Who sampled · 1990s · beginner crate
Wu-Tang Clan’s “Tearz” (1992) is built on Wendy Rene’s “After Laughter (Comes Tears)” (1964) — a sample that travelled 28 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 beginner crate, worth 1 point in party mode.
The original record
Wendy Rene · 1964
The hit that sampled it
Wu-Tang Clan · 1992
Cue up “After Laughter (Comes Tears)” and listen at 00:00–00:25 — that’s the passage Wu-Tang Clan lifted. Old-school source, 1990s flip.
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