Sample Breakdown
Hotline Bling
Drake · 2015
Where did Hotline Bling's haunting loop come from?
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Thomas played every part himself on a single Hammond organ with a built-in rhythm machine, creating the hypnotic loop Drake's team later built 'Hotline Bling' around.
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