ITH's 96K = rip off of Black Star/Mos Def- Page 2

[JP2]

Posted: 6/17/08 at 11:05am

LOL @ this thread

[PalJoey]

Posted: 6/17/08 at 11:09am

Does anybody remember the song "If I...I Had a Million Dollars" from a show called THE ME NOBODY KNOWS?

[musicalmaster703]

Posted: 6/17/08 at 11:19am

With "too darn hot" he says "Like my friend Cole Porter said" after

[dancingthrulife04]

Posted: 6/17/08 at 11:23am

*yawn*

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 6/17/08 at 11:23am

Drunk Chita Rivera, he even stole yer name.

Posted: 6/17/08 at 11:25am

He said he's friends with Cole Porter? So he's a LIAR too- Cole Porter died in 1964- before this little thief was even born!

[musicalmaster703]

Posted: 6/17/08 at 11:27am

lol

[Mealz1042]

Posted: 6/17/08 at 11:28am

its not a rip off. If anything it had to do with his inspiration. Lin took all the music that he loved infused it into a broadway show, I think it's genius.

he says "like my man cole porters" not "like my friend"

[Mealz1042]

Posted: 6/17/08 at 11:29am

"They seem to be on total opposite ends of the spectrum to me."
170 blocks away... plus avenues, so I'd say around 9 miles apart.

Also there are so many pscyhopaths on this board that I don't even know who's joking and who isn't anymore!

Also he lyKe Oh Em GeE coPiEd DuKe ElLiNgSuMtHiNg!!!!

Updated On: 6/17/08 at 11:29 AM

[Kelly2]

Posted: 6/17/08 at 11:58am

As much as people are making a joke out of this, that is a little alarming. Wonder how much more of the score was "sampled" from something else.

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 6/17/08 at 12:00pm

Both In the Heights and Passing Strange, in parts, sound like Larson songs. Though, Larson could rhyme a lot easier than Miranda "can".

[Mealz1042]

Posted: 6/17/08 at 12:14pm

i would have to disagree with that sentiment.

[Jon]

Posted: 6/17/08 at 12:26pm

Jonathan Larsen totally stole that "I'm dreaming of a white Christmas" line, AND "Do you know the way to Santa Fe?"

[Mealz1042]

Posted: 6/17/08 at 12:28pm

omg and "oh holy night"

[BroadwayChica]

Posted: 6/17/08 at 12:28pm

What an annoying and ridiculous thread. Trying to make it seem like Lin is "stealing" or being completely unoriginal because of possibly coincidental similarities, or actual samplings, is asinine, and beneath all of us.

I'm not sure about the Mos Def comparison (it seems coincidental to me), but as a matter of fact, there *are* samplings from other songs in the score of In The Heights, but most people don't notice cause they don't know sh*t about latin music. It's not sketchy. It's an homage, plenty of artists do it, and Lin gladly owns up to all of it. You're trying to make a big deal out of nothing.

And as for Larson, not to disparage Rent, because I happen to love that show, but say what you will about ITH, it has no rhyme as awful as "You wanna produce films, write songs/you need somewhere to do it/it's what we used to dream about/think twice before you poo poo it"

[dancingthrulife04]

Posted: 6/17/08 at 12:34pm

Humbert has made it very clear before that he didn't like the show and seems to be looking for something to complain about.

[futurenala]

Posted: 6/17/08 at 12:35pm

Amen, lol to the second part!

[uncageg]

Posted: 6/17/08 at 12:41pm

supposedly

[bobby_luvs_bway]

Posted: 6/17/08 at 12:54pm

Uncageg, thank you. My brain almost exploded when I read that.

[SporkGoddess]

Posted: 6/17/08 at 1:06pm

Some people on this thread need better sarcasm detectors.

And, it could be a sampling.

[Weez]

Posted: 6/17/08 at 1:49pm

Stephen Schwartz totally "sampled" 'Over The Rainbow' for 'Wicked'. And I don't think Gregory Maguire came up with Elphaba either!!!!!

Jeez, I see why people are getting confused, even I can't work out how much of what I just said was sarcastic... o_O

[heathurrr]

Posted: 6/17/08 at 2:16pm

There's a lot of sarcasm going over a lot of heads in this thread. (heyyy, I rhymed.)

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 6/17/08 at 2:27pm

In the words of the great Lily Tomlin:

L......M.......uh....A......................O

I can't believe how stupid this thread is! Are you all NEW?!?! Did you not learn ANYTHING from the last two decades??

If your name is Andrew Lloyd Webber, then you are stealing. If you are anyone else, then you are simply "inspired by...".

[TooDarnHot]

Posted: 6/17/08 at 2:51pm

LOL!

oh my god, I love the crazy IN THE HEIGHTS fanyboys who are actually taking this thread seriously.

Listen to that Mos Def song starting at 1:40. He clearly stole the melodic line to the "1, 2, 3... what would you do with 96 g's" but so what?

Every composer takes a snippet of their music from somewhere. It's all inspiration.

It's not a big deal. For those of you trying to defend him, YOU are the ones making it a big deal! It's an obvious homage to that song.

Don't play dumb.

It's basically the same thing.

[B3TA07]

Posted: 6/17/08 at 4:44pm

Out of curiosity, what part of Wicked is derivative of "Somewhere over The Rainbow?"