Who sampled · old school · expert crate
De La Soul’s “Say No Go” (1989) is built on Detroit Emeralds’s “Baby Let Me Take You (In My Arms)” (1972) — a sample that travelled 17 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
Detroit Emeralds · 1972
The hit that sampled it
De La Soul · 1989
Cue up “Baby Let Me Take You (In My Arms)” and listen at 00:00–00:05 — that’s the passage De La Soul lifted. Old-school source, old school flip.
Think you’d have caught it?
Every day we spin one original record. Five guesses, hints unlock as you miss, streaks and a shareable score — same puzzle for everyone on the same calendar day.
▶ Play today’s Sample of the Day