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Who sampled · 2020s · intermediate crate

8am in Charlotte samples A Faithful Spirit (Sped Up)

Drake’s “8am in Charlotte” (2023) is built on Polyphonic Music Library feat. Nichol Eskridge’s “A Faithful Spirit (Sped Up)” (2023). In SAMPLE SAMPLE SAMPLE we spin the original and ask you to name the hit that flipped it. This one lives in the intermediate crate, worth 2 points in party mode.

The original record

A Faithful Spirit (Sped Up)

Polyphonic Music Library feat. Nichol Eskridge · 2023

plays 00:50–01:06 · open on YouTube

The hit that sampled it

8am in Charlotte

Drake · 2023

plays 00:15–00:45 · open on YouTube

Where to hear it

Cue up “A Faithful Spirit (Sped Up)” and listen at 00:50–01:06 — that’s the passage Drake lifted.

Liner notes

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