Who sampled · 2010s · expert crate
J Cole’s “Fire Squad” (2014) is built on Aguaturbia’s “Heartbreaker” (1970) — a sample that travelled 44 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
Aguaturbia · 1970
The hit that sampled it
J Cole · 2014
Cue up “Heartbreaker” and listen at 03:11–03:17 — that’s the passage J Cole lifted. Old-school source, 2010s flip.
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