Who sampled · 2010s · intermediate crate
Joey Bada$$’s “Big Dusty” (2014) is built on Henry Mancini’s “Silver Tears” (1967) — a sample that travelled 47 years to get there. In SAMPLE SAMPLE SAMPLE we spin the original and ask you to name the hit that flipped it. This one lives in the intermediate crate, worth 2 points in party mode.
The original record
Henry Mancini · 1967
The hit that sampled it
Joey Bada$$ · 2014
Cue up “Silver Tears” and listen at 00:00–00:29 — that’s the passage Joey Bada$$ lifted. Old-school source, 2010s flip.
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