Who sampled · 1990s · beginner crate
Will Smith’s “Gettin' Jiggy Wit It” (1997) is built on Sister Sledge’s “He's The Greatest Dancer” (1979) — a sample that travelled 18 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
Sister Sledge · 1979
The hit that sampled it
Will Smith · 1997
Cue up “He's The Greatest Dancer” and listen at 00:00–00:25 — that’s the passage Will Smith lifted. Old-school source, 1990s flip.
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