Who sampled · 2000s · beginner crate
Kanye West’s “Heard 'Em Say” (2005) is built on Natalie Cole’s “Someone That I Used To Love” (1980) — a sample that travelled 25 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
Natalie Cole · 1980
The hit that sampled it
Kanye West · 2005
Cue up “Someone That I Used To Love” and listen at 00:00–00:16 — that’s the passage Kanye West lifted. Old-school source, 2000s flip.
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