We’ve Only Just Begun
Carpenters’ 1970 recording of “We’ve Only Just Begun” is the earliest release on file. Roger Nichols and Paul Williams are credited as its writers. Talib Kweli’s “Just Begun” (2010) samples it, per MusicBrainz.
Kweli's "Just Begun" samples a Carpenters record from 1970, a song by Roger Nichols and Paul Williams. Play them back to back and you can hear the old one still running underneath the new one.
The credits on Just Begun run from Jay Electronica and J. Cole all the way to Paul Williams and Roger Nichols, because underneath it sits a Carpenters record from 1970. Play them back to back and listen for the seam.
Credited writers: Roger Nichols and Paul Williams.
Earliest release on file: this one, 1970.
Talib Kweli’s “Just Begun” (2010) samples it, per MusicBrainz.
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