Who sampled · old school · intermediate crate
N.W.A.’s “Express Yourself” (1988) is built on Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd. Street Rhythm Band’s “Express Yourself” (1970) — a sample that travelled 18 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
Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd. Street Rhythm Band · 1970
The hit that sampled it
N.W.A. · 1988
Cue up “Express Yourself” and listen at 00:11–00:20 — that’s the passage N.W.A. lifted. Old-school source, old school flip.
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