Who sampled · 2000s · beginner crate
Eminem’s “Like Toy Soldiers” (2004) is built on Martika’s “Toy Soldiers” (1988) — a sample that travelled 16 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
Martika · 1988
The hit that sampled it
Eminem · 2004
Cue up “Toy Soldiers” and listen at 04:03–04:31 — that’s the passage Eminem lifted. Old-school source, 2000s flip.
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