Who sampled · 2000s · beginner crate
Kanye West’s “Champion” (2007) is built on Steely Dan’s “Kid Charlemagne” (1976) — a sample that travelled 31 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
Steely Dan · 1976
The hit that sampled it
Kanye West · 2007
Cue up “Kid Charlemagne” and listen at 00:33–00:42 — that’s the passage Kanye West lifted. Old-school source, 2000s flip.
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