In bizarre news today, former Swedish House Mafia star Steve Angelo has accused the late Curtis Mayfield of robbing samples from his track Yeah. The accusation follows a number of high profile incidents in the EDM industry that have seen artists like Diplo and Flo Rida involved in disputes over plagiarism accusations.
The confused Swede seems to think that Mayfield stole a sample from the track, which was released in October 2012, and used it illegally in his song Pusherman, which was released as part of the Super Fly soundtrack in 1972.
Angello, pictured above demonstrating how high he can count, explained his crazy theory, “If you listen to Yeah, there’s a synth about two minutes and forty seconds in that clearly appears in Mayfield’s Pusherman song. It’s so blatant, I don’t know how he was expecting to get away with it.”
When confronted about the fact Pusherman was released forty years before Yeah, Angello answered, “Well that means he has been ripping Yeah off for a long time and he’s going to pay for it.”
Angelo’s former SHM band mate, Sebastian Ingrosso, spoke on the matter, “It’s ridiculous. Steve has absolutely no concept of time, his brain just doesn’t work that way. It’s part of the reason the band broke up. We were constantly having to make provisions to get him to do the simplest of things on time. Between him and Axwell’s ainimal noises it was a real nightmare. I don’t know how we lasted so long.”
Dr. Henrik Blomsvelt, of Stockholm’s St. Erik’s Hospital explained Angelo’s strange condition, “Having no concept of time is common amongst people with autism and Asperger’s but having examined Mr. Angelo it is clear he does not suffer from either. It’s a bit of a mystery but if I was to give my professional opinion, I would say he is just extremely stupid.”
