Childish Gambino - 3.15.20 (March 22, 2020) / Atavista (May 13, 2024) Album • Page 11

These are extremely similar, moreso than any other two songs I can think of in recent memory

 

That one jaden smith song and black skinhead are way more similar.

This is similar but not convinced he ripped it off.

 

Jaden actually sampled Black Skinhead and Kanye has credit on the song, so different situation

 

It’s way too similar to be coincidence.

 

Oh weird. I didn’t know that.

 

The structure and ideas of the songs are very similar but the music itself doesn’t actually sound all that similar to me. If you put me on the spot, I’d probably say Bino lifted some elements from this song but I don’t think parallel thinking is out of the question. The rap sections of both songs are mostly generic and the melodic sections don’t really sound alike at all.

 

Its really all structure, and having sets of 16 bars between a sung chorus is not ripping off a song in any way.

I just do not see it.

 

The subject matter, title, choir singing, high hat beats being off kilter, etc...

Be real: what are the chances a song was written two years after another that both share all of those things? I feel like I’m taking crazy pills when I read that people “can’t hear it”

 

Yeah I'm sure I sound like a fanboy but the two songs are definitely similar but not so much so that it CAN'T be a coincidence imo. The fact that the song only had like 3000 views before today kind of adds to that too


The song is actually hella dope though, glad some good could come from this lol

 

That beat is fire, definitely gonna give this dude more of a listen

 

I mean, the subject matter is pretty standard for hip hop. The titles really aren’t very similar besides having ‘America’ in them. Using a choir isn’t uncommon. Really the only thing that raises an eyebrow for me is the structure, but the structure isn’t so original that it couldn’t be a case of parallel thinking.

 

If this situation happened to Kanye, this forum would be losing their minds, smh

 

per Donald's management:

 

professional

 

Classy

 

They sound similar but I'm not hearing a blatant ripoff

 

i didn't listen too closely but it didn't really strike me as a blatant ripoff

i still realllllllly don't like childish gambino though

 

Deleted, do you remember what it was? If it was a tweet from Fam, he's always seemed like a dick

 

“The internet is a place of no consequences. I hate that Toronto Akademiks/every white blogger can say something as gospel and y’all take it. This song is 3 yrs old, and we have Pro Tools files to prove it.”

 

I want to make it clear that the "guy he's referring to's" twitter handle is "Ahmed/Toronto Akademiks/Every White Blogger"

 

Almost gave me a fucking heart attack lol

 

The two songs share similar components but honestly i dont know how people think its a rip off lol.

 

Other than sounding extremely alike in multiple ways, sure.