Who sampled · 2000s · beginner crate
JAŸ-Z’s “Heart Of The City (Ain't No Love)” (2001) is built on Bobby "Blue" Bland’s “Ain't No Love In The Heart Of The City” (1974) — a sample that travelled 27 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
Bobby "Blue" Bland · 1974
The hit that sampled it
JAŸ-Z · 2001
Cue up “Ain't No Love In The Heart Of The City” and listen at 00:00–00:33, 02:19–02:30 — that’s the passage JAŸ-Z lifted. Old-school source, 2000s flip.
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