Today’s rant is about people who make arguments and judgments without the information to back any of it. This one though was inspired by one specific friend with whom I had a very long, heated debate about two songs/artists. Tyson is a friend of mine who is a HUGE music snob, but alas I still love him. We recently got together for drinks and the song ‘Whatcha Say’ by Jason Darulo came on the radio. His reaction was one I hadn’t expected, considering normally hes a fan of Jason Darulo’s style of music. He says “this song is fucking shit I can’t believe people like it, it’s a total rip off of Hide and Seek” I was actually kind of perplexed by his statement cause their not the same song at all. I pointed out to him that it’s not the same song, it’s not a cover, and it simply contains one section of the song in the chorus. I wouldn’t say that I’m a huge Imogen Heap fan, but I do enjoy a few songs. More specifically I like the song ‘Hide and Seek’. It’s a good song it has nice flow and I really do enjoy it. That being said I am slowly becoming a fan of Jason Darulo. Before recently I had actually never heard of him, but upon finding out he has several songs available on iTunes I decided to download them and have a listen. He is actually a very talented artist his songs are good, catchy and they have decent lyrics. I’m not saying hes a lyrical genius but he has talent and he could easily make it a commercially marketable artist. Now the argument that Tyson made is one I have heard from at least 10 of my friends. And to all of them I would like to say: HAVE YOU EVER ACTUALLY LISTENED TO JASON DARULO’S SONG??????????? Obviously you haven’t. At least not very closely, because if you have you would know that ‘Whatcha Say’ and ‘Hide and Seek’ are in fact two very different songs. The only lyrics in the entirety of both songs that match up are as follows: Mmmm whatcha say Ooh that you only meant well? Well of course you did Mmmm whatcha say Mmmm that it’s all for the best? Because it is Mmmm whatcha say Ooh that you only meant well? Well of course you did Mmmm whatcha say Whatcha say (whatcha say) wha- wha- wha- wha- what did she say? Yes that’s right folks the CHORUS in ‘Whatcha Say’ is in fact taken from the song ‘Hide and Seek’. And it’s actually directly taken….not re-recorded by Jason Darulo. It’s the same fucking track just put to a beat. And that right there is were the similarities between the two songs end. The lyrics from the rest of the songs (which are easily googled) are not the same. So please stop saying that Jason Darulo needs to get his own lyrics, he has them for this song and about 5 others. Here’s the other thing that gets me, several people have made the assumption that he ‘stole’ that part of the song. He didn’t. There are these funny laws called Copyright Laws. They prevent people from taking other peoples things and claiming them as their own. For Jason Darulo to release this song with the exact track used in Hide and Seek he would need permission. This means that people heard his concept for the song, liked it, and said “sure you can use part of our track in your song.” I’m sure it didn’t go exactly like that but you get my point. I know a lot of people keep comparing these songs, which is stupid because there is nothing to compare. Their not two different versions of the same song, nor are they two songs in a similar musical genre. Also the artists are on two different levels, one is going for the commercial mass appeal while the other is making music they like regardless of if it’s a commercial success. It’s like comparing an apple and a kiwi. There are not enough similarities to do a proper comparison. Also, on another note a lot of other artists do this, and yet this is the first time I have heard so many people get so upset with it. I mean no one made a stink when Rihanna took the lyrics from Michael Jackson. So please to all the ‘haters’ out there who feel the need to start an argument over something like this, have the information to back your self. Cause when you don’t you look like a fool. And please stop being such music snobs, it makes you seem close minded and petty. and if you dont believe me after all this, liston to both of the songs....you'll see what i mean by they have next to no similarities. also note i'm not saying one song is better then the other, thats my opinion and my opinion of either artist has nothing to do with this. its simple fact thats they are not the same and im sitck of people saying they are.