"The Greatest Samples" showcase iconic, foundational recordings that have shaped decades of hip-hop, pop, and dance music. These collections highlight how classic jazz, soul, and funk are repurposed into modern hits. From outright lifts to subtle homages, samples have always been the bedrock of hip-hop but they’ve also been utilised throughout all forms of popular music for decades (what are the twelve-bar blues if not the original sample?) Hearing a riff from a 70s funk track that you can’t quite place in a Daft Punk floor filler is often the musical equivalent of recognising an actress on TV and scouring IMDB to find what ’90s daytime soap they were once in. As these original songs are often eclipsed in popularity, we’ve rounded up some of the best and most recurring samples in musical history – some you might know like the back of your hand and some you might not.Read tracklist in comment.
