Sample Breakdown: Kendrick Lamar - LOYALTY. ft. Rihanna

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[puertoricanguy]

What I love about this track is that, at the time, it took everyone by surprise on what the sample was.

[LuisMunoz-wktb]

i still can’t process how they thought to flip the sample like this.

[Thomas.S.]

As a producer, when you fall in love with a track and put it in the sampler you tend to become obsessive with sections and experiment. This is a perfect example of that, and the producers probably experimented with several variations of reversed sections before they chose this one. That being said, take time with your sampling! Don't be discouraged by complicated flips! If you love the sample and choose to mess with it you'll get gold if you sift hard enough!

[AmmoRoach]

One of the most confusing, and enigmatic beats

[BrickFighter]

I remember how baffled I was when Kendrick sampled 24K Magic, that was like a recent song at the time when DAMN dropped

[SamFocused]

Even when the Sample was Clear to Hear in the Song. The Reversed chops are still Legendary 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Big respect DJ dahi & Terrace Martin 💯💯💯

[Mr_Clean]

Never knew the sample was 24k magic. Amazes me how people think of sampling it like this

[CacaFartin]

0:34 it sounds like "nice to see you"

[chubokuay]

I love it how these breakdown videos practically offer alternate intros to the song.

[yashmore]

Tracklib dropped the hardest transition and thought we wouldn't notice

[KANI_APEXX]

Everyone is talking about the sample but the transition is so insane!

[mikebe]

Making a sample impossible to figure out,
is the beauty of sampling.

[Zin_]

DJ Dahi needs more credit for putting so many bangers on our playlists 🔥🔥🔥

[chiarosuburekeni]

Good sampling is absolutely incredible. Some of these flips are jaw dropping

[doctorjeebs]

Dj Dahi is an absolute master at producing. Every beat he creates is just incrdible

[slumpgoat]

Broooo wtf this shit giving me goosebumps with how this shit was flipped backwards like this, this shit is hard asf 🔥🔥🔥 and it’s like how would you even think to flip the sample like this, this is so cold, this is why I love music cause like you can make anything from anything and it works 🔥🔥🔥🔥 and I absolutely love this song by Kendrick

[ballc]

Awesomeness. 🙌🙌I had no idea 24K Magic was sampled here. SO GREAT!

[IceTouche]

I remember hearing this flip, thinking that 9th produced it, because the same 24K sample is used on Rapsodys "Take it Slow" from her EP Crown. But I think I heard an interview with Terrance where he said he was in the studio hearing Rap and 9th working on it and that inspired him and Dahi chopping it more.

Both songs are incredible!

[adrian]

that makes more sense, I thought it was a house fly that got caught in a Fan

[mr.c]

Hearing it in normal direction but pitched up is surreal. The last part sounds so much like the actual song.