Who sampled · 2000s · beginner crate
JAŸ-Z’s “Young Forever” (2009) is built on Alphaville’s “Forever Young” (1984) — 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 beginner crate, worth 1 point in party mode.
The original record
Alphaville · 1984
The hit that sampled it
JAŸ-Z · 2009
Cue up “Forever Young” and listen at 00:00–00:43, 00:57–01:11 — that’s the passage JAŸ-Z lifted. Old-school source, 2000s flip.
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