Sample Breakdown
Marvin's Room
Drake · 2011
Where did Marvin's Room's haunting groove come from?
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Producer 40 looped the sensual, slow-burning instrumental bed from Gaye's 1976 album cut, giving Drake's late-night drunk-dial confessional its unmistakable ache.
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