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The Way It Is by Bruce Hornsby and the Range and Changes by 2Pac: how alike are they?

Sonalize compared the two recordings: 91%, near-identical or shared recording.

91%Near-identical or shared recording
Harmony100%
Melody92%
Sound60%
Rhythm23%

Consistent with the same recording being reused (a sample) or a faithful cover or re-recording.

The Way It IsChanges
ArtistBruce Hornsby and the Range2Pac
KeyG MajorG Major
Tempo111 BPM111 BPM
Most alike passage3:42–4:413:17–4:16

Same key

On Sonalize’s other-version check (a cover-song model), this pair is as close as other versions of the same song usually are (distance 0.50; other versions of a song in these comparisons have a median of 0.31, different songs that sound alike 1.27, random pairs 2.95).

Why this pair

This is a recording that samples the other. Public background: piano hook (+ chorus re-sung by Talent); Hornsby credited. Sonalize's scores are measurements, not a view on any dispute.

How this was measured

Compared from the full recordings; Sonalize's fingerprint lookup confirmed both songs. The same engine runs in the Sonalize app on your own device. A score measures how alike two recordings are; it isn't a finding about copying, legal advice, or a rights clearance.

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