Above is a cover of Lil Wayne's song "Lollipop" performed by the punk rock band Framing Hanley. This version of the song was released as a bonus track on their 2008 album The Moment. The cover would become certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America.
Be it that one song is almost directly copying the format of the other, there are a number of apparent similarities. First of all, both songs are centered around the main chorus starting with "Shawty wanna thug" as well as including the "Call me so I can get it juicy for ya" portion towards the end of it all. Another similar feature shared between the two songs is the opening sequence. The opening of each song contains the same basic musical notes, be it synthesized or guitar riffs, the same opening of "She said he's so sweet, so i let her lick the rapper". On top of these factors, the opening vocals of each song are also accompanied by some sort of autotune.
Interestingly there are a number of ways in which the two songs contrast. The first noticeable difference is the already stated alteration of the song's opening. While the Lil Wayne version employs the use of whats seems like a series of synthesized beats, Framing Hanley instead chose to use guitar riffs to achieve the same effect. By doing this and establishing it early in the song it tells the audience listening that this cover is going to be a whole different beast than the original. The speed of the guitar riff is also quicker than the speed of the synthesizer beats and in turn results in the music quality of the Framing Hanley version being faster than that of the Lil Wayne original. The pitch of each note seems to be much higher in the Framing Hanley version as well. Another difference between the two is that the lyric "Get on your knees" is used in the Framing Hanley and is not included in the Lil Wayne version. However, a good portion of rap lyrics from the original version are excluded in the cover by Framing Hanley. On top of that, the majority of inappropriate words that were incorporated into the Lil Wayne version were kept out of the new, punk rock version. By making all of these deletions, the Framing Hanley version is also nearly two whole minutes shorter than the original version. Another noticeable difference between the songs can definitely be attributed to the absence of Lil Wayne himself. In many of his songs, Lil Wayne really likes scattering random exclamations such as "Oh Yeah", "C'mon" and "Uh huh" all over the track. Since Framing Hanley doesn't share in this specific artistic technique, their version of "Lollipop" can be deemed 'random exclamation free'.
Similarities and differences aside i think both songs are great.
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