P.B. says:

So Finesse never cleared the Oscar Peterson sample? Surely that is open for a similar lawsuit against him…
I got love for Finesse and I’m not even slightly a fan of Mac, but $10 mill? Really??
Kind of hypocritical if it’s true that Finesse never did clear the original sample.

Skins says:

This is dumb all around. Finesse’s lawyers know they’r enot seeing anything close to $10 mill, that number is a scare tactic. But, Finesse knows how mixtapes work, maybe be a little salty you didn’t get the credit you wanted, but taking it to court is a bit much and kind of reeks of desperation. Also, good thing Pizzo used the remix of the track on the Buck’s Wildest Beats mixtape…

Dayz says:

I have sat quiet on hear as I have been debating this on Facebook with friends and MCs from around the world. I gotta say it brings up an interesting debate. As the law stands if you use someone else’s intellectual property for nonprofit then it’s completely legal. So if an up and coming MC uses a known beat on a mixtape, gives it out for free and that tape leads to getting paid shows and in front of producers who then produce original music and you blow up and make millions of dollars is the producer of the original songs that help catapult them to stardom owed monetarily compensated? I don’t really have an answer but I gotta say as the laws are Lord Finesse has no case. Mac Miller definitely didn’t reinvent the wheel with jackin’ beats for a free mixtape. I mean if this case wins it changes the entire current landscape and business model of Hip Hop. As much as I respect Lord Finesse I can’t help but feel he’s reaching here and is just hatin’ on the fact Mac Miller blew up way bigger than he ever did and more importantly has made millions of dollars and has a long career ahead of him to makes mountains of millions. I have to think he’s just trying to get a piece of that pie by any means. Many MCs and Producers I spoke to said while the laws are they way they are as it stands perhaps it’s time to revisit these laws. Many people are totally against these types of mixtapes period and would be happy to see it made illegal to make and produce mixtapes in this fashion as a vehicle to stardom and money. Especially their beef is if these artists perform these mixtape songs at live paid shows. Now I gotta agree if they are getting paid to perform and then they use copyrighted beats they should have to pay a royalties… Interesting debate indeed…