So, this is sort of a 'coming soon to the pop courts' trailer. Marine Parade man and all round CMU favourite Adam Freeland has accused those Black Eyed Peas of stealing a chunk of his track 'Mancry' - our favourite song off the current album from his band Freeland, 'COPE(tm)' - for their song 'Party All The Time'.
Talking via Twitter, Freeland told his fans: "OK. Check this. Listen to our song 'Mancry'. Now listen to Black Eyed Peas 'Party all the time' WTF!".
What the fuck, indeed. Listen to the two tracks side by side - which you can do via this rather handy YouTube link - and, unless we're going insane, it's pretty clear the Peas have just taken the Freeland track wholesale and dropped it in behind their vocals. Cheeky.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbJ5kHfIhC4
Freeland insiders have confirmed they knew nothing of the sampling of their track until Adam stumbled across the Peas song. Needless to say, lawyers have been informed. Because, as Perez Hilton will testify, probably best not to challenge Will.i.am face to face on such things.
Meanwhile, you can listen to 'Mancry' in its entirety on the 'COPE' player at www.freeland.fm.