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First, let’s do a little listening test and compare the two songs:

• Janne “Tempest/Damage” Suni’s Acid Jazzed Evening
• Timbaland & Nelly Furtado’s Do It

Well, it sounds like he ripped off the melody and the chords, and sampled the hell of that song. But just thinking that hip-hop’s biggest producer steals the ideas for his songs isn’t good enough–we need something more concrete. Like this Youtube video showing an overlay of the two pieces:

Was that conclusive enough for you? The impressive part of Timbaland’s musical theft is that he apparently is in touch with the Finnish underground music scene. Read more about the scandal from SA forums.

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5 Responses to 'Timbaland Steals Sample For Nelly Furtado’s “Do It”'

1. 
   Clipland Blog said:

   on January 16th, 2007 at 8:46 pm

   Timbaland ripps off song…

   Posting videos on YouTube is private fun, sometimes a public phenomenon and in some cases an act of pilloring someone.

   In this case the pointed YouTube finger aims at superstar record producer Timbaland. He is accused of having ripped off a track wi…

2. 
   wasp2020 said:

   on January 25th, 2007 at 10:21 pm

   The worst part is that so many people are actually DEFENDING Timbaland.

   “Hey, It’s just Sampling! So some lame computer music gets stolen, he’s the best music producer in the world, he can do whatever the heck he wants! Screw the rules, he has money!”

   Jesus. It’s insane. That’s not ’sampling’, it’s using entire recorded sections of the song playing underneath. And not only that, Timbaland not only ignores giving credit, he claims all credit for the song himself with that lovely “Original, exclusive” line for the ringtone.

   And this whole internet controversy is because of ONE thing - the RIAA. The pure hypocrisy that was revealed. Even if the case never develops - which I’m fairly sure some lawyer somewhere will be eager to enter with such stone-cold evidence - most people are (unfortunately) comforted even as it is.

3. 
   Timbaland Disses Scott Storch VIDEO! by The Gossip Rag said:

   on March 3rd, 2007 at 3:15 pm

   […] This is the latest in the Timbaland stealing things saga. Poor Scottie, while honest, is probably outmatched. […]

4. 
   stewbot said:

   on September 13th, 2007 at 1:56 am

   It’s not sampling, its interpolation, which is replaying notes or melodies on your own instead of using clips or “samples” of the original. This is legal when you don’t have permission from the original artist. Like I said, it is legal but frowned upon in the music industry.
   cheers
   -stew

5. 
   John said:

   on November 24th, 2007 at 10:04 am

   If it was interpolation he should have credited it as such. what a douche.

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