Who sampled · 1990s · expert crate
Black Moon’s “Buck Em Down” (1993) is built on Donald Byrd’s “Wind Parade” (1975) — 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 expert crate, worth 3 points in party mode.
The original record
Donald Byrd · 1975
The hit that sampled it
Black Moon · 1993
Cue up “Wind Parade” and listen at 00:24–00:35 — that’s the passage Black Moon lifted. Old-school source, 1990s flip.
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