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Name: MOTHERSHIP

Comment: Tell 'em Luda! Dude is one of the original and creative brothers in the industry, he don't need to bite off anybody. Folk kill me with their bullshyt.

Name: Thunny

Comment: He's a liar, though, if he really expects anyone to believe he never heard the phrase "straight like that". I've heard too many rappers use that phrase, and you would have to believe that if Luda was a radio personality in Atlanta for all that time, he most likely would have heard that phrase used a bunch of times. If not on record, then while conducting an interview or something. However, that doesn't make him guilty of stealing this song -- only guilty of perjury. Poor Kanye has to get involved with this and all he did was create the track.

Name: McNasty

Comment: You actually expected him to answer in the affirmative? If he wants this case to go away he has to put the total burden of proof on these huckabucks and there is no way to prove, now that he's disputed it on record, that Luda ever heard it or said it!

Name: RealSmiles

Comment: Copyright infringement for a popular used phrase like "straight like that?" Please! I thought Luda stole the lyrics the way this is making news. Someone got their 15 minutes of fame.

Name: Thunny

Comment: Those 15 minutes of fame will quickly turn into a lifetime of shame when Luda and Kanye are found not guilty.

Name: Priceless

Comment: co-sign with McNasty 100% ... he was advised well

Name: Thunny

Comment: Kanye's a fool!! From sohh.com: http://www.sohh.com/articles/article.php/9061 Both Kanye West and Ludacris took the witness stand yesterday (May 25) to defend themselves against allegations that they stole the chorus for their 2003 collaborative hit "Stand Up." As SOHH previously reported, New Jersey-based rap group I.O.F. filed suit against Ludacris, Kanye West and Universal Music for purportedly stealing the chorus for Luda's "Stand Up" from their song on "Straight Like That." I.O.F., who are suing for $10 million in damages, claim that they gave Ludarcris copies of the song between August 2002 and May 2003, before he released the single "Stand Up" via his album Chicken and Beer in October 2003. During Ludacris' testimony on Thursday, Mel Sachs, the attorney who represents the I.O.F, asked the rapper whether "Straight Like That" had any similarities to his song, "Stand Up". "I'm not a musicologist, but I see them to be completely different," Ludacris answered. Sachs seeks to prove that the words "like that" were repeated more than 80 times in each song. The word "straight" proceeds "like that" in I.O.F.'s version, while the word "just" precedes it on Luda's version. Ludacris testified that he believes the words are repeated fewer than 80 times in his song and he had never heard the expression "straight like that" or the song by that title until he was sued. He also added that he had used "like that" in a 1999 song. During Kanye's testimony, U.S. District Judge Kevin Castel asked him to say the first two lines of "Stand Up." West shot a grin at Ludacris before beginning, "How you ain't gonna f*ck?" "I'm sorry I asked," said Castel with a chuckle, as nearly everyone in the courtroom, including the jurors, laughed out loud. "I think I'm going to withdraw my question." West would then go on to tell the court that it was not unusual that "Stand Up" and "Straight Like That" would both repeatedly use the words "like that." "There's a lot of rap songs that say, 'like that,' 'what's up' or 'throw your hands high,'" said West. "Whatever people say in the hood, it ends up on records. That's what hip-hop does." West also testified that the first time he ever heard "Straight Like That" was when they were hit with the suit. Christine Lepera, lawyer for both rappers and EMI April Music Inc., has asked the jury to reject the claims of I.O.F. and their company BMS Entertainment/Heat Music LLC. The on-going trial, which is in its third day, is seeking to determine liability. If liability is found, a second phase of the trial will %*$ess damages.

Name: ladybyrd

Comment: What perjury??? A phrase doesn't make perjury... What does the rest of the song sound like??? Beat and all, now if it sounds simular and the words are the same and he change a couple of words then yes. But if the damn song is different then "Hell" no, he doesn't get a dime. Straight like that...

Name: Thunny

Comment: ladybyrd, lying under oath is perjury, and Luda, who has been "pimpin all over the world," was probably lying when he told the judge he never heard that phrase before. I heard that phrase at the latest in 1998, and no doubt before then.

Name: ThoseDamnQues

Comment: Who would use that corny gay azz phrase 'Straight like that"! Heard people say i'm straight or hey man you got my money --nah bro----are you going to pay me---- nope--- oh "it's like that"

Name: McNasty

Comment: LMAO@ThoseDamnQues

Name: ThoseDamnQues

Comment: Hey McNasty.. What if RUN DMC would have chosen those words instead of It's Like That and that's the way it is!!!-----> Straight Like That and that's the way it is!!!! WTF

Name: ladybyrd

Comment: Thunny > I agree that he's probably lying that he never heard it, because it's all over the streets. But I don't think that should warrant dude in making money off the sales of the CD. Everyone is using the same damn phrases which is part of the streets. So when people use "The roof the roof the roof is on fire" who in the hell makes money off that phrase. I really want to hear the song.

Name: bigboyhighflyer

Comment: The chorus of a song can make or break the song.If you stell the chorus of a song you are just as guilty of copyright infringement. There is no such thing as a common phrase. The phrase was a part of a song that he has been exposed to. If they can prove that he was exposed to the song they most likely will when.Its a damn shame so call stars won't let other people eat.Thats whats wromg with us we won't share and help one another. It's called selfhis.

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