Who sampled · 2000s · expert crate
Madvillain’s “Figaro” (2004) is built on Lonnie Smith’s “Jeannine” (1967) — a sample that travelled 37 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
Lonnie Smith · 1967
The hit that sampled it
Madvillain · 2004
Cue up “Jeannine” and listen at 02:26–02:42 — that’s the passage Madvillain lifted. Old-school source, 2000s flip.
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