Who sampled · 1990s · beginner crate
Mariah Carey’s “Fantasy” (1995) is built on Tom Tom Club’s “Genius of Love” (1981) — a sample that travelled 14 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 beginner crate, worth 1 point in party mode.
The original record
Tom Tom Club · 1981
The hit that sampled it
Mariah Carey · 1995
Cue up “Genius of Love” and listen at 00:02–00:12 — that’s the passage Mariah Carey lifted. Old-school source, 1990s flip.
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