Who sampled · 1990s · beginner crate
Deee-Lite feat. Bootsy Collins & Q-Tip’s “Groove Is In The Heart” (1990) is built on Herbie Hancock’s “Bring Down the Birds (Outtake)” (1966) — a sample that travelled 24 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
Herbie Hancock · 1966
The hit that sampled it
Deee-Lite feat. Bootsy Collins & Q-Tip · 1990
Cue up “Bring Down the Birds (Outtake)” and listen at 00:00–00:06 — that’s the passage Deee-Lite feat. Bootsy Collins & Q-Tip lifted. Old-school source, 1990s flip.
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