'I wouldn't say there was any hesitation because I felt like it's just two totally different songs,' Hamad said of the beat. He explained the song was initially made for Cole's 2104 Forest Hills Drive album, but ended up saving it and using it on 4 Your Eyez Only.

Cole's manager, Ibrahim 'Ib' Hamad addressed the controversy over the beat during an interview with Billboard magazine. yall the definition of petty lol,' he tweeted. 'Got more money than me, wayyyy more placements than me and still come for me on a daily. In response, Teck accused Boi-1da and Vinylz of being petty. Vinylz also alleged that Foreign Teck reverse engineered his beat, gave it to Tiller and then tried to cover it up by allegedly offering Boi-1da and Vinylz publishing on Tiller's tune. Vinylz accused Foreign Teck of jacking their beat, explaining that Cole's track was recorded before Tiller's, and that after he sent the Florida producer a video of him making the instrumentation to 'Deja Vu,' Teck posted on Instagram not long after a beat with the same drums. Listen to Tiller’s “Exchange” and Cole’s “Deja Vu” below for comparison purposes.Vinylz and Boi-1da's production sounds similar to Florida beatsmith Foreign Teck's instrumentation for Bryson Tiller's ballad, ' Exchange.' Upon release of the 4 Your Eyez Only album, there was some controversy as to whom really made the 'Exchange' beat first. Each one of those spins comes with money attached and chances are these producers are all having conversations with their managers and lawyers this morning. It’s not likely this will be the last time we hear of this one, not with Tiller’s “Exchange” performing on radio and his Trapsoul album doing very good numbers. “Point is they think they own all bounces, all sounds and anything they have had influence on. “These are the same niggas that called out when he BODIED ‘Controlla’ and dropped “Luv” cause they ‘invented’ the Caribbean sound lol,” he wrote. Teck proceeded to mock the two producers for acting as if they invented certain sounds. During the course of their tweets, Teck claims Boi-1da and Vinylz of trying to “extort” him for publishing, while Vinylz countered that Teck offered to give them credit, which he took to be another sign that Teck had basically stolen the beat. Where this one ends up is anyone’s guess. but don't steal my shit and put it out before me. I have no problem with producers being inspired and trying to sound like me. “Maybe can explain why to y’all why ‘Exchange’ and ‘Deja Vu’ sound similar… right ?” Boi-1da posted on Twitter.

So, why would Cole rehash the beat from such a familiar song, one that charted on Billboard’s Top 40? According to Boi-1da and Vinylz, the producers behind “Deja Vu,” the beat for “Exchange” was lifted from them by Foreign Teck of The Mekanics, the production duo credited for working on Tiller’s tune. The dispute began when Twitter users began to question why Cole’s “Deja Vu” appeared to use the same beat as Bryson Tiller’s “Exchange.” The latter song was released as a single in March 2016 after originally appearing on the Kentucky native’s breakout project from 2015, Trapsoul. Cole’s 4 Your Eyez Only released on Thursday night and, while most people seemed to enjoy simply listening to the project, one song created a war of words between a trio of producers as they argued over who really created the beat in the first place.

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