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Alicia Keys Copies the Black Eyed Peas?

A fantastic example of how pop musicians can be lazy. I was listening to the radio when I heard Alicia keys` new song which I thought sounded like the Black Eyed Peas. I played around with the pitch and tempo of both songs and after settling on a change of less than 1%, I synchronized the songs and to my surprise, not only did both songs have the same chord structure, they also had a very similar beat and the choruses, verses and interludes seemed to play at the same point in each song. These two songs have not been edited.

  • JamesM
  • posted by JamesM
  • Date 12/27/2007 5:41:07 PM
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WilliVanilli : LVL 34: VP 4.2: said:

WilliVanilli

16 votes NegativePositive

345 days 3 hours ago...

agreed.
thats some bullfish.

DarthDavis : LVL 34: VP 4.2: said:

DarthDavis

24 votes NegativePositive

345 days 3 hours ago...

actually they sound pretty groovy together on headphones.

JCinjapan : LVL 40: VP 4.8: said:

JCinjapan

13 votes NegativePositive

345 days 2 hours ago...

damn my left speaker is broken.

91coupe : LVL 6: VP 1.5: said:

91coupe

40 votes NegativePositive

345 days 2 hours ago...

it sounds better if you click play a lot

exploder : LVL 47: VP 5: said:

exploder

Hidden (Show Comment) -10 votes

345 days ago...

5/5 and good work putting the clip together. BiP are WAY better.

Gumpster : LVL 18: VP 2.7: said:

Gumpster

12 votes NegativePositive

344 days 22 hours ago...

^ Black eye`d pea`s, BEP

Onisama : LVL 31: VP 4: said:

Onisama

3 votes NegativePositive

344 days 18 hours ago...

there`s just so many artists around, it was bound for one song to "inspire" another

NYCJockCub : LVL 39: VP 4.7: said:

NYCJockCub

17 votes NegativePositive

344 days 14 hours ago...

it happens more often than you think - esp given the limited # of chords and chord progressions

you can prob sync up more songs that you would think

BUT . . . real artists make their songs much more distinctly, diff instruments, tempos, harmony. this sounds much closer to blantant rip off.

prototypepacifist : LVL 37: VP 4.5: said:

prototypepacifist

17 votes NegativePositive

344 days 9 hours ago...

Who the fuck cares? I agree with Darth Davis. This should be a song right here, together. Black Eyed Keys - The ReMiX

n00b gr3n4d3 : LVL 12: VP 2.1: said:

n00b gr3n4d3

1 votes NegativePositive

343 days 9 hours ago...

awesome job finding this bro lol
they sound groovy together though

Vicsand : LVL 39: VP 4.7: said:

Vicsand

1 votes NegativePositive

343 days 9 hours ago...

Lmao, 1 real song, 1 stolen fake, combine them and you make a second song.

niggaplease85 : LVL 2: VP 1.1: said:

niggaplease85

1 votes NegativePositive

343 days 9 hours ago...

this song`s mad

macvoodoo : LVL 24: VP 3.3: said:

macvoodoo

1 votes NegativePositive

343 days 9 hours ago...

Wow. Props to JamesM for creating this! You blended these songs together really well, and I like the way you presented it in flash. Very cool
5/5

assmaster : LVL 42: VP 5: said:

assmaster

2 votes NegativePositive

343 days 9 hours ago...

this is what a pop dj would call 2 songs to mix together. You can`t protect rythms by copyright. Most pop songs follow the same v/c/v/b/c/v/c pattern.

If you want to be really cool, go point out how rap music copies country western. You`ll find that most rap songs have some older country song w/ the exact same structure.

TooFarGone : LVL 17: VP 2.6: said:

TooFarGone

2 votes NegativePositive

343 days 7 hours ago...

Awesome.....you should upload an Mp3 of this!

Even though I loathe Alicia Keys.

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