Who sampled · 2000s · beginner crate
Bow Wow, Fabolous, Fundisha, Jermaine Dupri’s “Basketball” (2002) is built on Kurtis Blow’s “Basketball” (1984) — a sample that travelled 18 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 beginner crate, worth 1 point in party mode.
The original record
Kurtis Blow · 1984
The hit that sampled it
Bow Wow, Fabolous, Fundisha, Jermaine Dupri · 2002
Cue up “Basketball” and listen at 00:00–00:25 — that’s the passage Bow Wow, Fabolous, Fundisha, Jermaine Dupri lifted. Old-school source, 2000s flip.
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