From Mary J. Blige's "My Life" to Naughty by Nature's "Sunshine," here are 21 hip-hop and R&B songs that have sampled the 1976 Roy Ayers Ubiquity classic.
Billboard rounded up rap, R&B and Afrobeats songs by Rema, MF DOOM, Snoop Dogg, Burna Boy, Ashanti, Nipsey Hussle and Queen Latifah that sample and interpolate Sade.
Tyler, the Creator's latest single "NOID" contains a sample of a Zamrock band. Billboard has rounded up 14 more songs by R&B and rap artists that sample old African songs.
Many of Burna's most celebrated songs have borrowed elements from some recognizable U.S. pop, soul and hip-hop favorites.
Future & Metro Boomin, Drake, Young Thug, Lil Baby, Big Sean and French Montana all have this thing in common in their discography.
From Patsy Cline to Sister Rosetta Tharpe, here are the samples and interpolations on Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter.
Getting creators paid fairly means settling songwriting credit issues in a reasonable amount of time.
Rights holders for James Brown and Sly Stone also didn’t approve the use of their music on the new album, while many licensing discussions are still ongoing.
The new album contains prominent samples or interpolations on nine of its 22 tracks. That's representative of a wider industry trend.
The sample platform's first-ever release of its year-end stats reveals big gains in African music and country downloads while showing dips in hip-hop and K-pop.
