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Who sampled · 1990s · expert crate

By The Time I Get To Arizona samples Two Sisters Of Mystery

Public Enemy’s “By The Time I Get To Arizona” (1991) is built on Mandrill’s “Two Sisters Of Mystery” (1973) — 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

Two Sisters Of Mystery

Mandrill · 1973

plays 00:00–00:20 · open on YouTube

The hit that sampled it

By The Time I Get To Arizona

Public Enemy · 1991

plays 00:00–00:25 · open on YouTube

Where to hear it

Cue up “Two Sisters Of Mystery” and listen at 00:00–00:20 — that’s the passage Public Enemy lifted. Old-school source, 1990s flip.

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