In many circles, the album is regarded as one of the best from the “coke rap” sub-genre. With the help of Miami-based songwriting/production team The Monsters & The Strangerz, it went on to sell over 500,000 copies. Helping Ross to push ‘Hustlin” nationally, the record went on to sell over 5.6 million copies which saw the RIAA certify it 5x platinum.įollowing the success of ‘Hustlin”, Rick Ross released his debut album, Port Of Miami, the same year. Regardless of such high-profile interests, Rozay opted to sign with Def Jam after Jay Z, who at the time was president of the label, offered him a multi-million dollar deal. (formerly Murder Inc.) president Irv Gotti. A bidding war ensued, which included offers from Bad Boy CEO Sean “Diddy” Combs and The Inc. Releasing ‘Hustlin” in June of 2006, it caught the ear of a few executives within the industry. Not releasing any material of his own until a joint venture between Slip-n-Slide and Def Jam took place, Ross did pop up on three cuts from Trick Daddy’s Thug Holiday album while also appearing on four of Trina’s five albums.Īt a time when Atlanta and Houston’s artists were establishing their cities as Southern strongholds during the mid-00s – Mike Jones, Ludacris, Chamillionaire, and Paul Wall were all dominating commercial radio – Ross aimed at putting Miami back in rap’s national spotlight. As a label, they were moderately successful thanks to Trick Daddy, known in the world of rap as the Mayor of Miami, and stripper-turned-rapper Trina. Waiting in the wings for his time to rhyme, Rozay learnt a lot whilst housed at Slip-n-Slide. Slowly but surely Ross began making his way up the rap ladder. Starting out with a brief stint at Suave House Records, former label of southern legends Eightball & MJG, he ended up on Miami-based Slip-n-Slide Records. Forming the rap group Carol City Cartel (later known as the Triple C’s), Ross began rapping towards the end of the 90s. However, counsel for LMFAO presented evidence that that the three separate registrations for Ross’ song are all different with respect to the date of creation and that none of the registrations should have been granted.Rick Ross, real name William Roberts II, grew up in Carol City, Florida, an impoverished northern suburb of Miami. Ross’ copyright attorney has argued to the 11th Circuit in Miami that the rapper’s copyright registrations for ‘Hustlin’’ are valid. So, the average person would not recognize the “everyday I’m shufflin’” phrase as being adopted from ‘Hustlin.’ when used in relation to merchandise as was done here. The average person would not confuse “everyday I’m shufflin’” with the musical composition of “Hustlin.’” without reference to either song “Party Rock Anthem” and “Hustlin’”. Judge Williams states that even if the phrase was copyrightable the plaintiffs fail the intrinsic test.
There have been other lyrics that the courts have found not subject to copyright protection, such as “fire in the hole,” “so high,” “get it poppin’” and many other simple, short phrases.
Judge Kathleen Williams cited several cases that noted short phrases are not copyrightable in holding that the three-word phrase “everyday I’m hustlin’” from Ross’ 2006 song “Hustlin’” are not sufficient for copyright protection.
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Ross’s argument to the Court of Appeals is that his copyright registrations are valid despite errors since there was no intentional fraud or cover-up in the song’s registration process. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit in Miami to revive his claims that LMFAO ripped off his song with their lyrics, “everyday I’m shufflin’”. Williams stated that, “Because Plaintiffs do not hold a valid copyright registration and because Plaintiffs have not established either legal or beneficial ownership of the exclusive right to prepare derivative works for Hustlin’, Plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment is denied and this case is dismissed.”
Copyright Office, a copyright lawsuit cannot be filed in federal court. In April 2016, the Florida court ruled that Rick Ross’ copyright registrations for the song had several errors making them invalid. Los Angeles – Last week Miami rapper Rick Ross appealed a 2016 ruling that dismissed his copyright lawsuit about alleged similarities between his song “Hustlin” and Los Angeles duo LMFAO’s song “Party Rock Anthem.” LMFAO is made up of Redfoo (Stefan Gordy) the youngest son of Motown founder Berry Gordy, and Sky Blu (Skyler Gordy) who is Stefan’s nephew.
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