Who sampled · 2010s · expert crate
Kanye West feat. Pusha T’s “Runaway” (2010) is built on Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth’s “The Basement” (1992) — a sample that travelled 18 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
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth · 1992
The hit that sampled it
Kanye West feat. Pusha T · 2010
Cue up “The Basement” and listen at 00:00–00:10 — that’s the passage Kanye West feat. Pusha T lifted.
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