Who sampled · 1990s · beginner crate
Tupac feat. Dr. Dre & Roger Troutman’s “California Love” (1995) is built on Joe Cocker’s “Woman To Woman” (1972) — a sample that travelled 23 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
Joe Cocker · 1972
The hit that sampled it
Tupac feat. Dr. Dre & Roger Troutman · 1995
Cue up “Woman To Woman” and listen at 00:00–00:22 — that’s the passage Tupac feat. Dr. Dre & Roger Troutman lifted. Old-school source, 1990s flip.
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