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Sean Combs' Group Accused of Stealing a Diddy

Posted Aug 2nd 2009 2:00AM by TMZ Staff

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!

Sean Combs' Group Accused of Stealing a Diddy
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"


Tags: p. diddy, P.Diddy, sean combs, SeanCombs

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

Posted at 2:10AM on Aug 2nd 2009 by anonymous

2. First!

Both versions suck major @ss!

Posted at 2:40AM on Aug 2nd 2009 by JosephFM

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

Posted at 2:12AM on Aug 2nd 2009 by My3cEntZ

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

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

Posted at 3:13AM on Aug 2nd 2009 by Nakia

6. What a douchebag.

Posted at 2:33AM on Aug 2nd 2009 by XiX

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

Posted at 3:20AM on Aug 2nd 2009 by Borignal

8. Is anyone here suprised??

Posted at 2:36AM on Aug 2nd 2009 by BornOnFire

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

Posted at 2:51AM on Aug 2nd 2009 by My Dirty Diapers

10. #7 is right this is straight garbage. I would not want to take credit for this!

Posted at 1:18AM on Aug 3rd 2009 by Candace

11. 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!!

Posted at 3:08AM on Aug 2nd 2009 by mugu

12. 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.

Posted at 3:10AM on Aug 2nd 2009 by mlara88

13. 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.

Posted at 3:20AM on Aug 2nd 2009 by MJwemissusomuch

14. 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.

Posted at 3:46AM on Aug 2nd 2009 by sarahlea

15. yes its the same..

Posted at 3:46AM on Aug 2nd 2009 by courtney

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