Who sampled · 2000s · expert crate
JAŸ-Z’s “All I Need” (2001) is built on Natalie Cole’s “I Can't Breakaway (From You)” (1977) — a sample that travelled 24 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
Natalie Cole · 1977
The hit that sampled it
JAŸ-Z · 2001
Cue up “I Can't Breakaway (From You)” and listen at 01:37–01:45 — that’s the passage JAŸ-Z lifted. Old-school source, 2000s flip.
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