Who sampled · 2000s · expert crate
Rick Ross feat. Jay-Z’s “Maybach Music” (2008) is built on The Friends Of Distinction’s “And I Love Him” (1969) — a sample that travelled 39 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
The Friends Of Distinction · 1969
The hit that sampled it
Rick Ross feat. Jay-Z · 2008
Cue up “And I Love Him” and listen at 00:00–00:28 — that’s the passage Rick Ross feat. Jay-Z lifted. Old-school source, 2000s flip.
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