September 24, 2009 From >
Not skipping a beat, Korean music industry mogul Yang Hyun-seok is finally making a rather extensive statement to the scandal that has received an overwhelming response: G-dragon’s weary plagiarism case. After being given a “warning” by Sony ATV for “With U,” “I Don’t Care,” “Heartbreaker” and “Butterfly,” the face of YG had a lot to say, amongst other things, on the YG homepage in defense of his current chart topper. Here are some noteworthy snippets:
“Mariah Carey’s song ‘Standing O’ sounds similar to 2NE1’s ‘In The Club,’ which was released 3 months prior. There are 8 lines (24 seconds) that sound similar and, with the repetition of the particular selection, the song contains a total of 1 minute’s worth of material that sounds similar. However, Sony ATV has not made any statement suggesting Mariah Carey’s song being similar 2NE1’s song.” He continued, “These plagiarism accusations brought up by SonyATV have hurt the pride of the 2 [producers Teddy and Perry] which cannot be easily recovered, as well as have put YG Entertainment in public the public eye.” Yang also added, ” Both the composers of ‘I Don’t Care’ and myself have not heard the music produced by Sony ATV.”
 
Basically: Mariah Carey’s song sounds familiar too but nobody’s mentioned it, we haven’t heard your music, these false accusations have hurt us. Hm.. seeing as YG is hardly the type to roll over and play dead, I’m not surprised/somewhat impressed with his boldness. What do you think of his comeback?
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