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http://ca.eonline.com/news/bad_timin...ie_boys/314748

Well, this is awkward.


The Beastie Boys—the surviving two of whom are mourning the death of Adam "MCA" Yauch—were sued the day before Yauch's death last week from cancer by a hip-hop label that claims the group wrongfully sampled a couple of songs from its catalog.


But at least the plaintiff, TufAmerica, is aware of its rather inauspicious timing.

"I was very sorry to hear of Adam Yauch's untimely passing, and can assure you that the unfortunate timing of the filing of TufAmerica's complaint had nothing to do with his health," the label's attorney, Kelly Talcott, told E! News today. "On behalf of myself and TufAmerica, I offer our condolences to Adam's family, friends, and fans."


As for the label's beef, TufAmerica is accusing the Beastie Boys and Universal Music Group of wrongfully sampling tunes by the group Trouble Funk on the songs "Shadrach" and "Car Thief," from Paul's Boutique in 1989. The album was then remastered and rereleased in a deluxe edition in 2009 to mark its 20th anniversary.

TufAmerica claims that "Shadrach" contains a "distinctive vocal sequence" from the Trouble Funk tune "Say What"—and that it was integrated into the song enough to become identified with "Shadrach."
The suit also alleges that "Car Thief" samples Trouble Funk's "Drop the Bomb" "in such a way as to integrate it with the original and other sampled recordings that, together, make up the whole of the piece."

Portions of "Drop the Bomb" also show up, according to the complaint, on "Hold It, Now Hit It " and "The New Style" from the Beastie Boys' 1986 debut, Licensed to Ill.
TufAmerica is seeking unspecified damages, to be determined at trial, for alleged copyright infringement, unjust enrichment and misappropriation.

—Reporting by Baker Machado