Who sampled · 1990s · expert crate
Three 6 Mafia’s “Da Summa” (1995) is built on Rick James’s “Hollywood” (1978) — a sample that travelled 17 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
Rick James · 1978
The hit that sampled it
Three 6 Mafia · 1995
Cue up “Hollywood” and listen at 00:12–00:38 — that’s the passage Three 6 Mafia lifted. Old-school source, 1990s flip.
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