The "Blurred Lines" sampling case involving Pharrell Williams, Robin Thicke and the Marvin Gaye's family has placed a huge microscope on the music industry and sampling in music.

During an interview with the Associated Press, Jermaine Dupri gave his two cents on the matter, and explained why he's torn on the issue. From working with artists like Usher, Mariah Carey and Da Brat, the award winning producer says he's been inspired by other genres of music in the past, but is always willing to give credit where it's due.

"Younger producers like myself and Pharrell, we make records that are influenced by other records that are out there," he said. "That's how hip-hop has always been created — it has some kind of element of something (from) the past. Or sometimes we just take the entire sample and we give the artist the credit for that sample. We've all been in a position where it could go like this or we can give the producer the credit."

Jermaine later reveals he's in a similar situation with Ciara, claiming her new single "I Bet" sounds similar to Usher's "U Got It Bad." He also says the song has the same tone as Tamia's "Still," a song he produced on her 2004 album, "More."

"Ciara's new single is a complete rip-off of Usher's 'U Got It Bad,'" he said. "I'm clear on what I made and I'm clear on how music influences people, and I'm clear on chord changes and how people move things. ... It might not be as evident as the 'Blurred Lines' situation, but I believe the same thing happened to me."

He says he, Usher and Bryan Michael Cox heard the similarities and plan to contact Ciara to make sure they were properly credited on the song.
"I Bet" is currently climbing up the Billboard's R&B/Hip Hop chart at #27. The singer released a simplistic video to the track last week.

Source: Associated Press | Photo Credit: Instagram, Splash News