Who sampled · 2000s · expert crate
Madvillain’s “Curls” (2004) is built on Waldir Calmon’s “Airport Love Theme” (1970) — a sample that travelled 34 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
Waldir Calmon · 1970
The hit that sampled it
Madvillain · 2004
Cue up “Airport Love Theme” and listen at 01:25–01:37 — that’s the passage Madvillain lifted. Old-school source, 2000s flip.
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