Who sampled · 2010s · beginner crate
J. Cole’s “No Role Modelz” (2014) is built on George W. Bush’s “Fool Me Once” (2002) — a sample that travelled 12 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
George W. Bush · 2002
The hit that sampled it
J. Cole · 2014
Cue up “Fool Me Once” and listen at 00:00–00:17 — that’s the passage J. Cole lifted.
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