A new millennium!! Out with the old & in with the new. We’re talking Kanye West, Eminem, Jay Z, 50 Cent, Lil Wayne. Think pitched up vocals, synthesizers, 808s and catchy earworms. Good Luck!
A breakdown of the difficulties is below (descriptions for each difficulty are failry loose, I wouldn’t necessarily rely on them to try and guess any specific sample, they’re more fluid and in place just to make things more organized):
Difficulty
Description
Full Value
Easy
Very famous songs and generally unchanged samples from original song, generally instantly recognizable
1 point each (0.5 pts each for artist and song title)
Medium
Very famous songs with less recognizable samples or slightly less famous songs with unchanged samples
2 points each (1 pts each for artist and song title)
Hard
Generally less famous songs with distorted and/or chopped up samples, sample may be hidden within original song
3 points each (1.5 pts each for artist and song title)
Extreme
Less famous songs with heavily changed samples, sample may be hidden within original song
5 points each (2 pts each for artist and song title)
Impossible
Song is either not well known or sample is quick and discrete, not meant to be successful
20 points (10 pts each for artist and song title)
Easy (1 pt each!)
Thank You – Dido (1998)
Hint – Artist & Year
Eminem – 2000
Answer
Stan – Eminem (2000)
Hint – Sample Location & Type
Rhythm (starting at 0:00) Vocals (starting at 0:33)
Coming up, I was confused, my mommy kissing a girl
Before the Night is Over – Joe Simon (1977)
Hint – Artist & Year
Outkast – 2000
Answer
So Fresh, So Clean – Outkast (2000)
Hint – Sample Location & Type
Beat & Rhythm (starting at 0:00)
Hint – Lyric
Ain’t nobody dope as me …
Love on a Two Way Street – The Moments (1970)
Hint – Artist & Year
Jay Z, Alicia Keys – 2009
Answer
Empire State of Mind – Jay Z, Alicia Keys (2009)
Hint – Sample Location & Type
Everything (0:00-0:20)
Hint – Lyric
Newwwww Yorkkkkkkk
Bolero Medley – Celeste Legaspi (1982)
Hint – Artist & Year
Lupe Fiasco – 2006
Answer
Kick, Push – Lupe Fiasco (2006)
Hint – Sample Location & Type
Intro (0:00-0:14)
Hint – Lyric
First got it when he was six, didn’t know any tricks Matter fact first time he got on it, he slipped Landed on his hip and busted his lip For a week he had to talk with a lisp like this
Fallin’ in Love – Joe Frank & Reynolds (1975)
Hint – Artist & Year
Drake – 2009
Answer
Best I’ve Ever Had – Drake (2009)
Hint – Sample Location & Type
Everything (0:00-0:11)
Hint – Lyric
We could do it real big, bigger than you’ve ever done it
Hard (3 pts each!!!)
I Left My Wallet in El Segundo – A Tribe Called Quest (1990)
Hint – Artist & Year
Lil Wayne – 2008
Answer
A Milli – Lil Wayne (2008)
Hint – Sample Location & Type
Vocals (0:06 and repeated)
Hint – Lyric
A millionaire, I’m a Young Money millionaire Tougher than Nigerian hair My criteria compared to your career just isn’t fair I’m a venereal disease like a menstrual bleed
Ryan and Garrett 
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