So here are the intro lyrics from Joyful Noise by Flame, put out in 2008.
You know what it is
I love it
Yeah
I love it
Let's talk about it..
I present the above lyrics here for fair use educational purposes, in order to inform the general public, and possibly some copyright infringement concerned artists, the following...
In 2007, T.I. put out a rap song called: You Know What It Is.
T.I. and guest rappers use phrase 'you know what it is' 7 times in song. These exact words, not just similar. Exact same 5 words, and if one were to get picky about it, exact same 15 letters (think 15 notes for the musical equivalence).
Not only that, but if you listen to this song, there's a prominent mono sawtooth portamento patch, very similar to what Flame used.
And just overall, these songs have very similar hip-hop feel, groove, vibe. I very much doubt a layman jurist who doesn't listen to rap or hip-hop would be able to tell these songs apart easily, if at all. It's like for people who are not fans of jazz, jazz all sounds the same to them (actual people have told me this). Same with classical. And a number of styles like polka, or big band... but i digress...
Moving on..
In 1995, Tim McGraw put out a country song called: I Like it, I Love it.
Tim sings the words 'I love it' twice in each chorus (there are 3 choruses).
This song was a big hit. I don't listen to country stations, but even I remember hearing this song, likely Top 40 radio. From genius.com: “I Like It, I Love It” is the first single off of McGraw’s 3x multi-platinum album, All I Want.
Anyway, Tim sings the exact same 3 words that Flame appropriated and used in his song 13 years later. Even the exact same 7 letters.
Interestingly Tim says 'I love it' twice in his chorus, and Flame says 'I love it' twice in his intro.
Coincidence? hmmmm...I think not!
In 1964, The Beatles put out a rock song called: She Loves You. In this song they say 'Yeah' many times. This was a big hit for them. The Beatles were very popular!
Exact same word, 4 letters, is lifted by Flame in 2008 for his song. Scandalous!
In 2002, Clipse put out a rap song called: Let's Talk About it.
In this hip-hop rap song, rapper Jermaine Dupri raps 'Lets talk about it' 6 times in a chorus. There are 3 choruses so he raps this phrase 18 times. Exact same phrase that Flame lifted and used 6 years later in his song. And without even asking permission! Exact same 15 letters.
Now Flame might claim he never heard the Clipse song, but I'll bet money he heard Salt-N-Pepa's 1991 humongous hit: Let’s Talk About Sex.
So he clearly heard 'let's talk about' before his 2008 song, and likely, as a christian artist he would have to change 'sex' to 'it' so as not to offend his christian audience, cause you know, they don't like sex.
Flame didn't create one new original lyric phrase in his song's entire intro, it's all lifted from elsewhere. And he has the gall to go after Katy Perry for a background accompaniment mono portamento synth part, playing an ultra basic melodic phrase, repeating in a 2 or 1 bar loop, reminiscent of a gazillion other hip-hop songs.
Worse than that. They actually let this ridiculous case go to trial. Can't the court system find better things to do than waste time on an 8th or 16th note arpeggiator generated loop of the 1st phrase of 3 Blind Mice with the 3rd flatted? (Oh, how innovative! Must've taken them days to do.)