Who sampled · 1990s · expert crate
Mos Def’s “Mr. Nigga” (1999) is built on Gil Scott-Heron’s “Legend In His Own Mind” (1980) — a sample that travelled 19 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
Gil Scott-Heron · 1980
The hit that sampled it
Mos Def · 1999
Cue up “Legend In His Own Mind” and listen at 00:00–00:21 — that’s the passage Mos Def lifted. Old-school source, 1990s flip.
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