Come on fam we gotta stop using the word "flip" when it's not a "flip." All LES did was loop the Gap Band. No chops. No flips. Just looped it. And I can't call it matching the mood of Illmatic cause nobody knew any of the other samples that was used. I think it's just because everyone hated the Trackmasterz. Hell Juicy was "smooth, soulful" but everybody STILL hated that jawn.🤷🏿♂️
Boom cbap heads rocked with LES’s flip of Yearning for Your Love because it was smooth, soulful, and felt like it came from the heart it matched the mood of Illmatic perfectly to the Trumpet. But when Trackmasters touched Friends, it felt too shiny, too on the nose. It screamed radio hit, not street classic. Folks weren't mad at the sample they were mad at the intention. One felt like art, the other like business. 🤷🏾♂️