Who sampled · 2000s · intermediate crate
Nas’s “I Can” (2002) is built on Ludwig van Beethoven’s “Für Elise”. In SAMPLE SAMPLE SAMPLE we spin the original and ask you to name the hit that flipped it. This one lives in the intermediate crate, worth 2 points in party mode.
The original record
Ludwig van Beethoven
The hit that sampled it
Nas · 2002
Cue up “Für Elise” and listen at 00:00–00:10 — that’s the passage Nas lifted.
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