Who sampled · 1990s · expert crate
Big Pun’s “Beware” (1998) is built on Henry Mancini’s “Theme For The Losers” (1972) — a sample that travelled 26 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
Henry Mancini · 1972
The hit that sampled it
Big Pun · 1998
Cue up “Theme For The Losers” and listen at 04:30–04:35 — that’s the passage Big Pun lifted. Old-school source, 1990s flip.
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