[postlink]http://xsampling.blogspot.com/2010/03/sugar-hill-gang-rappers-delight.html[/postlink]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diiL9bqvaloendofvid
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"Rapper's Delight" used a track cut from a Sugar Hill house band called Positive Force. The track sampled "Good Times" by Chic. Big Bank Hank's verses were lyrics written by Grandmaster Caz. However despite the success, Caz did not receive any royalties for his contribution. Chic's Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards filed a lawsuit for copyright infringement over "Rapper's Delight" (the first of many such legal battles for rap); it was settled out of court, leaving Rodgers with a large cut of all future royalties.
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"Rapper's Delight" used a track cut from a Sugar Hill house band called Positive Force. The track sampled "Good Times" by Chic. Big Bank Hank's verses were lyrics written by Grandmaster Caz. However despite the success, Caz did not receive any royalties for his contribution. Chic's Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards filed a lawsuit for copyright infringement over "Rapper's Delight" (the first of many such legal battles for rap); it was settled out of court, leaving Rodgers with a large cut of all future royalties.
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