Who sampled · 1990s · intermediate crate
Nas’s “Nas Is Like” (1999) is built on John V. Rydgren & Bob R. Way’s “What Child Is This?” (1966) — a sample that travelled 33 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
John V. Rydgren & Bob R. Way · 1966
The hit that sampled it
Nas · 1999
Cue up “What Child Is This?” and listen at 00:00–00:07 — that’s the passage Nas lifted. Old-school source, 1990s flip.
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