Who sampled · 1990s · expert crate
EPMD feat. LL COOL J’s “Rampage” (1990) is built on Tramp’s “Lowell Fulson” (1966) — a sample that travelled 24 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 expert crate, worth 3 points in party mode.
The original record
Tramp · 1966
The hit that sampled it
EPMD feat. LL COOL J · 1990
Cue up “Lowell Fulson” and listen at 00:00–00:15 — that’s the passage EPMD feat. LL COOL J lifted. Old-school source, 1990s flip.
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