Here's something I was thinking about.
In 2001 or so, there was a well publicized beef between one of rock's greatest modern bands, Nine Inch Nails, and the relative-newcomers but commercially massive and biggest selling band of that era, Limp Bizkit.
Now, the first track of Bizkit's third album "Chocolate Starfish & The Hot Dog Flavored Water" is called "Hot Dog".
On this track, Fred Durst took the opportunity to cuss Trent Reznor/NIN, there was a lyric saying "Nine Inch Nail get knocked the fuck out", and the hook was ripped from NIN's most famous hit, "Closer".
The original NIN chorus lyrics go:
I want to fuck you like an animal...
I want to feel you from the inside...
I want to fuck you like an animal....
My whole existence is flawed,
You get me closer to God...
Bizkit used the same melody and twisted the words to cuss NIN and their hook went:
You wanna fuck me like an animal,
You like to burn me on the inside,
You like to think that I'm a perfect drug,
Just know that nothin you do, will bring you closer to me,
It struck me recently that this was remarkably similar to what 'Pac did with Hit 'Em Up, jacking Biggie's chorus and twisted it around on him.
But with Bizkit and NIN, what happened was that Bizkit couldn't release the song without clearance from Trent Reznor (Nine Inch Nails).... putting Trent in the funny position of having to clear a song that was dissing him. Checkmate!
Trent played it remarkably, if I recall there was a storm in the media before Bizkit's album came out, Trent took his time, and eventually cleared the use of his composition, BAM! Bizkit's album becomes the highest selling rock debut EVER, straight to number 1 (mostly on the strength of the kickass Mission Impossible 2 song), Trent gets a fucking songwriting credit on a track that's dissing him, and makes a shitload of money on royalties to that song to this fucking day. Trent remains a behemoth of rock, and Limp Bizkit have been inactive for a number of years now.
Obviously, Biggie wasn't likely to sue 'Pac and/or Death Row in 1996, that would be fucking dumb, but what about now? Wouldn't it be possible for Voletta, to stake a claim over Biggie's original chorus that was partially used, and to make money of the track?
The only obstacle that I could think of would be if Biggie himself jacked it from somewhere.
Your thoughts?
In 2001 or so, there was a well publicized beef between one of rock's greatest modern bands, Nine Inch Nails, and the relative-newcomers but commercially massive and biggest selling band of that era, Limp Bizkit.
Now, the first track of Bizkit's third album "Chocolate Starfish & The Hot Dog Flavored Water" is called "Hot Dog".
On this track, Fred Durst took the opportunity to cuss Trent Reznor/NIN, there was a lyric saying "Nine Inch Nail get knocked the fuck out", and the hook was ripped from NIN's most famous hit, "Closer".
The original NIN chorus lyrics go:
I want to fuck you like an animal...
I want to feel you from the inside...
I want to fuck you like an animal....
My whole existence is flawed,
You get me closer to God...
Bizkit used the same melody and twisted the words to cuss NIN and their hook went:
You wanna fuck me like an animal,
You like to burn me on the inside,
You like to think that I'm a perfect drug,
Just know that nothin you do, will bring you closer to me,
It struck me recently that this was remarkably similar to what 'Pac did with Hit 'Em Up, jacking Biggie's chorus and twisted it around on him.
But with Bizkit and NIN, what happened was that Bizkit couldn't release the song without clearance from Trent Reznor (Nine Inch Nails).... putting Trent in the funny position of having to clear a song that was dissing him. Checkmate!
Trent played it remarkably, if I recall there was a storm in the media before Bizkit's album came out, Trent took his time, and eventually cleared the use of his composition, BAM! Bizkit's album becomes the highest selling rock debut EVER, straight to number 1 (mostly on the strength of the kickass Mission Impossible 2 song), Trent gets a fucking songwriting credit on a track that's dissing him, and makes a shitload of money on royalties to that song to this fucking day. Trent remains a behemoth of rock, and Limp Bizkit have been inactive for a number of years now.
Obviously, Biggie wasn't likely to sue 'Pac and/or Death Row in 1996, that would be fucking dumb, but what about now? Wouldn't it be possible for Voletta, to stake a claim over Biggie's original chorus that was partially used, and to make money of the track?
The only obstacle that I could think of would be if Biggie himself jacked it from somewhere.
Your thoughts?
