# What song was sampled for this song...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-was-sampled-for-this-song/350055>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 27, 2006, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-was-sampled-for-this-song/350055 "2006-03-27T07:02:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![teemingONE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b4bc9f/32.png) [@teemingONE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teemingONE)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-was-sampled-for-this-song/350055/1 "2006-03-27T07:02:22Z")

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I Left My Wallet in El Segundo by A Tribe Called Quest? The guitar part sounds very familiar but I can’t figure out what it is. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-was-sampled-for-this-song/350055/2 "2006-03-27T07:12:45Z")

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[http://www.the-breaks.com/search.php?term=left+my+wallet+in+el+segundo&type=7](http://www.the-breaks.com/search.php?term=left+my+wallet+in+el+segundo&type=7)

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**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-was-sampled-for-this-song/350055/3 "2006-03-27T07:35:33Z")

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Paging Mr. Dobolina, Mr. Bob Dobolina

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**Author:** ![teemingONE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b4bc9f/32.png) [@teemingONE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teemingONE)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-was-sampled-for-this-song/350055/4 "2006-03-27T07:38:52Z")

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thank you very much

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**Author:** ![JXJohns](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jxjohns/32/469_2.png) [@JXJohns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JXJohns)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-was-sampled-for-this-song/350055/5 "2006-03-27T14:47:18Z")

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> [@dnooman](#):
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> Paging Mr. Dobolina, Mr. Bob Dobolina

I love that one. Thanks for reminding me.