Thanks for sharing that.

I just read an article on okayplayer saying that Michael Jackson is finally getting sued because of that chant we all know & love from "Wanna Be Startin' Something," which was actually lifted from this song right here.

Nice song.

is j lo getting sued too? I swear she used this as a breakdown in one of her earlier songs, maybe it was feeling so good

Don't know if J-Lo is, but apparently Rhianna is too, cuz I think she sampled that specific part of "Wanna Be Starting Something."

Wow! And that is supposed to be the same thing as Michael's chant?? Kinda lame!

Classic!

anc282 said:

I'm pretty sure that Michael worked something out with Manu Dibango back in the 80s when "Wanna Be Startin Something" came out (MJ fans,am I correct?).The new lawsuit concerns Rhianna and her song "Please Don't Stop The Music" which uses the same chant.

I think is a great jam. They play it on Sirius' the Strobe all the time.

SoulAlive said:

If I am not mistaken, Manu took Michael to court about this song.They reached a settlement. This occured years ago.

So apparently Rihanna should have checked with Michael and Dibango? Not just MJ.

Great tune.

Here's more on the "lawsuit"...

On the 1972 Afro-funk jam "Soul Makossa", the Camaroonian saxophonist Manu Dibango opens things up by muttering "mama-koo mama-sa maku ma-ku-sa" before his ridiculously pimped-out sax riff kicks in. New York loft party DJs picked up on the song, and it ended up becoming one of the staples of the just-revving-up disco scene. A decade later, Michael Jackson tweaked that chant for his eternal pop-funk banger "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'", turning it into "mama-say mama-sa mama ma-ku-sa." According to a Guardian report, now Dibango is suing a bunch of people over that perceived swipe. Because it's 1983. Oh wait. No it isn't.

The reason for this particular burst of litigation: Rihanna's dance-pop burner "Don't Stop the Music", Pitchfork's #70 single of 2008, sampled Jackson's "mama-say" chant to great effect. As the Guardian reports, Dibango actually already sued Jackson back in the day, and the two settled out of court. But when Rihanna's people cleared the Michael Jackson sample, they didn't get Dibango's permission, and now he wants his. Dibango is now suing Sony BMG, Warner Music, and EMI over the use of that chant.

...http://www.pitchforkmedia...el-jackson


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SoulAlive said:

So far Rihanna's MJ-sampled song is the only one of the "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" samples that became a hit. Manu is suing because MJ reportedly reneged on their 1983 settlement.

Classic jam. I love this song.

Question for the Funkadelic fans:..Is it just me, or does the horn part remind you of the "Standing On The Verge Of Getting It On" riff?

SPYZFAN1 said:

Kinda.

http://www.youtube.com/wa...557IoM40tc

One of my alltime favorite jams of the 1970s. If this one don't make your ass move, then you're a dead ass motherfucker.

This will start any party!