A jury nclud that Pharrell Williams and Rob Thicke mt pay over $7 ln to Marv Gaye's heirs for pyg his mic. Audie Cornish asks what this mean for mic the age of samplg.
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HOW SIAR IS ‘BLURRED L’ TO A 1977 MARV GAYE H?
"Blurred L" by Rob Thicke feat. T.I. and Pharrell Williams sampled Marv Gaye's "Got to Give It Up". Listen to both songs on WhoSampled, the ultimate database of sampled mic, ver songs and remix. * blurred lines sample marvin gaye *
The tate of Marv Gaye was sued by Thicke and Williams sce the duo believed the Gaye Estate had wrongly ma a pyright claim on their track, on the grounds that had borrowed heavily om Gaye's 'Got to Give It Up'.
The song's alleged terpolatn of Marv Gaye's 'Got to Give It Up' was the subject of a high profile lawsu brought by the Marv Gaye tate agast Williams and Thicke. While the two nied the charge of pyright gement, they eely admted the song was fluenced by Marv Gaye’s track. Dpe their prottatns, both Thicke and Williams were ultimately found guilty of gg the Gaye tate's pyright 2018.
Dpe a lg om the urt that the song ged on the pyright of Marv Gaye's 'Got to Give It Up', the cisn has been wily cricised by milogists, micians and mentators. In a nversatn Rick Rub had wh Williams for GQ, he asserted 'Blurred L' was "nothg like" Marv Gaye's track.