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Who sampled · 2000s · intermediate crate

I Can samples Für Elise

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

Für Elise

Ludwig van Beethoven

plays 00:00–00:10 · open on YouTube

The hit that sampled it

I Can

Nas · 2002

plays 00:05–00:15 · open on YouTube

Where to hear it

Cue up “Für Elise” and listen at 00:00–00:10 — that’s the passage Nas lifted.

Liner notes

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