Who sampled · 2010s · beginner crate
J. Cole’s “Wet Dreamz” (2014) is built on The Assorted Family Circle’s “Mariya” (1973) — a sample that travelled 41 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
The Assorted Family Circle · 1973
The hit that sampled it
J. Cole · 2014
Cue up “Mariya” and listen at 00:00–00:20 — that’s the passage J. Cole lifted. Old-school source, 2010s flip.
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