1938 artists have been sampled.
697 Soul
385 Jazz
502 Pop, Rock, Alternative
30 Blues Samples
47 Reggae
35 Old School Rap
22 Comedy
52 Soundtracks
44 Easy Listening, Loungecore, Vocal, Traditional Pop
19 Electronica, Avant-Garde, New Age
11 Childrens
17 Latin, Salsa
18 World
13 Classical, Neo-Classical & Opera
6 Country
2 Gospel
7 Novelty, Vanity
7 Compilations
5 Library
19 Unknown

The FAQ has 15083 different samples by 3036 sampling artists.
The FAQ lists 3847 albums with 3847 samples.

Most sampled songs
Rank	# Samples	Artist Name	Song Name
1	184	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	74	Kool and the Gang	"N.T."
9	71	Emotions	"Blind Alley"
10	67	Brown, James	"The Payback"
11	63	James, Bob	"Nautilus"
12	60	Skull Snaps	"It's a New Day"
13	59	Brown, James	"Get Up, Get into It, Get Involved"
14	59	Parliament	"Flashlight"
15	59	ESG	"UFO"
16	51	Zapp	"More Bounce to the Ounce"
17	50	Byrd, Bobby	"Hot Pants. . . I'm Coming, I'm Coming, I'm Coming"
18	50	Ohio Players	"Funky Worm"
19	46	Mohawks	"The Champ"
20	46	Incredible Bongo Band	"Apache"
21	46	Kool and the Gang	"Jungle Boogie"
22	45	Tex, Joe	"Papa Was Too"
23	44	James, Bob	"Take Me to the Mardi Gras"
24	39	Squier, Billy	"Big Beat"
25	39	Donaldson, Lou	"Ode to Billy Joe"
26	37	Soul Searchers	"Ashley's Roachclip"
27	37	Scott, Tom	"Sneakin' in the Back"
28	37	Mountain	"Long Red"
29	34	Funk Inc.	"Kool is Back"
30	34	Funkadelic	"Knot Just (Knee Deep)"
31	33	Sly & the Family Stone (Stone, Sly)	"You Can Make it if You Try"
32	33	J. B.'s, The	"The Grunt"
33	33	White, Barry	"I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More, Babe"
34	32	Average White Band	"Schoolboy Crush"
35	32	Donaldson, Lou	"Pot Belly"
36	32	J. B.'s, The	"Blow Your Head"
37	32	Five Stairsteps	"Don't Change Your Love"
38	32	Winstons, The	"Amen Brother"
39	31	Dorsey, Lee	"Get out of My Life, Woman"
40	31	Johnson, Syl	"Different Strokes"
41	30	Byrd, Bobby	"I Know You Got Soul"
42	30	Washington, Grover, Jr.	"Hydra"
43	29	Miller, Steve Band	"Fly Like an Eagle"
44	28	Brown, James	"Give it up or Turnit a Loose"
45	28	Lafayette Afro Rock Band	"Hihache"
46	27	Headhunters	"God Made Me Funky"
47	27	Fulsom, Lowell	"Tramp"
48	27	Funkadelic	"Good Ole Music"
49	26	Brown, James	"Escape-ism"
50	26	McCrae, George	"I Get Lifted"

Most sampled artists
Rank	# Samples	Artist Name
1	907	Brown, James
2	294	Kool and the Gang
3	280	Parliament
4	254	Sly & the Family Stone (Stone, Sly)
5	198	J. B.'s, The
6	195	James, Bob
7	184	Funkadelic
8	183	Hayes, Isaac
9	147	Collins, Lyn
10	136	Ohio Players
11	133	Meters
12	116	Honey Drippers
13	116	Average White Band
14	113	Donaldson, Lou
15	110	Zapp
16	104	Mayfield, Curtis
17	101	Ayers, Roy (Ubiquity)
18	101	Isley Brothers
19	97	Washington, Grover, Jr.
20	97	Jones, Quincy
21	95	Gaye, Marvin
22	94	Emotions
23	94	Bliss, Melvin
24	91	Clinton, George
25	87	Prince
26	85	Byrd, Bobby
27	85	Hancock, Herbie
28	78	White, Barry
29	78	Earth, Wind & Fire
30	66	Lewis, Ramsey
31	64	Tex, Joe
32	63	Skull Snaps
33	62	Green, Al
34	60	ESG
35	59	Crusaders
36	59	B. T. Express
37	57	Blackbyrds
38	56	Axelrod, David
39	54	Thomas, Rufus
40	54	McCann, Les
41	54	Wonder, Stevie
42	53	Benson, George
43	51	Scott, Tom
44	51	Incredible Bongo Band
45	50	Adderley, Cannonball (Quintet)
46	50	Bar-Kays
47	49	Miller, Steve Band
48	48	Byrd, Donald
49	48	Commodores
50	48	Jackson, Michael
51	47	Five Stairsteps
52	47	Funk Inc.
53	46	Mohawks
54	44	Johnson, Syl
55	44	James, Rick (and the Stone City Band)
56	43	Jackson 5 / Jacksons, The
57	42	Soul Searchers
58	42	Bootsy's Rubber Band, (Collins, William "Bootsy")
59	42	Jamal, Ahmad
60	41	Led Zeppelin
61	41	Rose Royce
62	40	O'Jays
63	40	Dorsey, Lee
64	40	Fatback (Band, The)
65	40	Rushen, Patrice
66	39	Love Unlimited Orchestra
67	39	Squier, Billy
68	39	Riperton, Minnie
69	39	Franklin, Aretha
70	39	Young-Holt Unlimited (Trio)
71	39	Withers, Bill
72	38	Mountain
73	38	Weather Report
74	38	Watson, Johnny "Guitar"
75	38	Lafayette Afro Rock Band
76	36	McLaren, Malcolm
77	35	Kraftwerk
78	35	Castor, Jimmy Bunch
79	35	Gap Band
80	33	Headhunters
81	32	Chic
82	32	Mandrill
83	32	Pryor, Richard
84	32	Winstons, The
85	32	New Birth
86	31	Hubbard, Freddie
87	31	Hathaway, Donny
88	31	Harris, Eddie
89	30	War
90	30	Cameo
91	30	Afrika Bambaataa (& the Soulsonic Force, & the Jazzy Five)
92	30	Dramatics, The
93	29	Hendrix, Jimi
94	29	Ross, Diana
95	29	Roger (Troutman)
96	29	Queen
97	29	McCrae, Gwen
98	29	Laws, Hubert
99	29	Temptations
100	28	DeBarge

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	142	Gang Starr
8	127	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	78	Cypress Hill
21	76	Biz Markie
22	76	NaS
23	74	Masta Ace
24	73	3rd Bass
25	73	Heavy D
26	72	Jay-Z
27	72	Redman
28	72	Ultramagnetic MCs
29	69	Beatnuts
30	68	Common
31	68	Digital Underground
32	66	Above the Law
33	65	Ice T
34	63	Black Sheep
35	61	Chubb Rock
36	60	Boogie Down Productions
37	59	Lord Finesse
38	57	Run-DMC
39	57	X-Clan
40	56	Geto Boys
41	52	Das EFX
42	52	Kool G Rap
43	52	Naughty by Nature
44	52	Nice & Smooth
45	52	Pharcyde
46	51	Diamond D
47	51	Digable Planets
48	51	Stetsasonic
49	50	King T
50	50	MC Lyte

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