Who sampled · 2010s · beginner crate
J. Cole’s “Work Out” (2011) is built on Kanye West’s “The New Workout Plan” (2004) — a sample that travelled 7 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
Kanye West · 2004
The hit that sampled it
J. Cole · 2011
Cue up “The New Workout Plan” and listen at 05:05–05:17 — that’s the passage J. Cole lifted.
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