
Listen to both songs on WhoSampled, the ultimate database of sampled music, cover songs and remixes. Management Sample Clearance Alien Music Services Management Sample Clearance Danny. 'Patience' by Nas and Damian Marley sampled Amadou & Mariam's 'Sabali'. (Theory explains on his blog Forward After All, that the track has been in the works for over a year, however). Distant Relatives Nas, Damian Marley - CD. More recently, LargeUp contributor DJ Theory has cooked up “Quick Money” with Jahdan Blakkamoore, using a sample of the track. Theophilus London was the first interloper to co-opt the Damon Albarn-produced track for his own uses, back in 2009. Meanwhile, other artists from the Caribbean diaspora continue to reinterpret “Sabali” in their own way. In a nice touch, it co-stars Malian husband-and-wife duo Amadou & Mariam, whose “Sabali,” is sampled on “Patience.” Nearly nine months after the LP first hit stores, the project has just birthed its second video, for album standout “Patience.” The surreal clip, prophetically set in Egypt and directed by Nabil Elderkin (Kanye West’s “Paranoid,” “Coldest Winter” and “Welcome to Heartbreak” videos), was worth the wait. In an era when chatter about new albums typically dies out a week after their release date, Nas and Damian Marley’s Distant Relatives has had an impressively long shelf life. Distant Past: Nas & Damian Marley’s New Video for ‘Patience’ Damian Marley - Patience Am Sabali, Sabali, Sabali, Em Mi kera mogo Am Some of the smartest dummies, can’t read the language of Egyptian mummies Em And they fly go 'a moon, and can’t find food for the starving tummies Am Pay no mind to the youth, cause it’s not like the future depends on it Em But save the animals in.
