May 06, 2003

Federal Court Weighs in on "Back That Azz Up"

It's funny to see the criteria used when our legal system wants to determine whether one rapper is biting another.

Jubilee's expert witness asserted that both songs have the same hook, similar tempo and arrangement, while Juvenile's counter-expert pointed out that among other things "Jubilee's is in the key of A-flat, a major key, while Juvenile's is in D minor".

Although I haven't heard Jubilee's song, going by Hip-Hop aesthetics I'd think if you took the hook then you are probably biting, regardless of what key you are in. But the court's standards are obviously based on very different musical sensibilities.

Rapper Juvenile bests Jubilee in court

The question facing a federal jury was: Exactly which rapper was the first to "Back That Azz Up"?

Was it Jerome Temple, the West Jefferson High School special education teacher who, as his alter ego DJ Jubilee, is a favorite at local block parties and dances? Or was it Terius "Juvenile" Gray, whose version of the song made him a star and introduced the New Orleans "bounce" sound to a nationwide audience?

At stake were millions of dollars. The success of Juvenile's version helped sell millions of copies of his 1998 album "400 Degreez," establishing the local Cash Money Records as a major player on the national rap scene.

Jubilee and his local record label, Positive Black Talk Inc., doing business as Take Fo' Records, claimed in a federal lawsuit that Juvenile, Cash Money Records and Cash Money's national corporate partner, Universal Records, violated federal copyright laws by using the Jubilee song "Back That Ass Up" without permission.

But a federal court jury ruled Monday in Juvenile's favor, deciding that the song was his creation and was not cribbed from Jubilee's song. The verdict capped a five-day trial at which both rappers testified. Ultimately, the jury of five men and one woman came down heavily for Juvenile.

Attorney David Patron, representing Juvenile and Cash Money, said the lawsuit had cast his clients as "thieves," but that the jury's verdict vindicated them as "independent, creative artists."

No word yet on how Rick Santorum feels about Backing That Azz Up.

Posted by jsmooth995 at May 6, 2003 04:14 PM
Comments

i do not think that juvernille is bitting off of jubilee, who is jubilee

Posted by: black at December 23, 2003 08:26 PM

i do not think that juvernille is bitting off of jubilee, who is jubilee

Posted by: black at December 23, 2003 08:26 PM

I love You Juve from Dallas, TX

Posted by: Nikki at January 23, 2004 10:07 AM

Juvenile ripped DJ Jubilee. Take it from NOLA, we know.

Posted by: Mack Johnson at March 21, 2004 10:21 PM

Juvenile i s not biting dj jubilee. The songs are mad different they might have the same concept but different.Dj jubilee is a bounce local artist in new orleans and he makes good songs, well songs i like to dance off of but i don't think juvenile would do such a thing like dat.

Posted by: Maegan Henry at April 8, 2004 08:39 AM

Everybody in the south, or from the south know that DJ Jubilee made the song 1st, then Juvenile remade the song second. I like Juve. Juvenile is a great writer, but that one song was not a original idea. It was a rip off.It was a DJ Jubilee original. Sorry Juve!

Posted by: Terry Wilburn at April 13, 2004 11:12 AM

Juvenile is not bitting off of anybody he is so bumping I like him alot he is the best rapper ever.

Posted by: Chassidy at May 19, 2004 11:45 AM

d.j. jubilee has been around a lot longer than juvenile..he didnt get a break like juvenile did..but that song screams loud and clear dancehall jubilee writing..cash money has never had a song like that b4 that time. so i believe and support d.j. jubilee...a dance song by juvenile....yeah rightttttt...we know you didnt steal it juvy you borrowed it...

Posted by: topangacharles at July 7, 2004 06:48 PM

if yall aint heard choppas choppa style has the same beat in it as dj jubilees hot boy hot girl song!!Now dont get me wrong i love juvy he's got it all goin on but they are takin dj jubilees beats!!

Posted by: Miss B at July 14, 2004 07:48 PM

actually i take my comment back about juvy his beat is completely different i just heard the dj jubilee song but the choppa style remix is just the same as the middle of the dj jubilee hot boys hot girls song!!Sorry Juvy you still my boo boo!!

Posted by: Miss B at July 14, 2004 08:00 PM

hey juve boy u is my husband and i jus wanted to let u kno and let u kno that u look to good and i love u and your music so i'll holla.....1

Posted by: heather at August 3, 2004 01:05 PM

Man look Juve, man you was wrong for steeling that
song from my cousin like that dog. That was his
first man you're wrong.Even though Jubilee was local.

Posted by: mz.nee at August 10, 2004 02:13 PM

yo im from cleveland oh and i tell ya juve took that concept from dj. jub! it might be a local dance but dj. jub rocked that joint long before cash money did! plus if you listen to a lot of these cats like roof roof by snoop when he was on no limit, i swear i heard that beat first from take fo records. a lot of these artist is taking dj jubs beats and hooks making it big off him, until he goes for the nation wide market and let the world know who's the real bounce man is, he will get robbed robbed robbed

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