Who sampled · 1990s · beginner crate
Mos Def’s “Ms. Fat Booty” (1999) is built on Aretha Franklin’s “One Step Ahead” (1965) — a sample that travelled 34 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
Aretha Franklin · 1965
The hit that sampled it
Mos Def · 1999
Cue up “One Step Ahead” and listen at 00:34–01:00, 01:20–01:32 — that’s the passage Mos Def lifted. Old-school source, 1990s flip.
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