ADÉLA's Hit 'Nicole Kidman' Features a Familiar Hip-Hop Beat

What do rising Slovakian pop star ADÉLA and Detroit’s Boldy James and Chicago’s G Herbo have in common?

They’ve all rapped over the same sample.

Now, it’s not like this is some crazy revelation, but it did take me a little bit to make the connection. Like most new songs these days, I came across ADÉLA’s “Nicole Kidman” song on social media, because damn near every baddie on the planet is using it to soundtrack their outfit videos and thirst traps. The beat and her catchy raps about feeling like the current international queen of cinema (I always get the sudden urge to stand up and salute when she pops up before a movie starts) immediately caught my attention, and I couldn’t quite put my finger on it. I thought to myself, “Damn, this sound like some UGK s—t. Someone like Bun B would body this,” and even A&R’d a remix in my head with Doja Cat and Lil Wayne on it.

But it wasn’t until I hit play on Boldy James and Conductor Williams’ 2024 soulful banger “ Terms and Conditions “— as I often do — that the light that was flickering in my brain finally stayed on. The beats aren’t identical, but the way the sample is chopped up is pretty similar, and I just thought that was a pretty cool coincidence. I mean, here you have Boldy just absolutely losing his mind over this rousing-ass Conductor beat talking about some fly street s—t – and two years later, a new pop star is also going off in her own right about some fly chick s—t over the same sample, on a song that’s become viral sensation.

Producers Blake Slatkin and Dylan Brody haven’t talked about making the beat yet and ADÉLA has only really touched on getting inspiration for making “Nicole Kidman” after watching Stanley Kubrick’s classic film Eyes Wide Shut , but I would like to think that Slatkin and Brody were so riveted by bars like, “Was taught to always be the message I bring/ Pulled the sword from the stone, some n—as’ll never be king,” and “Stormin’ on the dice, full force, I’m like a tidal wave/ Owe my auntie Adrien for me shortin’ out her microwave/ 27-50-Z, n—as know we thick as thieves/ Real street n—as, never ratted, never bit the cheese,” that they were inspired to make a version for the game’s newest pop princess.

While Conductor didn’t reveal the sample he used, he did break down what he was trying to accomplish with this beat. He often makes explainer videos for his YouTube channel and for this one he expressed that he wanted his soul chops to feel dramatic and big — while using predecessors Just Blaze and Bink! as examples, two guys who have become synonymous with this style of producing. I think it’s safe to say that he did what he set out to accomplish: “Terms and Conditions” has been one of my favorite records since it was released back in 2024 — and, like I said, I still listen to it pretty regularly, and could go bar-for-bar like I’m doing karaoke if I had a gun to my head.

I’m less familiar with G Herbo’s “Fallen Soldiers” record, which came out last year in 2025 and uses the same lift — but it’s a hard-hitting track about all the friends he’s lost, a list that includes young rappers that we lost way too soon in Juice WRLD and Pop Smoke . It’s clearly the same sample, just chopped up differently.

Now, I feel a little dirty sample-snitching, but the cat is out the bag at this point — because both ADÉLA’s “Nicole Kidman” and Herbo’s “Fallen Soldiers” are mainstream records, and “Terms and Conditions” has been out since 2024. The original source is “In My Father’s House,” which according to Discogs is the second song off the 1986 album Praise Him by God’s Gospel Angels — and it’s truly a great record, perfect for praising the Lord as you’re cooking and cleaning during a Saturday morning. It is quintessential house cleaning music.

I’m not the only person to find this interesting: When you look at the YouTube comments under both “Terms and Conditions” and “In My Father’s House,” there’s people also making the connection. “To all y’all new here cuz of Adéla… Boldy James – Terms and Conditions.. You’re Welcome,” one user wrote under the latter, while another comment under the former says that ADÉLA brought them there, and that they experience whiplash the same as I did when they first heard “Nicole Kidman.”

Whether ADÉLA’s producers heard that new Boldy and Herbo or not, it just goes to show you the influence hip-hop and rap music continue to have on American pop music. Rap may not be as dominant on the charts as it has been in recent years, but its fingerprints can still be seen and heard everywhere. “Nicole Kidman” isn’t the only track influenced by rap on PRIMA , there’s also the chopped-and-screwed-leaning “ Aint In L.A. ” During her promo run, ADÉLA has talked about growing up infatuated with American pop culture and music — which hip-hop has been at the forefront of going on 30 years now, so it all makes sense.

“Terms and Condition” boyfriend and “Nicole Kidman” girlfriend? It sounds like a match made in heaven.

_Originally reported by [Billboard](https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/hip-hop-heads-recognize-adela-nicole-kidman-beat-1236345907/)._