Not surprised at the top 2 , but what matters in the end is good music and people getting their credits and money due so their fans can enjoy it!

lmao

I always knew Nicki Minaj's Pound the alarm sampled Stronger.

Let me check on va va voom's lyrics serving i got that boom boom.

Bey is not a hip-hop artist except 2 or 3 songs from ST so the samples are not justified by the argument in the OP. Rih has the best usage of samples though.

Taylor being so original

Nicki

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Plus it's nice to see artists pay homage to those who came before them and create their own interpretations of songs that they likely grew up listening to and loving. AND if it was a previously unknown song, it gets attention, like how J.lo's "All I Have" brought a new audience to Debra Laws' "Very Special".

Some of y'all proving once again y'all know nothing about hip hop.

Bey is one of the most hip hop influenced singers in R&B music, period; but beside the point given how sampling extends heavily into the modern contemporary R&B/urban realm anyway.

So I was curious about Kanye because sometimes he'll use 3 or 4 samples in one song and he's number is 1548

Welp

Not them stating that Gaga sampled Neil Young in an unreleased song performed live when she just used it as intro tho

A rapper sampling? Hmm. Sounds crazy.

wait a minute.
starships DOES NOT have twinkle twinkle little star as it's sample.

Wow.