Who sampled · 1990s · expert crate
Gang Starr’s “Above The Clouds” (1998) is built on John Dankworth & His Orchestra’s “Two Piece Flower” (1967) — a sample that travelled 31 years to get there. In SAMPLE SAMPLE SAMPLE we spin the original and ask you to name the hit that flipped it. This one lives in the expert crate, worth 3 points in party mode.
The original record
John Dankworth & His Orchestra · 1967
The hit that sampled it
Gang Starr · 1998
Cue up “Two Piece Flower” and listen at 00:07–00:13 — that’s the passage Gang Starr lifted. Old-school source, 1990s flip.
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