Who sampled · 1990s · expert crate
Gang Starr’s “You Know My Steez” (1997) is built on Joe Simon’s “Drowning In the Sea of Love” (1972) — a sample that travelled 25 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
Joe Simon · 1972
The hit that sampled it
Gang Starr · 1997
Cue up “Drowning In the Sea of Love” and listen at 00:00–00:15 — that’s the passage Gang Starr lifted. Old-school source, 1990s flip.
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