AIesso
Alukarj
I don't really agree with you on the Animals thing coming from Busta Rhymes. The one in Animals has a little more variation. Still, I don't care about Martin Garrix.
True its a bit different. But if you go on FL Studio and take Busta Rhymes beat in that song and push them together making it much faster, you will hear animal's beat. only difference is that he brings the tune higher
Creating a simple melody such as that can be coincidental. "What It Is" is just for simple notes. C, Ab, Gb, F. I remember one time I was composing a melody and I ended up writing a melody that was out of The Wind Waker (Not the Zelda title theme). I hadn't realized it until after. It happens. And really, that melody from Martin Garrix, you and I, as well as a few others here know that that's not actually his melody, but from a Vengeance pack. So when it comes down to it, Martin Garrix not only didn't write that part of his song, but it came from Vengeance and all he did was slap it on and think, "Hey, this sounds cool." I have nothing against Vengeance, just when people use loops in general and say, "I made this." At least slice it up and create a somewhat different rhythm.