Who sampled · 1990s · expert crate
Zhané’s “Hey Mr. D.J.” (1993) is built on Michael Wycoff’s “Looking Up to You” (1982) — a sample that travelled 11 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
Michael Wycoff · 1982
The hit that sampled it
Zhané · 1993
Cue up “Looking Up to You” and listen at 00:00–00:18 — that’s the passage Zhané lifted. Old-school source, 1990s flip.
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