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Timbaland, Jay-Z Sued Over 'Big Pimpin' Sample

Thursday, September 6, 2007
By: Kenny Rodriguez


TimbalandTimbaland faces yet another lawsuit over uncleared samples – the Virginia producer is now being sued over a Jay-Z hit single recorded nearly a decade ago.

According to a Los Angeles lawsuit, Timbaland allegedly sampled from an obscure Middle Eastern record to produce the popular song, “Big Pimpin,” which features Jay-Z and Houston duo UGK.

Osama Admed Fahmy claims to be co-owner of the song “Khosara, Khosara,” recorded in 1957 by Egyptian musician Abdel Halim Hafez, and accuses Timbaland of lifting a portion of the song without copyright permission.

“Big Pimpin” was originally released on Jay-Z’s 1999 LP, “Vol. 3: Life & Times of S. Carter,” only to be re-recorded five years later alongside rock band Linkin Park on the mash-up EP, “Collision Course.”

Jay-Z, Timbaland, Linkin Park, and EMI Music Inc. are among those named as defendants in the lawsuit.

Timbaland – whose production often borrows from Middle Eastern and Hindustani genres – currently faces a separate lawsuit by recording house Saregama India.

The company, which owns nearly 50% of the music released in India, claims the hit producer illegally sampled one of their records for the 2005 song, “Put You On The Game,” recorded by The Game.


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First Bia'ches. And this is bullsh*t, F*ck*n middle eastern haters on the best producer alive!
Posted by westcoastcrippin
Somrthin ain't right, why they wait so long before they sued. Them idians lyin
Posted by Naptowns finest
^^^^ haha i agree with the above statement, like 10 years later they decide to take action ?
Posted by Hotjoint
Nah they smart - they know what they doin. If you sue somebody right away, you dont get much money. If you wait 10 yrs later (the album is probably 10x plat by now) - then you get the real money. ... That's the legal world for you. These cats aint stupid about their money
Posted by industrytalk
Sick ass india.
Posted by kooldaddywest
Watch out timbo...them middle easterns might try and suicide bomb dat ass
Posted by HATORADE
They should f*cking hang all those middle eastern d*ckheads with saddam i swear i can't stand majority of them
Posted by CHRISTOPHER
^ thats the stupidest thing i ever heard
Posted by dumbass
Wow racism in a hip hop site!!! how far we've come since bambatta was making sure it was one nation under a groove!!!
Posted by me
Dumbasses egypt is in africa and india is not a middle eastern country. Get some knowledge in your brains. And this is not the first time timbaland has been sued
Posted by The Westcoast Don
......if its true, just pay them and make sure not to do it again.... This does nothing to tembo's rep as a dope producer.. Both them jo'ns is hot....
Posted by evenwhenilie
......i think timberland just uses samples if they dope, regardless if they are opproved or not... He just want that sound and F*ck gett'n sued... He'll cross that bridge when he gets there.... F*ck it.
Posted by evenwhenilie
Message to "westcoastcrippin" timbaland needs to learn to clear samples why in the F*ck are u baggin out middle east? plenty of money hungary ppl in the u.s
Posted by DJ PhiZiQue
Damn tim? how u get sued by osama? dont let tha name fool ya he just changed his last name from bin laden how does osama have legal rights anyway? lmao aint his ass wanted for blowin up buildings and sh*t? i think the fbi should investigate!f
Posted by Tech DIgital
Just like wwf suing wwf, they waited till mcmans company it the billion mark
Posted by SisReal
This world is f'ed up, someone waited ten years before they realized that they could sue gold diggin hoes
Posted by big e
Ya'll some sick motherF*ckkers.. Racist as F*ck
Posted by robierobe
How are they going to do that to this man!!! not timbo he mad one in a million one in a million come on!!!!!!!
Posted by so ugly
Come on guys. U gotta see the other side. When ur a musician and do a beat or song and are not too successful with it and then hit-producer timbaland or storch or dree or kanye or ... Samples your track and makes it a hit then u wanna get a part of the cake. On the other hand i think it shows the mentality of those guys and maybe the sample hadnt been popular and those guys see their chance to get popular too. I dont know the music game in india so i dont know how they run that ish. .djpuente
Posted by DP
Oh how glad i am to see that even porch monkeys can be racists!!!! so all the work that me and my fellow brothers have done hasn't been in vain...we have the world thinkin like us,oh how that warms my heart!!!
Posted by triple kkk og
I understand they want some of the money from the song if this is true but its been 10 years that money spent lil homies ge a grip lol
Posted by tiger
Tech digital, u tried to be funny? if u did, then take my advice and don't try to be funny again. Cuz that sh*t was laaaaaaaaaaame!
Posted by I'm Gank-Stuh
Christopher can u do these 3 steps for me: 1. Get a desert eagle 2. Aim that sh*t at your head 3. Pull the trigger thanks in advance man btw: i want u to do this, not only because of yo comment, but because of your name. Christopher????? hahahahahahahahahahaha lame ass name
Posted by I\\\'m Gank-Stuh
On the real... If the beat belong to him , he do have all the rite to sue. Sorry !!! tim ur still my man.
Posted by blk tee
Mane, this is bull...they just attack people after several years when it becomes big...F*ck ya'll
Posted by artemis fowl
Bitch ass n*ggas tryna make money over timbo...these muhF*ckas don't even listen to hip hop so how da F*ck did they know he sampled they sh*t? i smell a Bia'ch behind that sh*t
Posted by bringi
U racist, dumb f**ks! egypt!!!!!is not india!!! it is in africa! chumpass f*ckas! dis is da business...i kno this being a producer myself. Jus like how the japanese sued phaoroh monch fa da godzilla sample but it wasnt that hot so they sued faster. P.s. Timbo still killed that sample!
Posted by mzary(misery)
"currently faces a separate lawsuit by recording house saregama india" i n d i a learn 2 read
Posted by DP
Forbes stated that timbaland grossed $21,000,000[million] dollars last year in production and publishing revenue. Business is business. If you decide to sample, then get the sample cleared...or put time in to learn an instrument and music theory to play it yourself. Composers, musicians and arrangers must learn a variety of skillsets [ear-training, harmony, scales, melodic writing, etc.] to make music. It takes a minute to get these skills up to a professional level. After putting in so much effort, why would you let someone steal your [intellectual property] music? i bet if you sampled timbaland's music and you sold a million units off his material, timbaland would be sueing you as well. The music business is a hustler's convention...sh*t costs money.
Posted by Jay QueNTin
Copyright infringement is a serious offense. I'm suprised the other composers and producers on this site fail to understand the gravity of such a crime. The reason you're in the music industry is to make money from your ideas. If someone from london sampled your mixtape material and was making a killing overseas from your music, you would break your back to get that money. /jayquentinmusic
Posted by Jay QueNTin
I heard the original song. He took it ! just pay them and move on.
Posted by Diggiti
If you guys don't blieve timbo used that track u should look it up....i am one of the ppl who remembers the song when it used to play on my grandad's record player...the egyptian one at least....the indian one i don't know about...and the reason ppl are just finding out about it is because those egyptian guys simply aint paying attention to what timbo was doing or anyone else in the western world..they got their own music world. ...u know giving the fact that they are ancient old ppl...as soon as they found out they took action...plus ...the more they wait the more they get paid from the song's success...i could even try to get you the song or at least a part of it.....people wanna sue cause the singer abdulhalim hafiz was like an elvis to all the arabs at his time and i remember alot of ppl tried to kill them selves the day he died...so to those of you who just listen and know about their music..don't judge what's going around in the world without having a real clue of what u talking about.... Respectfully...boogey boogey boogewy:p p.s i love timbo and jay and i think they talented as hell ...but the truth remains to be the truth..aite.??
Posted by boogeyman
Hey...listen for yourself...an absolute ripoff search "jay z big pimpin lawsuit" on youtube
Posted by THEYRIGHT
Come on guys. U gotta see the other side. When ur a musician and do a beat or song and are not too successful with it and then hit-producer timbaland or storch or dree or kanye or ... Samples your track and makes it a hit then u wanna get a part of the cake. On the other hand i think it shows the mentality of those guys and maybe the sample hadnt been popular and those guys see their chance to get popular too. I dont know the music game in india so i dont know how they run that ish. .djpuente posted by dp this guy says an unknown singer and a low record what the f**k!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ! abdelhalim hafez has hundreds of millions of lovers n listeners including a collection of educated respectful wise western people who are at least literate n know what's goin around da world who the f**k says egypt is in india !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!! ur mothaf**kin' stupid cows. N to tech digital : osama bin laden f**ks ur mom,while osama admed fahmy is a grand son of a legendary composer
Posted by Adoh
A7a ya metnakeen ya wlad el sharmouta translation: some cursing
Posted by Adoh
I just hate it when musicians use other people`s property and then dont pay them respect. Copyright infringement is a serious offense timberland has been on it for a long time and been sampling a lot of zimbabwean musicians. Its sucks. Check the song party
Posted by pay-up

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