Who sampled · 1990s · beginner crate
2Pac’s “I Ain't Mad At Cha” (1996) is built on DeBarge’s “A Dream” (1983) — a sample that travelled 13 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
DeBarge · 1983
The hit that sampled it
2Pac · 1996
Cue up “A Dream” and listen at 00:00–00:27 — that’s the passage 2Pac lifted. Old-school source, 1990s flip.
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