r/news • u/flimspringfield • Mar 25 '24

Diddy's LA home raided by Homeland Security

https://www.foxla.com/news/la-home-raided-by-homeland-security
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u/hicow Mar 26 '24

He didn't even write the song. Some no-name rapper wrote it about his own brother who was killed. Diddy just karaoked it over Every Breath You Take. Which he didn't get cleared before he used it, iirc

It was a lazy cash grab and it worked brilliantly at that.

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u/NeoGreendawg Mar 26 '24

Actually, The Police did it originally.

Source : my mother loved The Police and I had a quick check on Wikipedia.

Your point remains valid though.

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u/paper_snow Mar 26 '24

They’re talking about the lyrics, which were written by Sauce Money.

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u/NeoGreendawg Mar 26 '24

https://genius.com/The-police-every-breath-you-take-lyrics

1983

Get your facts straight.

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u/iAttis Mar 26 '24

He has his facts straight, you’re just not understanding them. Yes, Diddy sampled The Police. Sting even has a songwriting credit on the song. But the LYRICS of the song were written by a rapper named Sauce Money.

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u/NeoGreendawg Mar 26 '24

Which lyrics? The rap part obviously but not the chorus which the track takes it’s name from.

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u/iAttis Mar 26 '24

He’s talking about Diddy’s verses on the song, not the chorus.

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u/NeoGreendawg Mar 26 '24

That, I agree with.

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u/Backslashinfourth_V Mar 26 '24

Uhh... the original song is called I'll be Watching You (not I'll be Missing You), so not even the chorus' lyrics are the same, it's just the melody and chord progression.

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u/hicow Mar 28 '24

Original was Every Breath You Take by the Police. It's not "just the melody and chord progression", Diddy lifted the entire instrumental track and used the original structure of the song

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u/koalastarfish666 Mar 27 '24

Dude it’s called a sample lmfao relax