Who sampled · 2010s · intermediate crate
Kendrick Lamar’s “DUCKWORTH.” (2017) is built on Ted Taylor’s “Be Ever Wonderful” (1978) — 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
Ted Taylor · 1978
The hit that sampled it
Kendrick Lamar · 2017
Cue up “Be Ever Wonderful” and listen at 00:00–00:16 — that’s the passage Kendrick Lamar lifted. Old-school source, 2010s flip.
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