Who sampled · 2000s · intermediate crate
JAŸ-Z’s “D.O.A. (Death Of Auto-Tune)” (2009) is built on Janko Nilovic’s “In the Space” (1970) — a sample that travelled 39 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 intermediate crate, worth 2 points in party mode.
The original record
Janko Nilovic · 1970
The hit that sampled it
JAŸ-Z · 2009
Cue up “In the Space” and listen at 00:17–01:00 — that’s the passage JAŸ-Z lifted. Old-school source, 2000s flip.
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