Here's another one for the R&Beef archives. Australian-bred singer-songwriter Daniel Merriweather took to Twitter late last night to express his feelings on Robin Thicke's newly released album titled Love & War.
@DanMerriweather
Daniel Merriweather In '09 I released what became a Platinum album 'Love & War'... Now @robinthicke decides to drop 'Love After War' -_-
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The neo-soul vocalist from Downunder accussed Robin of jacking the title of his 2009 platinum debut LP of the same name, Love & War. Thicke then took to Twitter where he responded with a pint of ether.
@robinthicke
Robin Thicke@DanMerriweather sorry Bro. I've never heard of u before. God bless
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But hey, if you're going to flex your "My album went platinum, bro!" card, shouldn't you at least clarify where it went platinum? And let's be real: Robin's weakest work still gets him number ones.
Yeah, never losing.
D.Scott December 12th, 2011 at 02:34 PM
Ha, yea i never heard of him either. In any case, I hope he does not think 'Love & War' is completely original. #imjustsayin
Tyler Meyer December 12th, 2011 at 03:18 PM
Wow, this Dan guy only needs to sell 300,000 copies to make Plat in BPI (whatever that is) while Robin has been certified Plat according to RIAA which means he sold at least 1,000,000 copies
kp December 12th, 2011 at 03:32 PM
the price you pay when you choose album titles that painfully unoriginal.
Ant December 12th, 2011 at 04:12 PM
Neither is the most unique name. Artists need to chill out and realize names can be reused and it's not necessarily stolen. They should do a song together.
Kareem December 15th, 2011 at 06:56 PM
LOL @ Complex's cheap journalistic tactics. Since when is a -_- face a diss? Because that's really the only "diss" i got out of that sentence. And another thing: U.S. Population (2011): 301,139,947 U.K. Population (2011): 62,218,761 Of course the amount needed for platinum is going to be less...because there are less people in the United Kingdom. It's pretty fucking impressive if someone were to go platium (based on U.S. standards) in the U.K. (Hai Adele), being that 1 in 62 people would have the album, as opposed to 1 in 301. And Paula Patton > most bitches.