Who sampled · 1990s · expert crate
Nas’s “Represent” (1994) is built on Lee Erwin’s “Thief of Baghdad” (1974) — 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 expert crate, worth 3 points in party mode.
The original record
Lee Erwin · 1974
The hit that sampled it
Nas · 1994
Cue up “Thief of Baghdad” and listen at 00:54–01:04 — that’s the passage Nas lifted. Old-school source, 1990s flip.
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