Greatest of all time? No way! Most Sampled of all time? Maybe!
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I don't know about albums, but I think James Brown is the most heavily sampled artist.
Posted by: Aaaugh! | March 10, 2004 at 11:37 AM
I meant vocally sampled, like Nas: "I never sleep/cause sleep is the cousin of death."
Posted by: dj | March 10, 2004 at 11:41 AM
james brown and kraftwerk are the two most sampled artists of all time, with the later
edging out the former. yeahp.
Posted by: fab5freddykruger | March 25, 2004 at 07:10 AM
I meant hip-hop, most vocally sampled. yeesh.
Posted by: dj | March 26, 2004 at 02:42 PM
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Posted by: jwil | February 20, 2006 at 09:10 PM
Wu tang clan's enter the 36 chambers, is by far the most sampled hip hop album. You may not agree, but if you listen to underground hip hop still to this day you can hear tons of artist using samples from that album.
Posted by: dom | June 18, 2007 at 02:14 AM