Who sampled · 2010s · intermediate crate
JAŸ-Z’s “Bam” (2017) is built on Jacob Miller’s “Tenement Yard” (1976) — a sample that travelled 41 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
Jacob Miller · 1976
The hit that sampled it
JAŸ-Z · 2017
Cue up “Tenement Yard” and listen at 00:15–00:29 — that’s the passage JAŸ-Z lifted. Old-school source, 2010s flip.
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