Who sampled · 2000s · intermediate crate
Common’s “The Light” (2000) is built on Bobby Caldwell’s “Open Your Eyes” (1980) — a sample that travelled 20 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
Bobby Caldwell · 1980
The hit that sampled it
Common · 2000
Cue up “Open Your Eyes” and listen at 01:03–01:30 — that’s the passage Common lifted. Old-school source, 2000s flip.
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