Over the coarse of musical history, there have been many examples of musical plagarism in song. One clear example of musical plagerism is the Red Hot Chili Pepper's song "Dani California" and the song it was stolen from was Tom Petty's hit "Mary Jane's Last Dance. This is clearly musical plagerism because the beat of the song is very similar and the way the song is wrote clearly a copy of Tom Petty's far superior song. One example of unintentional plagerism is a much more famous case in George Harrison's "My Sweet Lord" and The Chiffon's "He's So Fine". George Harrison was sued by the Chiffon's for plagarism and ended up winning the suit. The songs were similar in the beat and the way they were wrote, but the idea that such a musical genious in George Harrison could steal from the far less talented Chiffon's is just absurd and falicious. Musical Plagarism in song happens all the time, butalot of the time it is unintentional so law suits shouldn't be needed and some other means of musical justice should be reached in a different manner. Overall, Mussical plagarism, intentional or not, is here to stay and will be with us as long as music is.
In "Imagine" by John Lennon there is a supposed subliminal message in the line "Imagine all the people", it is said that John Lennon is saying "The people war beside me". I believe this is a load of hogwash, there was the Viet Nam war going on at the time that this song was made and people were looking for someone to be the role model of the generation to put a stop to the unjust war. It is more of a case of the ear hearing what it wants to hear then an actual backmasking message. In the song "I'm So tired" there is a subliminal message in a load of gibberish if you listen to it backwards which supposedly says "Paul is dead man, miss him, miss him, miss him". I believe that this is an example of intentional backmasking because after the Beatles stopped touring around 1967, there record sales started to slightly decline, in order to pull the record sales around they put intentional subliminal messages in their songs to get new listeners and new people interested in their music. In the song "Kiss, Kiss, Kiss" there is supposedly a subliminal message when you play the line "Anata, daiteyo" backwards which most subliminal message experts say it says "I shot John Lennon". This is a bunch of hogwash, not only do I not believe this says this, but it sounds like indistinguishable gibberish. After John Lennon's death, the death of a world-wide superstar, people were looking for answers, they started to go back and listen to his old songs, again this seems like another case of ears and mind working together to find and listen to things that aren't actually there. 
In the song "My Name is" by rapping sensation "Eminem", There is a subliminal message along the lines of: "Hi! My name is.. (what?) My name is.. (who?) My name is.. {scratches Slim Shady Hi! My name is.. (huh?) My name is.. (what?) My name is.. {scratches Slim Shady"; when played backwards it clearly says: "It is Slim, it's Eminem, it's Eminem, it's Eminem, It is Slim, it's Eminem, it's Eminem, it's Eminem". This is clearly a great example of intentional backmasking because he is saying what his name is backwards which is clever and clearly intentional. In the Pokemon theme song there are famous lyrics that go like: "Gotta catch em all, gotta catch em all (yo), gotta catch em all, gotta catch em all (yeah)"; backwards it is said that it goes like "I love satan, I love satan, I love satan, I love satan". This is clearly a load of hogwash and nothing more. It is an example of people trying to find evil things where they are not to either get attention or scare people into doing what they want, which in this case, is to have people stop letting their children watch popular tv shows like Pokemon. In the song "Empty spaces" by Pink Floyd there is a clear subliminal message in a part of the song where it seems to be indistinguishable gibberish; when played backwards it clearly says "Congratulations. You have just discovered the secret message. Please send your message to old pink, care of the funny farm, Chalfont". This is clearly an example of backmasking because when played backwards it is almost as if he is talking forward and you can make out every single word clearly. This is done by Pink Floyd, almost as a joke and making fun of subliminal messaging because it tells you in the message that that's exactly what it is, a subliminal message. In the song "... Baby One more time" by Britney spears there is a supposed subliminal message in the line " With you I lose my mind, give me a si"; when played backwards this supposedly says " Sleep with me, I'm not to young". I believe this is an example of reverse speech in that Britney Spears did not intend to say this, but subconsciously she did intend to because this is what she really thought which in correlation is an example of reverse speech.
In the song "Nature Trail to Hell" by Weird Al Yankovich there is an example of clear backmasking in, what seems to be gibberish, the subliminal message is " Satan eats cheez whiz". This is clearly an example of intentional backmasking because that is Weird Al's form of humor, although it is not funny, and is a great example of backmasking. In the famous song "Another One Bites the Dust" by Queen there is a supposed example of a subliminal message in the lines "Another one bites the dust, Another one bites the dust" which played backwards supposedly says "It's fun to smoke marijuana, It's fun to smoke marijuana''. This is a great example of hogwash. This is hogwash because it doesn't even clearly say that line and besides that, "biting the dust" is a common phrase that many people use for people who die so they didn't make up those lines which means, in fact, they did not make that subliminal message. So although the subliminal message is what Queen might have believed, it is just another great example of hogwash. In the song "Hotel California" by The Eagles there is a sublimial message in the lines "In the middle of the night, just hear them say" which listened to backwards appears to say "Satan he hears this. He had me believe". This is another great example of hogwash. The, so called, subliminal message doesn't even remotely sound like that and is just people who like to ruin a masterpiece of a song by putting in devil worshipping messages that aren't there.
The first song being examined is a rap/hip-hop song called “Run This town” by Jay-Z ft. Rihanna and Kanye West. The subject matter of this song is basically who is going to take over as “top dog” and how if you’re not man enough to do it then get out before you’re too far in to turn around. It is also about two men who think they’re ready for the job and give reasons why they would be good and why they desire the leadership position so badly. One line that contains poetic merit is “Who’s going to run this town tonight?” which is basically asking, who is going to take over as “alpha male”. 
The second song being examined is "Obsessed" by Mariah Carey. The subject matter in the song is dissing a fellow song writer/rapper Eminem, basically saying that the supposed relationship they had never really happened. The song is also saying that even if he was the last man on earth he wouldn't love him. "Tellin' the world how much missed me, But we never were so why you trippin' "? Which is basically stating that everthing that Eminem told the media about their relationship was false and they were never together. 
The third song being examined is "Best I Ever Had" by Drake. The subject matter of this song is blatent in that it is talking about all the women Drake had ever been with and how he told them all that they were his favorite. In a sence it is about how men tend to lie to women to exploit them. One line with poetic merit is "Never pay attention to them rumors and what they assume" because he is disclaiming that the rumor about him and all the women isn't true and are blown way out of proportion.
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