Who sampled · 1990s · expert crate
The Notorious B.I.G.’s “Gimme the Loot” (1994) is built on James Brown’s “Coldblooded” (1974) — a sample that travelled 20 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
James Brown · 1974
The hit that sampled it
The Notorious B.I.G. · 1994
Cue up “Coldblooded” and listen at 01:28–01:31 — that’s the passage The Notorious B.I.G. lifted. Old-school source, 1990s flip.
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