Who sampled · 2010s · beginner crate
The Weeknd’s “Often” (2014) is built on Nükhet Duru’s “Ben Sana Vurgunum” (1978) — a sample that travelled 36 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
Nükhet Duru · 1978
The hit that sampled it
The Weeknd · 2014
Cue up “Ben Sana Vurgunum” and listen at 00:15–00:27 — that’s the passage The Weeknd lifted. Old-school source, 2010s flip.
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