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Who sampled · 2010s · expert crate

So Appalled samples I Am

Kanye West’s “So Appalled” (2010) is built on You Are’s “I Am” (1979) — 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 expert crate, worth 3 points in party mode.

The original record

I Am

You Are · 1979

plays 02:04–02:17 · open on YouTube

The hit that sampled it

So Appalled

Kanye West · 2010

plays 00:00–00:35 · open on YouTube

Where to hear it

Cue up “I Am” and listen at 02:04–02:17 — that’s the passage Kanye West lifted. Old-school source, 2010s flip.

Liner notes

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