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24,711samples listed
19,964different sampling songs
7,863sampling artists
5,727sampled songs (breaks)
3,893albums
1,978different artists sampled
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24,711 links added in this period. (Links imported from the forum posts share one date, so they all fall in whichever period contains it.)

Most sampled artists

#ArtistSamples
1 James Brown
97 songs
1,078
2 Kool and the Gang
43 songs
456
3 Bob James
26 songs
391
4 Isaac Hayes
44 songs
374
5 Parliament
46 songs
344
6 Isley Brothers
27 songs
309
7 Sly & The Family Stone
38 songs
304
8 Funkadelic
40 songs
256
9 Ohio Players
26 songs
235
10 The J. B.'s
28 songs
216
11 Marvin Gaye
30 songs
209
12 Zapp
9 songs
204
13 ESG
2 songs
198
13 Lyn Collins
9 songs
198
15 Melvin Bliss
1 song
195
16 Curtis Mayfield
30 songs
190
17 Al Green
18 songs
188
18 Honey Drippers
1 song
184
19 Michael Jackson
20 songs
172
20 Meters
34 songs
171

Artists with the most samples found

#Sampling artistSamples
1 De la Soul
includes 6 with guest artists
240
2 Public Enemy 209
3 Beastie Boys
includes 1 with guest artists
197
4 Ice Cube
includes 1 with guest artists
182
5 A Tribe Called Quest
includes 7 with guest artists
174
6 Big Daddy Kane
includes 1 with guest artists
152
6 Gang Starr
includes 6 with guest artists
152
8 Pete Rock & CL Smooth 146
9 EPMD
includes 1 with guest artists
133
10 Tupac
includes 23 with guest artists
127
11 LL Cool J
includes 4 with guest artists
126
12 Eric B and Rakim 122
13 Nas
includes 11 with guest artists
113
14 Jungle Brothers 111
15 DJ Shadow 105
16 Jay-Z
includes 13 with guest artists
101
17 Common
includes 11 with guest artists
94
18 Cypress Hill
includes 2 with guest artists
93
18 N.W.A. 93
20 Brand Nubian
includes 2 with guest artists
89

Artists by genre

Soul, Funk and R&B 714 (36.1%)
Rock/Pop 506 (25.6%)
Jazz 395 (20%)
Soundtracks 54 (2.7%)
Reggae 48 (2.4%)
Easy Listening 44 (2.2%)
Old School Rap 35 (1.8%)
Blues 30 (1.5%)
Comedy 22 (1.1%)
Various 20 (1%)
Electronica 19 (1%)
World 18 (0.9%)
Latin 17 (0.9%)
Classical 13 (0.7%)
Children's 12 (0.6%)
Compilations 7 (0.4%)
Country 7 (0.4%)
Library 7 (0.4%)
Novelty 7 (0.4%)
Gospel 3 (0.2%)
Films 0 (0%)

Sampled by decade

1920s2
1930s1
1940s6
1950s51
1960s3,225
1970s16,434
1980s4,059
1990s102
2000s7
2010s1

Top contributors (past year)

1Pimpin-Pat4,256
2slugfest1232,089
3CellarDoor952
4hip pickle529
5Soulcontrollah334
6CWroyal88233
7wordisband155
8boro_jank127
9Rah-Love115
10Who Used This?49

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