“Blurred Lines” by Robin Thicke sounds similar to “Got To Give It Up” by Marvin Gaye Thomas’s classic was also sampled and covered by Sade, Steve Winwood, Joan Osbourne, Santana – even MC Hammer. Although Thomas’s recording was sampled in an era of Internet memes, Drake is not the first to lift the tune. After the song’s success and its undeniable similarities, Drake and his team came around to eventually crediting Thomas for the song.

In an interview with “Spin” magazine, Thomas said that one of his cousins actually informed him of the sample. At first, Drake and the song’s producer nineteen85 didn’t acknowledge this. While Canadian rapper Drake’s “Hotline Bling” has been described as an R&B song with trap influences, most listeners aren’t aware of its soul sample from the 1972 anti-Vietnam war hit “Why Can’t We Live Together” by Timmy Thomas. “Hotline Bling” by Drake sounds similar to “Why Can’t We Live Together” by Timmy Thomas Some were even so blatantly similar that they ended up in court. But what happens when a recent hit song sounds eerily similar to an earlier predecessor? That’s the case with the selections below.

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