Who sampled · 1990s · expert crate
Eric B. & Rakim’s “Don't Sweat The Technique” (1992) is built on Kool & The Gang’s “Give It Up” (1969) — a sample that travelled 23 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
Kool & The Gang · 1969
The hit that sampled it
Eric B. & Rakim · 1992
Cue up “Give It Up” and listen at 02:06–02:14 — that’s the passage Eric B. & Rakim lifted. Old-school source, 1990s flip.
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