Britney Spears husband Kevin Federline is to be sued by New Wave legend Thomas Dolby after the 'singer' used a sample of one of his hits in a 'song'. Federline used a sample from Dolby's 'She Blinded Me With Science' for his whine at the media, 'America's Most Hated'.
Speaking to MTV, Dolby said "You can't just take a very well-known piece of music and add your own vitriolic rap over the top of it and get away with it. If anybody's going to sing nasty lyrics over my music, it's going to be me."
Dolby added that he had no problem with people using samples of his music, so long as they asked for permission first - but it was unlikely that Federline would have seen his generous side: "I wouldn't have turned it down because of who he is. I knew nothing about him, quite frankly, and just because he gets a bad rap in the press doesn't make him a bad guy," he said. "But just on the merits of the song, I would have said no. The lyrics are pretty evil, and I just don't think it was appropriate."
Dolby has passed the matter on to his lawyers, who intend to pursue Federline through the courts.
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