Who sampled · 2010s · intermediate crate
J. Cole’s “Let Nas Down” (2013) is built on Fela Kuti and The Afrika 70’s “Gentleman” (1973) — a sample that travelled 40 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 intermediate crate, worth 2 points in party mode.
The original record
Fela Kuti and The Afrika 70 · 1973
The hit that sampled it
J. Cole · 2013
Cue up “Gentleman” and listen at 01:13–01:28 — that’s the passage J. Cole lifted. Old-school source, 2010s flip.
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