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Who sampled · 2020s · expert crate

Crown samples Duval Timothy

Kendrick Lamar’s “Crown” (2022) is built on Through The Night’s “Duval Timothy” (2016) — a sample that travelled 6 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

Duval Timothy

Through The Night · 2016

plays 00:00–00:20 · open on YouTube

The hit that sampled it

Crown

Kendrick Lamar · 2022

plays 00:00–00:35 · open on YouTube

Where to hear it

Cue up “Duval Timothy” and listen at 00:00–00:20 — that’s the passage Kendrick Lamar lifted.

Liner notes

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