1875 artists have been sampled.671 Soul artists379 Jazz artists482 Pop, Rock, Alternative artists30 Blues Samples artists45 Reggae artists34 Old School Rap artists22 Comedy artists45 Soundtracks artists43 Easy Listening, Loungecore, Vocal, Traditional Pop artists19 Electronica, Avant-Garde, New Age artists11 Childrens artists17 Latin, Salsa artists18 World artists13 Classical, Neo-Classical & Opera artists6 Country artists2 Gospel artists7 Novelty, Vanity artists7 Compilations artists5 Library artists19 Unknown artists
The FAQ has 14633 different samples by 2819 sampling artists.
The FAQ lists 3719 albums with 3719 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	67	Brown, James	"The Payback"
10	63	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	59	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	Incredible Bongo Band	"Apache"
19	46	Kool and the Gang	"Jungle Boogie"
20	45	Tex, Joe	"Papa Was Too"

Most sampled artists
Rank	# Samples	Artist Name
1	905	Brown, James
2	293	Kool and the Gang
3	280	Parliament
4	254	Sly & the Family Stone (Stone, Sly)
5	198	J. B.'s, The
6	193	James, Bob
7	182	Funkadelic
8	179	Hayes, Isaac
9	146	Collins, Lyn
10	136	Ohio Players
11	133	Meters
12	116	Honey Drippers
13	112	Donaldson, Lou
14	109	Zapp
15	102	Mayfield, Curtis
16	100	Ayers, Roy (Ubiquity)
17	100	Average White Band
18	97	Isley Brothers
19	97	Jones, Quincy
20	95	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	126	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	95	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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