Juicy Fruit by Mtume and Juicy by The Notorious B.I.G.: how alike are they?

Sonalize compared the two recordings: 92%, near-identical or shared recording.

92%Near-identical or shared recording

Harmony	82%
Melody	28%
Sound	80%
Rhythm	72%

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

	Juicy Fruit	Juicy
Artist	Mtume	The Notorious B.I.G.
Key	E Major	B Minor
Tempo	96 BPM	97 BPM
Most alike passage	0:08–0:33	1:01–1:26

Same key

Shared recording: the audio of Juicy Fruit at 1:56–2:05 appears in Juicy at 1:20–1:29.

On Sonalize’s other-version check (a cover-song model), this pair is close: as alike as other versions, or as songs very much in the same style (distance 0.86; 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: instrumental loop (from the 'Fruity Instrumental' mix); Sample (credited per Wikipedia). 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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Juicy Fruit by Mtume and Juicy by The Notorious B.I.G.: how alike are they?

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