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Who sampled · 2020s · intermediate crate

m y . l i f e samples You Can't Hurry God

J. Cole feat. 21 Savage & Morray’s “m y . l i f e” (2021) is built on Rev. Walter McDaniel Jr. and The Gospel Wind’s “You Can't Hurry God” (1970) — a sample that travelled 51 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

You Can't Hurry God

Rev. Walter McDaniel Jr. and The Gospel Wind · 1970

plays 00:29–00:38 · open on YouTube

The hit that sampled it

m y . l i f e

J. Cole feat. 21 Savage & Morray · 2021

plays 00:30–01:05 · open on YouTube

Where to hear it

Cue up “You Can't Hurry God” and listen at 00:29–00:38 — that’s the passage J. Cole feat. 21 Savage & Morray lifted. Old-school source, 2020s flip.

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