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Who sampled · 2010s · beginner crate

Blame Game samples Avril 14th

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

Avril 14th

Aphex Twin · 2001

plays 01:36–01:48 · open on YouTube

The hit that sampled it

Blame Game

Kanye West · 2010

plays 00:00–00:30 · open on YouTube

Where to hear it

Cue up “Avril 14th” and listen at 01:36–01:48 — that’s the passage Kanye West lifted.

Liner notes

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