1838 artists have been sampled.654 Soul artists377 Jazz artists472 Pop, Rock, Alternative artists29 Blues Samples artists43 Reggae artists34 Old School Rap artists22 Comedy artists45 Soundtracks artists43 Easy Listening, Loungecore, Vocal, Traditional Pop artists17 Electronica, Avant-Garde, New Age artists11 Childrens artists15 Latin, Salsa artists18 World artists13 Classical, Neo-Classical & Opera artists6 Country artists1 Gospel artists7 Novelty, Vanity artists7 Compilations artists5 Library artists19 Unknown artists
The FAQ has 14372 different samples by 2692 sampling artists.
The FAQ lists 3638 albums with 3638 samples.

Most sampled songs
Rank	# Samples	Artist Name	Song Name
1	182	Brown, James	"Funky Drummer"
2	127	Sly & the Family Stone (Stone, Sly)	"Sing a Simple Song"
3	116	Honey Drippers	"Impeach the President"
4	112	Collins, Lyn	"Think (About It)"
5	100	Brown, James	"Funky President"
6	94	Bliss, Melvin	"Synthetic Substitution"
7	80	Clinton, George	"Atomic Dog"
8	73	Kool and the Gang	"N.T."
9	65	Brown, James	"The Payback"
10	62	James, Bob	"Nautilus"
11	60	Skull Snaps	"It's a New Day"
12	59	Parliament	"Flashlight"
13	59	Brown, James	"Get Up, Get into It, Get Involved"
14	54	ESG	"UFO"
15	51	Zapp	"More Bounce to the Ounce"
16	50	Ohio Players	"Funky Worm"
17	50	Byrd, Bobby	"Hot Pants. . . I'm Coming, I'm Coming, I'm Coming"
18	46	Kool and the Gang	"Jungle Boogie"
19	45	Tex, Joe	"Papa Was Too"
20	45	Incredible Bongo Band	"Apache"

Most sampled artists
Rank	# Samples	Artist Name
1	903	Brown, James
2	292	Kool and the Gang
3	278	Parliament
4	254	Sly & the Family Stone (Stone, Sly)
5	197	J. B.'s, The
6	191	James, Bob
7	182	Funkadelic
8	179	Hayes, Isaac
9	146	Collins, Lyn
10	136	Ohio Players
11	132	Meters
12	116	Honey Drippers
13	112	Donaldson, Lou
14	109	Zapp
15	100	Average White Band
16	100	Ayers, Roy (Ubiquity)
17	96	Jones, Quincy
18	96	Mayfield, Curtis
19	95	Isley Brothers
20	94	Washington, Grover, Jr.

Most samples found:
Rank	# Samples	Artist Name
1	218	De la Soul
2	197	Public Enemy
3	188	Beastie Boys
4	173	Ice Cube
5	161	A Tribe Called Quest
6	147	Big Daddy Kane
7	137	GangStarr
8	125	Pete Rock & CL Smooth
9	122	EPMD
10	120	Eric B and Rakim
11	112	LL Cool J
12	108	Jungle Brothers
13	103	DJ Shadow
14	96	Tupac
15	90	NWA
16	81	DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince
17	79	Brand Nubian
18	79	Schoolly D
19	78	Compton's Most Wanted
20	77	Cypress Hill

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