers. ouccchhh

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JosephFM: 924 days ago

First!

Both versions suck major @ss!

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my 3 cents: 924 days ago

SECOND: Sounds pretty much the same to me......death to BAD BOY

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AJ: 924 days ago

The songs are pretty much the same with minor differences. However, if the both songs were produced by the same producer than wouldn't he be the one to blame. He basically sold the same song twice.

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Nakia: 924 days ago

Well should'nt Shields sue the producer not Bad Boy?

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Borignal: 924 days ago

It definitely sounds like the same song to me.... same beat... and the "original" is better..... oops....your bad, Diddy.

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BornOnFire: 924 days ago

Is anyone here suprised??

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Jerry Martin: 924 days ago

That crap is what passes for "music" these days? No wonder record sales are down so far. That's not music. It's garbage.

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Candace: 924 days ago

#7 is right this is straight garbage. I would not want to take credit for this!

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noyankhere: 924 days ago

4. The songs are pretty much the same with minor differences. However, if the both songs were produced by the same producer than wouldn't he be the one to blame. He basically sold the same song twice.

Posted at 2:35AM on Aug 2nd 2009 by AJ

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personally i think its pretty much music by numbers, formulatic and unimaginative and the greedy producer sold the same track twice over.. both of the artists where sucker punched.. ouch!!

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mlara88: 924 days ago

HAHA this is sooo funny on so many levels.. 1. the record is horrible. 2. He's stealing from his own group. 3. How ironic--he imitates the group he has belittled. Diddy is a loser, I hope his record plummets, that man is infamous and thats the only reason he's on tv. WHAT a dumbass.

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chinesejapanesedirtyknees...: 924 days ago

Well.. umm.. who cares?
These people and their millions and all they ever want to do is sue for more.. God if they only lived life for one day in real peoples shoes they might come back to reality and knock off the stupidness and realize how lucky they are.

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sarah: 924 days ago

they sound exactly alike. the only difference is the singer and theday 26 version added a few different vocals.

i agree the producer should be the one that is being sued.

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who dat: 924 days ago

Don't be fooled, diddy "bats" for the other team.

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why?: 924 days ago

Good lord what a god awful song. These people have no imagination, that's why they re-use the same so called music. Talentless clowns in clown suites, looking clownish, barely able to speak so you can understand or make sense out of the jibberish they utterly constantly. Even with their Millions I wouldn't want to hang out with these talentless fools on a bet. Their audience isn't much better..I almost have to feel sorry for these people. They get fed garbage and they eat it up all the while being just too stupid to know or understand what great talent and music really is.

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