I'm not like a super fan of dance music... end of story. Mostly because I'm not much of a dancer and never have been, but B-Hamp's Ricky Bobby and Halle Berry weren't too bad. I think I fell in love with the comical dance moves more than the actual lyrics, but I've been having problems finding the Ricky Bobby video online.
After searching everywhere online for the club version of the Ricky Bobby, I came up with nothing. Youtube...nothing. Music-related websites...nada. It was even removed from BHamp's own Myspace page. There's another version that is still available, but it's not properly recorded and I find it a bit tacky for my tastes. The dancers are lazy and he appears to be standing in a vacant parking lot.
So, after searching for that video, I noticed something else about the issue. He apparently recorded a new video at the Texas Motor Speedway. This video was actually featured on BET's 106 and Park as the New Video of the Day. However, I've been poking around at the 106 and Park site too, but no B-Hamp is even mentioned! I couldn't find the video they posted or any information on the artist.
In addition to the problems with finding the Ricky Bobby video, the song "Halle Berry" was also experiencing some technical difficulties. Although not quite as bad as a missing video, this song has been re-written for radio airplay to say Ms. Berry instead of using the actress' full name. On B-Hamp's Myspace page, this song is played as the "uncensored" version, but for how long?
I'm starting to think that these changes are due to some sort of infringement issues. Now, I'm not a lawyer, but I don't think that you can use someone's name for commercial use without permission, especially a famous person. If this is the case, I hope that B-Hamp can resolve these issues and continue to make great club hits.
All this talk about infringement has me curious. Have you run into any issues with infringement in your music or know someone who has? It's a serious issue to deal with and I'd like to know if you have any pointers on avoiding it before it happens.
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Now that I think about it, he could have used references to these ppl without using their names. Ms. Berry... come on... we all know who that is. We don't need a first name :)
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