Anybody ever notice this? "It's No Crime" was Face's first solo single that I liked, but it definitely borrowed heavily from Hot Thing. Anyone agree?

DMSR said:

that's like saying Prince Borrowed something from Inixs's "Need You Tonight" or Robert Palmer's "Addicted to Love" for "U Got the Look".it's fairly Common to Borrow in the Biz.

Two other Babyface related product:

TLC Waterfalls = Money Don't Matter 2nite

Bobby Brown Rock Witcha = Do Me Baby

I always thought it borrowed more from Duran Duran's, "I Don't Want Your Love."

Essence said:

funny thing is that when Prince did the Elisa Fiorillo "On the Way Up" Project He was quoted as saying that La&Babyface have used His Sound So He was Using there's for this Project.they are cool. TLC's "Waterfalls" was Produced&Played by Organized Noise. now "Red Light Special" the One that Babyface Wrote&Produced reminds me of "International Lover" IMHO.Jam&Lewis on Alxender O'Neal's "a Broken Heart Can Mend" got a Part of Foreigner's "Waiting for a Girl like You".you can hear pieces&things from many things but everybody in that Business is a Sponge of whatever is Happening at some point.some are Manipulative&Creative about it&others are Blunt&Open with it.

piepie1976 said:

you are Probably Right.because in the Mind of a Producer they are looking at something that works but also something in spots they can use without being totally called out on it.Babyface has used this Formula alot in His Productions.

mistermaxxx said:

Yeah I said "Waterfalls" because Babyface is an exec producer on the album. Don't forget there's a big similarity in shared riff segment between "17 Days" and "Broken Heart Can Mend" too.

Essence said:

well the Time"Get It Up"&Alexander O'Neal's "Innocent" are more closer IMHO.like I said we can go all day with Songs Sounding the same or coming from a Certain Source ya Know?

Since we're on the topic...have you guys ever noticed how Janet Jackson's song "Funny How Time Flies When You're Having Fun" sounds ALOT like MJ's song "The Lady In My Life"? Even Quincy Jones jokes about how Jam And Lewis were "borrowing" elements from his sound.

Essence said:

I could be wrong,but I don't think Babyface had anything to do with TLC's song "Waterfall".

DavidEye said:

Nah it was Dungeon Family's Organised Noize. I mentioned it because Babyface was one of the album's Exec. producers.

mistermaxxx said:

Yeah "Innocent" is a definite The Time jam. It was surely an outtake from sessions for one of their albums.
[This message was edited Mon Aug 19 9:12:06 PDT 2002 by Essence]

DavidEye said:

very much so.but like Many Producers that is them doing there Job.they have to Find a Catchy Hook&Run with it&change it just a Bit not to be stuck in Music Court Daily.

mistermaxxx said:

I remember when the Flyte Tyme produced "Fake" by Alexander O'Neal came out, I said to myself "Self, that sounds exactly like Prince's (Andre Cymone's) Dance Electric."

Good thing that Prince is friends with JJ and TL.