....in court..... A 70-year-old Los Angeles woman is suing Eminem and Dr. Dre for unlawfully sampling music from her late husband. The song in question is Em’s 1999 hit "Guilty Conscience" from his first hit album, "The Slim Shady LP."

Harlene Stein says "Guilty Conscience" features snippets from a 24-second piece called "Pigs Go Home" that her husband Ronald scored for the 1970 film "Getting Straight." Stein has also included several other parties in the lawsuit; Eight Mile Style Music, Ain't Nuthin' Goin' on But Funkin', Ensign Music Corporation, WB Music Corporation, Famous Music Corporation, Colgems-EMI Music Publishing Inc., and Interscope Records.

Some may be quick to note that The liner notes for The Slim Shady LP state that "Guilty Conscience" features an interpolation of "Go Home Pigs." The problem is that Stein was never credited as the song's composer, and his wife ever paid royalties for the sampling.
Stein died in 1988 and his wife inherited his estate. She has not specified the damages she is seeking, but her attorney say it could be well over $3 million.

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