So y'all let Drake take the soul from "Cha Cha" and make a hit with "Hotline Bling"?
— Nigel Int'l D. (@Nigel_D) September 30, 2015
I haven't heard Cha Cha since Hotline Bling dropped.
— Nigel Int'l D. (@Nigel_D) September 30, 2015
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"You used to call me on my cell phone."
New @Drake on that "Cha Cha" remix.
#OVOSOUNDRADIO
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— Beats 1 (@Beats1) July 25, 2015
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The same day Drake dropped the video for “Hotline Bling” D.R.A.M. had a performance in Toronto and was inspired to speak out about the similarities between his song and Drake’s. D.R.A.M. feels he was jacked, I had made tweets about the songs weeks ago. People mention they have different samples, but to me it seems like “Hotline Bling” was inspired by “Cha Cha” and dropped right after it peaked. What do you think?
Fader just released part of an interview where Drake speaks on the similarities.
“You know, like in Jamaica, you’ll have a riddim and it’s like, everyone has to do a song on that,” Drake said. “Imagine that in rap, or imagine that in R&B. Imagine if we got one beat and every single person—me, this guy, this guy, all these guys—had to do a song on that one beat. So sometimes I’ll pick a beat that’s a bit, like, sunnier, I guess is the word you used, than usual, and I just try my hand at it. And that’s kind of what ‘Hotline Bling’ was. And I loved it. It’s cool. I’ve been excited by that sort of creative process.”
Full Interview: Fader
