Who sampled · 1990s · intermediate crate
Eminem’s “Rock Bottom” (1999) is built on Big Brother & The Holding Company’s “Summertime” (1968) — a sample that travelled 31 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
Big Brother & The Holding Company · 1968
The hit that sampled it
Eminem · 1999
Cue up “Summertime” and listen at 00:00–00:25 — that’s the passage Eminem lifted. Old-school source, 1990s flip.
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