Common Music Group
Mary J. Blige ‘Actual Love’ Pattern Lawsuit Dismissed
Courts Used ‘Frequent Sense’
Revealed
Common Music Group now not has to ask concerning the 411 concerning a lawsuit filed in opposition to them over a pattern in Mary J. Blige‘s basic “Actual Love” single — the courts have dominated in favor of the document label to dismiss the go well with as a result of the choose says the 2 songs simply do not sound the identical in any respect.
In accordance with courtroom docs, obtained by TMZ, the courtroom examined each “Actual Love” and the 1973 protest funk track, “Impeach the President,” by The Honey Drippers.
TufAmerica, the corporate that owns the rights to “Impeach the President,” argued UMG had illegally sampled the document by incorporating one other track that had first sampled “Impeach the President” into “Actual Love.”
However after evaluating the “whole idea and really feel” utilizing “good eyes and customary sense,” the choose dominated the songs don’t have anything in frequent … one is a political anthem; the opposite is a heartbreak jam.
The go well with was initially filed in opposition to UMG in April 2024 and pushed for damages. Mary J. Blige is just not, and has by no means been, a defendant within the case.
Sarcastically, “Impeach the President” has been an enormous pattern basis for a number of Hip Hop basic tracks … Nas‘ “I Can,” J. Cole‘s “Moist Dreamz” and even Audio Two’s “High Billin” — which is the pattern utilized in “Actual Love!!!”
