two way monologue ([info]majorstranger) wrote in [info]ohnotheydidnt,
@ 2007-06-15 03:01:00
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beyonce blatantly thieves music from lesser known foreign artist.

la genie by amine feat. la fouine(sorry, i couldn't upload the song...just click "la genie" on her myspace)


naughty girl by beyonce for comparison



so upon hearing this rai song in my french class...i thought it sounded oddly familiar. i guess donna summer wasn't the only person she ripped off in the song. oh beyonce, y u so ~original~.

source: 1 & 2

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[info]vilain_garcon
2007-06-15 02:16 pm UTC (link)
I'll be the first to say that I don't like Beyoncé but how are we to know which song came first? It's not like this person filed a lawsuit so the only semi-evidence we have is myspace. And gee, we all know how reliable myspace is.

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[info]atomicdevil
2007-06-15 02:20 pm UTC (link)
Naughty Girl > Everything else, ever.

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[info]boudeur
2007-06-15 02:28 pm UTC (link)
yeah... how do we know which song came first? do you know when this la genie song was made?

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[info]vitaminjd
2007-06-15 02:33 pm UTC (link)
This is crazy! They didn't even TRY to change it!

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[info]caucasianplease
2007-06-15 02:40 pm UTC (link)
I bet it's the other way round.

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[info]partynbullshit
2007-06-15 02:41 pm UTC (link)
Umm try again. WHy did this person wait until 2007 to make this claim? Naughty Girl came out in 2003. PLease sit down or come harder. Her beef should be with whoever produced the beat.

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[info]isasa
2007-06-15 02:50 pm UTC (link)
lol the artist isn't making the claim, the poster is

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[info]je_nais_se_twat
2007-06-15 02:42 pm UTC (link)
Question: was that a man or woman singing that song?

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[info]leperheart
2007-06-15 02:42 pm UTC (link)
Right, because Beyonce has NEVER ripped off another artist before. **cough Stevie Nicks cough**

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[info]je_nais_se_twat
2007-06-15 02:45 pm UTC (link)
let's nto forget the most recent with Desiree' Kissing you from Romeo and Juliet

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[info]grimacide
2007-06-15 03:13 pm UTC (link)
Which Beyonce song ripped off Desiree? I don't listen to Beyonce so I'm just curious. I always loved that Desiree song.

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[info]piinkenvy
2007-06-15 03:15 pm UTC (link)
I might be wrong, but I think that she covered "Kissing You" but didn't get permission first, or something like that.

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[info]yayforran
2007-06-15 03:59 pm UTC (link)
she covered it, but changed all the lyrics around without permission, and then put it on the rerelease of bday without clearence

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[info]caucasianplease
2007-06-15 02:53 pm UTC (link)
?

Destiny's Child sampled Edge Of Seventeen with full credit. How exactly does that constitute ripping off?

*Not even a Beyonce fan*

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[info]likeawoman
2007-06-15 02:58 pm UTC (link)
Stevie Nicks was in the video for that song. you can hardly call a sample, endorsed by the artist, a rip off.

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[info]deseti_prsten
2007-06-15 02:44 pm UTC (link)
I haven't heard the other person's song, though it probably was stolen. But I despise Beyonce and felt like posting the fact. The end.

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[info]isasa
2007-06-15 02:47 pm UTC (link)
has amine been making music before they created their myspace? i just checked on itunes and beyonce's dangerously in love came out in 2003, whereas amine's myspace was created in 2006 so maybe they just sampled her on that track?

i tried to translate the about me section, but didn't really get too far with that. ha

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[info]delectatio
2007-06-15 02:56 pm UTC (link)
The about me section doesn't say anything about sampling Le Genie...doesn't mention Beyonce at all so that's not help!

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[info]isasa
2007-06-15 03:52 pm UTC (link)
i know, but i saw a few dates in there which i thought might be them stating what year they started and stuff, since they mention 2003 a few times.

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[info]mcyummy
2007-06-15 02:48 pm UTC (link)
Beyonce can do that. She just can.

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[info]likeawoman
2007-06-15 02:57 pm UTC (link)
it's not like Beyonce really has much to do with the writing of the music that she performs. this was probably a producer's mistake/shady business. also, is it possible that they used a sample, legally? I mean, it's not like most pop artists go out of their way to tell you who they're biting, but everybody is.

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[info]demi32
2007-06-15 03:00 pm UTC (link)
Bitch please. Quit hatin...Beyonce didn't steal this song. Try again loser.

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[info]piinkenvy
2007-06-15 03:15 pm UTC (link)
LOL @ your second-grade insult.

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[info]kidblinks
2007-06-16 07:28 am UTC (link)
LOL @ your second-rate response to a second-grade insult.

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[info]piinkenvy
2007-06-16 09:45 am UTC (link)
LOL @ your predictable response to my "second-rate" insult.

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[info]wally14
2007-06-15 03:07 pm UTC (link)
1) Amine released their album later
2) The similarities aren't STRIKING, they're similiar if best.

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[info]wally14
2007-06-15 03:08 pm UTC (link)
Oh and Scott Storch produced that song....therefore he ripped them off if that was the case. Clearly you're a stranger to fact checking majorstranger.

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[info]majorstranger
2007-06-15 04:08 pm UTC (link)
GOOD ONE!

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[info]lickintoadz
2007-06-15 03:38 pm UTC (link)
Don't like Beyonce. "Irreplaceable" was the most annoying f-ing song ever.

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[info]abracadabrax
2007-06-15 03:53 pm UTC (link)
I'm french & I never heard La Genie before, thankfully.

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[info]nattiecakes
2007-06-15 04:34 pm UTC (link)
Add mine to the pile of "Naughty Girl seems to have come first" comments.

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[info]filthyred
2007-06-15 04:39 pm UTC (link)
no talent fatty

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[info]trustfundd
2007-06-15 06:45 pm UTC (link)
nope.

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[info]space7cadet
2007-06-16 02:47 am UTC (link)
just like in dream girls!

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[info]genoworld
2007-06-16 07:53 am UTC (link)
At least this just shows that Europeans, and specifically French, "steal" music from Americans, and it's not always the other way around. But it's surprising that they would choose someone like Beyonce, who is so well known, to rip off.

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