Who sampled · 1990s · expert crate
Miilkbone’s “Keep It Real” (1994) is built on Marian McPartland’s “Melancholy Mood” (1983) — 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
Marian McPartland · 1983
The hit that sampled it
Miilkbone · 1994
Cue up “Melancholy Mood” and listen at 00:17–00:25 — that’s the passage Miilkbone lifted. Old-school source, 1990s flip.
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