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As far as the Hotline bling / cha cha thing, Osh just summed that up almost perfectly. To take it a step further, if KTT doesn't title hotline bling "cha cha remix" then this commotion between the two records probably wouldn't be nearly as potent. Drake and OVO NEVER titled Hotline bling as the Cha Cha remix.
And as far as the Drake biting other artist / stealing thing, I mean that's a slippery slope. Covering hot and buzzing records and making your own version(s) of them isn't a new phenomenon. If you were in the club in the mid 2000's or listening to the radio around that time period, Lil Wayne's cover of certain records were far more popular than the OG version of the record. Most of the covers drake does isn't monetized so what's the issue here? If you have an issue w/ what drake is doing, then I honestly feel like your issue is misguided and has more to do with the lack of ethics in Hip-Hop culture. But then again, covering records and making them your own isn't a hip-hop phenomenon either.
I guess because Drake does it with artist who are relatively obscure, that his "genuiness" (spellcheck lol) is construed as kniving and that there are alterior motives that go beyond hearing a record, and liking a record, and doing your own version of it. But that's just it. Anything else is really hard to prove and IMO doesn't have any real legs to stand on. What Drake is doing isn't new.
It isn't Drake's responsibility to work with an artist beyond that record to prove that the connection is genuine. It isn't his responsibility to sign the artist after he covers their song. What Drake is doing in Hip-Hop isn't new, has been done plenty of times and your issue shouldn't be with drake, but rather the ethical nature in hip-Hop (and music) in general.
And as far as the Drake biting other artist / stealing thing, I mean that's a slippery slope. Covering hot and buzzing records and making your own version(s) of them isn't a new phenomenon. If you were in the club in the mid 2000's or listening to the radio around that time period, Lil Wayne's cover of certain records were far more popular than the OG version of the record. Most of the covers drake does isn't monetized so what's the issue here? If you have an issue w/ what drake is doing, then I honestly feel like your issue is misguided and has more to do with the lack of ethics in Hip-Hop culture. But then again, covering records and making them your own isn't a hip-hop phenomenon either.
I guess because Drake does it with artist who are relatively obscure, that his "genuiness" (spellcheck lol) is construed as kniving and that there are alterior motives that go beyond hearing a record, and liking a record, and doing your own version of it. But that's just it. Anything else is really hard to prove and IMO doesn't have any real legs to stand on. What Drake is doing isn't new.
It isn't Drake's responsibility to work with an artist beyond that record to prove that the connection is genuine. It isn't his responsibility to sign the artist after he covers their song. What Drake is doing in Hip-Hop isn't new, has been done plenty of times and your issue shouldn't be with drake, but rather the ethical nature in hip-Hop (and music) in general.
