Who sampled · 1990s · intermediate crate
JAŸ-Z feat. Mecca’s “Feelin' It” (1996) is built on Ahmad Jamal’s “Pastures” (1974) — a sample that travelled 22 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
Ahmad Jamal · 1974
The hit that sampled it
JAŸ-Z feat. Mecca · 1996
Cue up “Pastures” and listen at 01:09–01:15 — that’s the passage JAŸ-Z feat. Mecca lifted. Old-school source, 1990s flip.
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