Who sampled · 2010s · beginner crate
Kanye West’s “Blame Game” (2010) is built on Aphex Twin’s “Avril 14th” (2001) — a sample that travelled 9 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
Aphex Twin · 2001
The hit that sampled it
Kanye West · 2010
Cue up “Avril 14th” and listen at 01:36–01:48 — that’s the passage Kanye West lifted.
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