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It's rap music m' Lord
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Published: 06-June-2003
By: Stephen Smith



A High Court judge has rejected a claim by a garage music writer that his reputation was damaged by having one of his hip hop hits used by a rival group as a backing track.


Andrew Alcee said his song - Burnin' - had been "distorted or mutilated" by being associated with drugs and violence. But Mr Justice Lewison said that although the words of the rap were in "a form of English", they were "for practical purposes, a foreign language".



The world of rap music came to court. They call each other by strange names and talk in a language all of their own - God knows what the musicians made of them. But it was tough for the judge, too.



He had to decide if Heartless Crew had breached the Copyright Act by changing the lyrics of the song 'Burnin', written by the Ant 'ill Mob.



The trouble was, Mr Justice Lewison didn't understand a word of it. He said "three gentlemen in horsehair wigs" examining phrases like 'shizzle my nizzle' was a "faintly surreal experience."



For his honour's benefit, here's our Dictionary of Garage and Jungle:



  • "Shizzle my nizzle" means: "Indeed? That's a prestigious idea, my Afro-American brother!"




  • "Pimp tints" are "Sunglasses."




  • And "Dropping plates in this mother" means "Losing one's rag."




    • The case was dismissed: the judge decided it was a bum rap.

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