Which Artists Have Been Sampled the Most?

February 10, 2014February 9, 2014 Alan Cross 0 Comments

If you’re interested in the area of sampling, there’s no better source of data than WhoSampled, a repository of who has re-purposed what. Priceonomics recently did a story on the site and offers this chart of the most-sampled artists of all time.

James Brown has such a huge lead because of one piece of music: the “Funky Drummer” sample.

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