Who sampled · 1990s · intermediate crate
Aaliyah’s “Are You That Somebody” (1998) is built on Jac Holzman’s “Happy Baby” (1964) — a sample that travelled 34 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 intermediate crate, worth 2 points in party mode.
The original record
Jac Holzman · 1964
The hit that sampled it
Aaliyah · 1998
Cue up “Happy Baby” and listen at 00:00–00:15 — that’s the passage Aaliyah lifted. Old-school source, 1990s flip.
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