Who sampled · 1990s · beginner crate
Coolio feat. L.V.’s “Gangsta's Paradise (feat. L.V.)” (1995) is built on Stevie Wonder’s “Pastime Paradise” (1976) — a sample that travelled 19 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
Stevie Wonder · 1976
The hit that sampled it
Coolio feat. L.V. · 1995
Cue up “Pastime Paradise” and listen at 00:07–00:31 — that’s the passage Coolio feat. L.V. lifted. Old-school source, 1990s flip.
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