The FAQ has 15022 different samples by 2950 sampling artists.
The FAQ lists 3862 albums with 3862 samples.
| Most sampled songs | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | # Samples | Artist Name | Song Name |
| 1 | 197 | Brown, James | "Funky Drummer" |
| 2 | 128 | Sly & the Family Stone (Stone, Sly) | "Sing a Simple Song" |
| 3 | 117 | Honey Drippers | "Impeach the President" |
| 4 | 112 | Collins, Lyn | "Think (About It)" |
| 5 | 101 | 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 | 67 | 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 | 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 | 47 | 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 | 922 | Brown, James | ||
| 2 | 294 | Kool and the Gang | ||
| 3 | 280 | Parliament | ||
| 4 | 255 | Sly & the Family Stone (Stone, Sly) | ||
| 5 | 198 | J. B.'s, The | ||
| 6 | 191 | James, Bob | ||
| 7 | 186 | Funkadelic | ||
| 8 | 183 | Hayes, Isaac | ||
| 9 | 146 | Collins, Lyn | ||
| 10 | 136 | Ohio Players | ||
| 11 | 133 | Meters | ||
| 12 | 117 | Honey Drippers | ||
| 13 | 114 | Donaldson, Lou | ||
| 14 | 110 | Average White Band | ||
| 15 | 110 | Zapp | ||
| 16 | 106 | Mayfield, Curtis | ||
| 17 | 101 | Ayers, Roy (Ubiquity) | ||
| 18 | 101 | Isley Brothers | ||
| 19 | 97 | Jones, Quincy | ||
| 20 | 96 | Gaye, Marvin | ||
| 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 | 143 | 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 | 102 | DJ Shadow | ||
| 14 | 96 | Tupac | ||
| 15 | 90 | NWA | ||
| 16 | 81 | DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince | ||
| 17 | 80 | Brand Nubian | ||
| 18 | 79 | Schoolly D | ||
| 19 | 78 | Compton's Most Wanted | ||
| 20 | 77 | Cypress Hill | ||
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