Who sampled · 2000s · beginner crate
M.I.A.’s “Paper Planes” (2002) is built on The Clash’s “Straight to Hell” (1982) — a sample that travelled 20 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
The Clash · 1982
The hit that sampled it
M.I.A. · 2002
Cue up “Straight to Hell” and listen at 00:00–00:21 — that’s the passage M.I.A. lifted. Old-school source, 2000s flip.
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