Drake has come under fire from D.R.A.M., who says that the Canadian artist jacked the sound of his “Cha Cha” song for his “Hotline Bling.”
When it was released in July, Drake referred to his song as “Hotline Bling (Cha Cha Remix).”
Drake says that sometimes he makes music similar to the way dancehall reggae artists create their material.
“You know, like in Jamaica, you’ll have a riddim and it’s like, everyone has to do a song on that,” Drake says during an interview with FADER for its FADER 100 Drake feature. The quotes were published today (October 20).
“Imagine that in rap, or imagine that in R&B,” Drake continues. “Imagine if we got one beat and every single person—me, this guy, this guy, all these guys—had to do a song on that one beat. So sometimes I’ll pick a beat that’s a bit, like, sunnier, I guess is the word you used, than usual, and I just try my hand at it. And that’s kind of what ‘Hotline Bling’ was. And I loved it. It’s cool. I’ve been excited by that sort of creative process.”
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oh ok… I just wrote a fuckin novel on the other post lmao , but I understand the sentiment since he’s from up north where a lot Caribbeans dwell; I can understand the influence…just sucks cause unlike dance-hall or Reggae-in America only you (drake) get the credit because you are the most famous
Drake is way way way up nobody can come close to his music ever ! It’s funny people all these law suits and u steal this and that it’s laughable but when you number 1 in the world everybody has to say sumthin . He isn’t going anywhere ! OVo all day and . Where meek at ????
Drake is for homo thugs and junior high school girls where do you fit in?
So drake steals beats (0-100) uses ghostwriters and autotune. Weak …..
No autotune, no ghostwriters, and he pays tribute to artists.
What do u mean no auto-tune?? Half the songs he sings on have effects or auto-tune in the vocals
My goodness, is there anything original about this man? Fans of Fraudbrey, please feel free to chime in.
Do whatever is popular to keep your name out there right? Fuck credibility thats for suckers huh? Drake is the biggest wanna be fraud entertainer out there. Fuck Drake and his Milli Vanilli singing ass for real!
Chacha sounds retarded but hotline bling is being sung by chicks, dudes, and even the kitchen and wait staff at a restaurant I was at last night. The haters will never understand. “if you can’t see it then it wasn’t meant for you to see.
Song is still shit, though.