‘Like That’ has been mentioned in new legal filing
Future, Metro Boomin, and Kendrick Lamar have been mentioned in a lawsuit filed by late singer Barry White’s estate, thanks to their smash record “Like That,” but they are not listed as the parties being sued Billboard reported.
The Barry White Family Trust has taken legal action against the 1980s hip-hop group Rodney-O & Joe Cooley, after their song “Everlasting Bass,” which has been sampled in Future, Metro and Kendrick’s song “Like That.” Rodney-O and Cooley are mentioned in the credits of “Like That,” however, the lawsuit states that their track “Everlasting Bass” uses parts of song “I’m Gonna Love You Just a Little More Baby” that was done by Barry White in 1973.
The complaint attaches the label “infringing work” to the song “Like That,” however, its producers and artists are not included in the suit. The estate of White states, however, states that Future and everyone else involved is indemnified, and therefore their liability relating to any issues over the work “Like That” exists with Rodney-O & Joe Cooley.
Additionally, the lawsuit justifies the time, or rather inaction with regard to filing a suit against Rodney-O & Joe Cooley despite the fact that “Everlasting Bass” was recorded in the 1980s: “Since the Defendants’ song, Everlasting Bass, was released prior to the internet and was not widely distributed, the Barry White Trust was unaware of the song when it was first released.”