Flo Rida’s latest stain on the music world was in fact not truly his own in the first place. The song in question is his latest collaboration with Pitbull titled Can’t Believe It. If you pay close attention, although it is very obvious, the beat line for Can’t Believe It is the exact same as the one used by Infinity Ink in his release Infinity. It has been reported by Mixmag, that Flo Rida did obtain the sample legally, but forcibly ruined it by adding his own lyrics over the beat.
Now add Diplo to the mix, who recently took to twitter to proclaim that the state named artist, essentially ripped off his video for his hit, Butter’s Theme. Here are his tweets, followed by the videos in question.
UPDATE: Here is Infinity Ink’s response to their fans’ recent outcry:
“Bit of controversy. Yes, that’s our bassline on Flo Rida’s new single. To anyone upset about it been sampled then we apologise. Given the choice between Flo Rida using our original bassline or Flo Rida making an almost exact copy of it, we gave permission for it to be sampled. There are countless versions of ‘Infinity’ on the internet. From EDM, dubstep and deep house mixes to chipmunk versions and even acoustic covers, we’ve kept them all up there. ‘Infinity’ has found a life of its own and we’re touched by everyone’s love of the original…”
And here are Diplo’s tweets
yo @official_flo ur a fuck ass fuckboi for ripping off my video
— D1Pl,000 000 (@diplo) July 29, 2013
not even bubble butt lol he ripped off this video http://t.co/hcoiVhqvJd
— D1Pl,000 000 (@diplo) July 29, 2013
im goin to go toilet paper the trees in front of flo-rida mansion if you want u can ride or die with me. also bring eggs . pleas RT
— D1Pl,000 000 (@diplo) July 29, 2013
I’ll totally fight flo-rida in a street fight and totally get my ass whooped . But ill fight him anyway cuz I’ll fight for what I believe in
— D1Pl,000 000 (@diplo) July 29, 2013
Flo Rida – Can’t Believe It ft. Pitbull [Official Music Video]
Infinity Ink – Infinity (Original Mix)
DIPLO “BUTTER’S THEME” ft GENT & JAWNS (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)
AND THEY ALL COPIED THE INTRO TO JUSTICE – D.A.N.C.E’S VIDEO.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sy1dYFGkPUE
AND THEY ALL COPIED THE INTRO TO JUSTICE – D.A.N.C.E’S VIDEO.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sy1dYFGkPUE
AND THEY ALL COPIED THE INTRO TO JUSTICE – D.A.N.C.E’S VIDEO.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sy1dYFGkPUE
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I’m not surprised considering they don’t even make their own music. I would get it if they were DJs but all they do is copy.
I’m not surprised considering they don’t even make their own music. I would get it if they were DJs but all they do is copy.
Damn, Flo Rida and Pit Bull were in the same place at the same time and no one ordered the drone strike? It would be nice to never have to hear either one of them again.
Damn, Flo Rida and Pit Bull were in the same place at the same time and no one ordered the drone strike? It would be nice to never have to hear either one of them again.
Damn, Flo Rida and Pit Bull were in the same place at the same time and no one ordered the drone strike? It would be nice to never have to hear either one of them again.
when I saw those two name in a video title, the music video was immediately ignored…
when I saw those two name in a video title, the music video was immediately ignored…
Everyone knows Pitbull steals songs. Just look at Hotel Room Service vs Push the Feeling. Or Bon Bon vs Alvaro’s remix of No Speak Americano. Or the example above.
Everyone is sampling or inspired by someone else. Although this is about Flo Rida sampling Infinity Ink, their bassline just sounds like “Seven Nation Army” to me. As for the Diplo video, looks a lot like Busby Berkeley made it, and I think Sir Mix-A-Lot got to big butts first! “Butter Theme” is a great track, but similar to many other Moombaton songs. Diplo’s “Watch Out For This” has a sampled Willie Colon trumpet running through it. But it the end of the day it’s all music, I’m a fan of Diplo’s stuff, (Ellie Goulding made his video the winner)… and the Flo Rida track is going to be an international hit, maybe he should have just called it a mash-up to win critical DJ approval.
It’s ok, because both of them aren’t making that much money if they have to keep paying off the works they sample or take all together. The original artist, if they’ve done the paperwork, will always come out on top.