Who sampled · 1990s · expert crate
Lil' Troy’s “Wanna Be A Baller” (1998) is built on Prince’s “Little Red Corvette” (1982) — a sample that travelled 16 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
Prince · 1982
The hit that sampled it
Lil' Troy · 1998
Cue up “Little Red Corvette” and listen at 00:00–00:16 — that’s the passage Lil' Troy lifted. Old-school source, 1990s flip.
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