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	Parliament	"Flashlight"
14	59	Brown, James	"Get Up, Get into It, Get Involved"
15	59	ESG	"UFO"
16	51	Zapp	"More Bounce to the Ounce"
17	50	Ohio Players	"Funky Worm"
18	50	Byrd, Bobby	"Hot Pants. . . I'm Coming, I'm Coming, I'm Coming"
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	Scott, Tom	"Sneakin' in the Back"
27	37	Mountain	"Long Red"
28	37	Soul Searchers	"Ashley's Roachclip"
29	34	Funkadelic	"Knot Just (Knee Deep)"
30	34	Funk Inc.	"Kool is Back"
31	33	J. B.'s, The	"The Grunt"
32	33	White, Barry	"I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More, Babe"
33	33	Sly & the Family Stone (Stone, Sly)	"You Can Make it if You Try"
34	32	Winstons, The	"Amen Brother"
35	32	Average White Band	"Schoolboy Crush"
36	32	Donaldson, Lou	"Pot Belly"
37	32	J. B.'s, The	"Blow Your Head"
38	32	Five Stairsteps	"Don't Change Your Love"
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	McCrae, George	"I Get Lifted"
50	26	James, Rick (and the Stone City Band)	"Mary Jane"

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	Isley Brothers
18	101	Ayers, Roy (Ubiquity)
19	97	Washington, Grover, Jr.
20	97	Jones, Quincy
21	95	Gaye, Marvin
22	94	Bliss, Melvin
23	94	Emotions
24	91	Clinton, George
25	87	Prince
26	85	Hancock, Herbie
27	85	Byrd, Bobby
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	Incredible Bongo Band
44	51	Scott, Tom
45	50	Bar-Kays
46	50	Adderley, Cannonball (Quintet)
47	49	Miller, Steve Band
48	48	Jackson, Michael
49	48	Byrd, Donald
50	48	Commodores
51	47	Funk Inc.
52	47	Five Stairsteps
53	46	Mohawks
54	44	Johnson, Syl
55	44	James, Rick (and the Stone City Band)
56	43	Jackson 5 / Jacksons, The
57	42	Bootsy's Rubber Band, (Collins, William "Bootsy")
58	42	Jamal, Ahmad
59	42	Soul Searchers
60	41	Rose Royce
61	41	Led Zeppelin
62	40	O'Jays
63	40	Dorsey, Lee
64	40	Fatback (Band, The)
65	40	Rushen, Patrice
66	39	Young-Holt Unlimited (Trio)
67	39	Withers, Bill
68	39	Love Unlimited Orchestra
69	39	Squier, Billy
70	39	Riperton, Minnie
71	39	Franklin, Aretha
72	38	Watson, Johnny "Guitar"
73	38	Lafayette Afro Rock Band
74	38	Mountain
75	38	Weather Report
76	36	McLaren, Malcolm
77	35	Kraftwerk
78	35	Castor, Jimmy Bunch
79	35	Gap Band
80	33	Headhunters
81	32	New Birth
82	32	Chic
83	32	Mandrill
84	32	Pryor, Richard
85	32	Winstons, The
86	31	Harris, Eddie
87	31	Hubbard, Freddie
88	31	Hathaway, Donny
89	30	Cameo
90	30	Afrika Bambaataa (& the Soulsonic Force, & the Jazzy Five)
91	30	Dramatics, The
92	30	War
93	29	Temptations
94	29	Hendrix, Jimi
95	29	Ross, Diana
96	29	Roger (Troutman)
97	29	McCrae, Gwen
98	29	Queen
99	29	Laws, Hubert
100	28	Coffey, Dennis

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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