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Artist Samples Sampled songs Sampling artists
1 James Brown 146 42 37
2 Bob James 69 7 55
3 Kool & The Gang 54 23 21
4 Parliament 44 24 9
5 Sly & The Family Stone 39 19 14
6 The J.B.'s 39 16 16
7 Funkadelic 33 17 14
8 Marvin Gaye 20 14 14
9 Isaac Hayes 20 12 16
10 The Meters 19 12 12
11 Curtis Mayfield 19 12 16
12 Lyn Collins 19 3 11
13 Bobby Byrd 18 2 8
14 Average White Band 17 10 10
15 Ohio Players 15 8 10
16 Steve Miller 15 2 10
17 The Honeydrippers [1] 15 1 9
18 George Clinton 15 1 7
19 Melvin Bliss 14 1 10
20 Zapp 12 5 8
21 The Bar-Kays 12 4 8
22 Michael Jackson 11 10 9
23 Grover Washington Jr. 11 7 11
24 Lou Donaldson 11 6 7
25 Led Zeppelin 11 5 7
26 Herbie Hancock 10 6 7
27 The Isley Brothers 10 5 10
28 Rufus Thomas 10 5 7
29 The Five Stairsteps 10 4 7
30 The Beatles 9 8 5
31 Earth, Wind & Fire 9 8 8
32 Kraftwerk 9 7 8
33 Bill Withers 9 6 9
34 Roy Ayers 9 6 7
35 B.T. Express 9 5 7
36 Grandmaster Flash 8 6 8
37 Diana Ross 8 6 7
38 Aretha Franklin 8 6 6
39 Donald Byrd 8 4 8
40 Rick James 8 3 5
41 The Emotions 8 2 7
42 Mountain 8 2 7
43 Cannonball Adderley 7 7 5
44 Gladys Knight 7 6 7
45 Mandrill 7 5 6
46 Jimmy Castor 7 5 6
47 Dennis Coffey 7 4 5
48 The Turtles 7 4 5
49 Roger Troutman 7 3 4
50 Marva Whitney 7 2 7
51 Leslie West 7 1 6
52 Felix Pappalardi 7 1 6
53 Billy Squier 7 1 5
54 Joe Tex 7 1 2
55 Stevie Wonder 6 6 6
56 Lalo Schifrin 6 5 5
57 Heatwave 6 5 6
58 Soul Searchers 6 4 5
59 David Bowie 6 4 5
60 Sugarhill Gang 6 4 4
61 The Fatback Band 6 4 5
62 Serge Gainsbourg 6 4 5
63 The Jackson 5 6 4 6
64 War 6 4 6
65 Barry White 6 3 5
66 Incredible Bongo Band 6 3 4
67 New Birth 6 3 5
68 The Pointer Sisters 6 3 6
69 Lee Dorsey 6 3 5
70 Vangelis 6 3 3
71 Skull Snaps 6 2 4
72 The Stone City Band 6 1 3
73 U2 5 5 5
74 Quincy Jones 5 5 5
75 Les Choeurs De Pierre Kaelin 5 5 1
76 Willie Hutch 5 5 5
77 Weather Report 5 5 4
78 Queen 5 5 5
79 The Commodores 5 5 4
80 Otis Redding 5 5 5
81 Jimi Hendrix 5 4 2
82 Bob Marley & The Wailers 5 4 5
83 Les McCann 5 4 4
84 Steely Dan 5 4 5
85 Pink Floyd 5 4 4
86 The Temptations 5 4 4
87 Donny Hathaway 5 4 5
88 Gwen McCrae 5 3 5
89 Slave 5 3 5
90 Chic 5 3 5
91 Milt Jackson 5 3 4
92 Idris Muhammad 5 3 4
93 The Staple Singers 5 2 3
94 The Blackbyrds 5 1 5
95 Joe Cocker 5 1 4
96 The Village Callers 5 1 4
97 ESG 5 1 4
98 Mohawks 5 1 5
99 Freddie Hubbard 4 4 3
100 The Gap Band 4 4 3

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Clear Spot by Mark Lanegan was originally written by Don Van Vliet and performed by Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band in 1972.
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