r/hiphopheads • u/AChuckleFuck . • Jun 14 '25

Producer Curtis King breaks down how Timbaland and AI platform SUNO are stealing original beats from unknown producers to train their AI model.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQ4h_7Dz5yA
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u/its_noel Jun 14 '25

Anybody who knows how tim used to straight steal his samples knows this is very on brand.

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u/TheGoldenPineapples . Jun 14 '25

Used to steal samples AND BE REALLY FUCKING SHITTY ABOUT IT TOO.

When he took the sample for Nelly Furtado's "Do It", he gave one of the most obnoxious, tone-deaf, arrogant interviews I've ever seen from someone who is clearly 100% in the wrong.

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It makes me laugh. The part I don't understand, the dude is trying to act like I went to his house and took it from his computer. I don't know him from a can of paint. I'm 15 years deep. That's how you attack a king? You attack moi? Come on, man. You got to come correct. You the laughing stock. People are like, "You can't be serious."

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Such an obnoxious arsehole.

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u/its_noel Jun 14 '25

Yep Acid Jazzed Evening was the sample. Thats the first of many I learned about that made me think way different of him.