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Who sampled · 1990s · expert crate

Ain't No Thang samples Sivad

OutKast’s “Ain't No Thang” (1994) is built on Miles Davis’s “Sivad” (1971) — a sample that travelled 23 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

Sivad

Miles Davis · 1971

plays 06:33–06:35 · open on YouTube

The hit that sampled it

Ain't No Thang

OutKast · 1994

plays 00:24–01:00 · open on YouTube

Where to hear it

Cue up “Sivad” and listen at 06:33–06:35 — that’s the passage OutKast lifted. Old-school source, 1990s flip.

Liner notes

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