Who sampled · 2000s · intermediate crate
Nas’s “Get Down” (2002) is built on James Brown’s “The Boss” (1973) — a sample that travelled 29 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
James Brown · 1973
The hit that sampled it
Nas · 2002
Cue up “The Boss” and listen at 00:02–00:08, 01:06–01:12 — that’s the passage Nas lifted. Old-school source, 2000s flip.
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