Who sampled · 1990s · beginner crate
A Tribe Called Quest’s “Can I Kick It?” (1990) is built on Lou Reed’s “Walk on the Wild Side” (1972) — 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 beginner crate, worth 1 point in party mode.
The original record
Lou Reed · 1972
The hit that sampled it
A Tribe Called Quest · 1990
Cue up “Walk on the Wild Side” and listen at 00:00–00:18 — that’s the passage A Tribe Called Quest lifted. Old-school source, 1990s flip.
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