Sample SourceJazz/Soul
Wild Is the Wind
Nina Simone·1966
from Wild Is the Wind
About This Sample
Nina Simone's tender, devastating interpretation of the Johnny Mathis standard was sampled for 'New Day,' where both JAY-Z and Kanye wrote letters to their unborn sons. The sample's emotional gravity — Simone's voice trembling with barely contained feeling — transformed what could have been a novelty concept into one of the album's most affecting moments.
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1966
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