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Who sampled · 2000s · beginner crate

Make Me Better samples Al Sa'ban Aleh

Fabolous feat. Ne-Yo’s “Make Me Better” (2007) is built on Sherine’s “Al Sa'ban Aleh” (2006) — a sample that travelled 1 year 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

Al Sa'ban Aleh

Sherine · 2006

plays 00:03–00:13 · open on YouTube

The hit that sampled it

Make Me Better

Fabolous feat. Ne-Yo · 2007

plays 00:00–00:25 · open on YouTube

Where to hear it

Cue up “Al Sa'ban Aleh” and listen at 00:03–00:13 — that’s the passage Fabolous feat. Ne-Yo lifted.

Liner notes

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