Black Eyed Peas sued for licensing interpolation but not sample of Scatman
The label that owns Scatman John's 'Scatman' has sued Black Eyed Peas over an uncleared sample. Iceberg Records provided a licence that allowed the interpolation of the ‘Scatman’ composition into their song 'Bailar Contigo', but says the original recording was also sampled, which was not licensed…