

“Me and made that exchange beat first,” Vinylz tweeted on Dec.

While Hamad sees no controversy between the two songs, the producers of “Deja Vu” did have their own feud with the producer of “Exchange.” On Twitter, “Deja Vu” producers Vinylz and Boi1da accused “Exchange” producer Foreign Teck of stealing the beat.

“Cole had already made the song, so when Bryson’s album came out and we heard it, it was a feeling like, ‘Damn, he used the same sample,’” he said. With Cole’s song already made in 2014, Hamad said when he and his team heard Tiller’s “Exchange” in 2015, they had the same reaction that listeners today had. “We had already made ‘Deja Vu,’ like that song was literally made for his last album and we just knew it would fit better because of the story he wanted to tell on the album,” Hamad said. Cole’s 2014 album, “2014 Forest Hills Drive.” & Envyi’s “Swing My Way” - Hamad said “Deja Vu” had been in the making for a few years and was originally supposed to be on J. Speaking with Billboard, Hamad said “Deja Vu” and “Exchange” were “two totally different songs.”Īlthough the tracks sample the same song - K.P. Cole took Tiller’s beat for his song, the rapper’s manager, Ibrahim “Ib” Hamad, revealed the truth behind the “Deja Vu” beat. Sometimes you worry bout the things he can provide for ya Whenever you around I seem to come alive for ya I. The album’s third song, “Deja Vu,” features a beat which is very similar to Bryson Tiller’s hit song, “Exchange.” Artists using the same beats in hip-hop is not unheard of, but the practice is usually reserved for mixtape songs or non-album singles. On Deja Vu, Cole raps from the perspective of his deceased friend James McMillan Jr., who imagines a conversation with a woman about the kind of men she gravitates towards. Cole’s latest album, “ 4 Your Eyez Only,” you hear an instrumental you may have heard before. Getty Images/Craig Barrittīy the time you get to track three of J. Cole get the beat for “Deja Vu” from a Bryson Tiller song? Pictured: J. In second place is the coming-of-age Wet Dreamz (702,000), a song years in the making that was originally intended for his debut, while Forest Hills' third single No Role Modelz takes the top spot overall with 855,000 chart sales, including 92.5 million streams. His first Top 's Middle Child a track recorded a compilation album featuring artists from Cole's label Dreamville that places third with 523,000 chart sales, including 68.3 million streams.Īt the top end - and perhaps surprisingly given they missed the chart entirely - are two songs from 2014's Forest Hills Drive album. The rapper's first UK Top 40 single came in 2016 with Deja Vu, the lead single from his fourth album 4 Your Eyez Only, which ranks as his seventh biggest song with 344,000 chart sales. On Deja Vu, Cole raps from the perspective of his deceased friend James McMillan Jr., who imagines a. The track, which displays his knack for storytelling with some of his most radio friendly production, is his sixth biggest song with 359,000 chart sales, including 30.3 million streams. Cole's first UK Top 100 Singles Chart entry arrived in 2013, when Miguel collaboration Power Trip topped out at Number 46.

It was released on January 10, 2017, as the first single off the album. Cole used a voice changer to sound like Tupac in the other ear so listeners would get the feeling of 'Deja vu'. Cole, released on Decemfrom his fourth studio album, 4 Your Eyez Only. MORE: Official Top 40 biggest songs of 2021 so far 'Deja Vu' is a song by American rapper J. Deja Vu, from the album 4 Your Eyez Only, was released in the year. While fans may love the track, Cole has since admitted it's far from his favourite, particularly when he discovered his rap hero Nas wasn't a fan, which later inspired the song Let Nas Down for his follow up album Born Sinner. Deja Vu is an English language song and is sung by J. On the UK's Official CHart his debut album Cole World - The Sideline Story peaked at a modest Number 25, though the record does contain one of his most popular hits: lead single Work Out is his fifth biggest single (455k chart sales), despite failing to make the Top 100.
