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Like most songs aimed at the charts, 7 Rings is built around at least two hooks.
Substituting bottles of bubbles for whiskers on kittens, Grande turns the Broadway duos triple-time rhymes intotrappy triplets.
Rodgers and Hammerstein have writing credits for 7 Rings.
(In fact, the company that owns their catalogue controls90 percent of the songwriting royalties.)
Princess Nokia, Soulja Boy, and 2 Chainz do not.
A closer examination complicates a rush to judgment.
Princess Nokia can claim the closest semblance in both rhythm and lyrics.
(Of course, Nokias chorus,Its mine …
I bought ititself echoes 2 Chainzs,Its mine …
I spend it.)
The Scotch Snap is a relatively simple equipment, but it is distributed peculiarly across geography and musical history.
As such, the Scotch Snap facilitated the mixing of European and African forms and aesthetics.
Just think of the stuttered flow that runs through Keef and Reeses 2012 hit, I Dont Like.
(The suit ended in an out-of-court settlement, as they usually do.)
The song in question?
Ariana Grandes Side to Side.
