Who sampled · 1990s · intermediate crate
Black Star feat. Common’s “Respiration” (1998) is built on Don Randi’s “Theme From "The Fox"” (1969) — a sample that travelled 29 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 intermediate crate, worth 2 points in party mode.
The original record
Don Randi · 1969
The hit that sampled it
Black Star feat. Common · 1998
Cue up “Theme From "The Fox"” and listen at 01:03–01:08 — that’s the passage Black Star feat. Common lifted. Old-school source, 1990s flip.
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