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1978 artists are listed as being sampled.
714 Soul, Funk and R&B artists	395 Jazz artists	506 Rock/Pop artists	30 Blues artists
48 Reggae artists	35 Old School Rap artists	22 Comedy artists	54 Soundtracks artists
44 Easy Listening artists	19 Electronica artists	12 Children's artists	17 Latin artists
18 World artists	13 Classical artists	7 Country artists	3 Gospel artists
7 Novelty artists	7 Compilations artists	7 Library artists	20 Various artists
0 Films artists

The FAQ has 15176 different samples by 3110 artists.
The FAQ lists 3893 albums with 5727 samples.

Most sampled songs
Rank	# Samples	Artist Name	Song Name
1	184	James Brown	"Funky Drummer"
2	127	Sly & The Family Stone	"Sing a Simple Song"
3	116	Honey Drippers	"Impeach the President"
4	112	Lyn Collins	"Think (About It)"
5	100	James Brown	"Funky President"
6	94	Melvin Bliss	"Synthetic Substitution"
7	81	George Clinton	"Atomic Dog"
8	74	Kool and the Gang	"N.T."
9	71	Emotions	"Blind Alley"
10	67	James Brown	"The Payback"
11	63	Bob James	"Nautilus"
12	61	Skull Snaps	"It's a New Day"
13	59	Parliament	"Flashlight"
14	59	James Brown	"Get Up, Get into It, Get Involved"
15	59	ESG	"UFO"
16	51	Zapp	"More Bounce to the Ounce"
17	50	Bobby Byrd	"Hot Pants. . . I'm Coming, I'm Coming, I'm Coming"
18	50	Ohio Players	"Funky Worm"
19	47	Incredible Bongo Band	"Apache"
20	46	Mohawks	"The Champ"

Most samples found:
Rank	# Samples	Artist Name
1	218	De la Soul
2	197	Public Enemy
3	189	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	80	DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince
17	79	Brand Nubian
18	79	Schoolly D
19	78	Compton's Most Wanted
20	78	Cypress Hill