Dre, Xzibit Sued By Songwriter Claiming They Bit H

[Big FC]

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1450958/20011114/dr_dre.jhtml?headlines=true

what y'all think of that?

[Doggystylin]

damn........... wait isnt that same beat you were talkin about NIK? it says "westcoast"

[Now_Im_Not_Banned]

No, mine is actually a song that sounds nothing like "X"...

[Big BpG]

I wanna hear this song called westcoast!

[Don Seer]

"Dre, Xzibit Sued By Songwriter Claiming They Bit His Beat For 'X'" 11.14.2001 4:48 PM EST

Just under a year ago, Xzibit hit the charts with the single "X" from his album Restless. The record credited Dr. Dre as primary author of the ditty, but a Philadelphia songwriter named Michael Lowe insists that's just not the case, and he's suing Dre, Xzibit, studio producer and Roots songwriter Scott Storch, Loud records and other parties for stealing his tune.

In a copyright infringement suit filed in April and rapidly heading for the courtroom, Lowe claims that on August 6, 2000, he was invited by Storch to come to Pep-Soul Recording Studios in Philadelphia and bring some of his "hottest stuff." If it was good enough, the material would then be showcased for various hip-hop producers in New York and Los Angeles.

One of the songs Lowe played for Storch was "West Coast (Dre Beat)," a piece he had assembled to complement Dre's style of hip-hop. Lowe alleges that after hearing the song, Storch asked him to return home and retrieve the original disk that contained the song. According to the complaint, a sound engineer hired by Pep-Soul to assist Storch during recording sessions witnessed the producer recording drumbeats and music that sounded like "West Coast (Dre Beat)" into his keyboard.

Eight months later, Lowe heard his track on Xzibit's album, Lowe's attorney John T. Robertson said. In late March, Robertson hired a music expert to compare Lowe's original song with "X," and found that there were sufficient similarities to justify legal action.

Robertson then sent a settlement proposal to each of the defendants in the case, but they all refused to settle, insisting that Xzibit and Dre wrote "X" on their own. The defendants were served legal papers in April and to date all but music publisher Melvin F. Bradford have responded not guilty to the copyright infringement charges. Storch asked that the case be dismissed due to lack of evidence, but last week his motion was denied by judge Robert L. Kelly of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Lowe is seeking damages exceeding $1 million. The other defendants named in Lowe Vs. Loud Records are Columbia Records, Hennessy for Everyone Music, Ain't Nuthin' But Funkin' Music, Hard Workin' Black Folks Music and Voco Music.

Spokespersons for Dre, Xzibit, Loud and Columbia did not immediately return calls.

—Jon Wiederhorn

[Nima - Dubcnn.com]

damn... NIK couldnt you post up a clip of the "westcost" track up? id like to hear it.. wether its the track they talkin bout or not.

[Now_Im_Not_Banned]

If you didnt hear, Ill say it again...whoever buys a copy of my CD will get a bonus disc with that track and one produced by Battlecat...