Who sampled · 2000s · intermediate crate
JAŸ-Z’s “U Don't Know” (2001) is built on Bobby Byrd’s “I'm Not To Blame” (1970) — 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 intermediate crate, worth 2 points in party mode.
The original record
Bobby Byrd · 1970
The hit that sampled it
JAŸ-Z · 2001
Cue up “I'm Not To Blame” and listen at 00:00–00:18 — that’s the passage JAŸ-Z lifted. Old-school source, 2000s flip.
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