Popular Songs featuring Jazz Samples:

• A Tribe Called Quest - "Verses from the Abstract"

• Asheru ft. Talib Kweli - "Mood Swing"

• Digable Planets - "Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)"

• Freestyle Fellowship - "Convolutions"

• Gang Starr - "Jazz Thing"

• Gotye (feat. Kimbra) - "Somebody That I Used to Know"

• Janet Jackson - "All Nite (Don't Stop)"

• Jurassic 5 - "In the Flesh"

• Madonna - "Sanctuary"

• Nas - "Can't Forget About You"

• Radical Stuff - "Let's Get Dizzy"

• Steely Dan - "Rikki Don't Lose That Number"

• Us3 - "Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)"

Songs featuring Classical Samples

• Alicia Keys - "Piano & I"

• Billy Joel - "This Night"

• Chumbawumba - "Tubthumping"

• Evanescence - "Lacrymosa"

• Janet Jackson - "Someone to Call My Lover"

• Janelle Monae - “Say You’ll Go”

• Kelis - "Like You"

• Megadeth - "Symphony of Destruction"

• Mike Jones - "Got It Sewed Up"

• Nas - "I Can"

• Pet Shop Boys - "All Over the World"

• Puff Daddy & Faith Evans - "I'll Be Missing You"

• The Streets - “Same Old Thing”

• The Toys - "A Lover's Concerto"

For much more information regarding sampling, and finding the DNA of certain music, please visit WhoSampled.com — a fantastic resource!

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