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| Which Daft Punk track supplies the robotic vocal sample in Kanye West's "Stronger"? | — |
| Which band recorded "Straight to Hell," the guitar-led source sampled throughout M.I.A.'s "Paper Planes"? | — |
| Which ABBA song provides the bright instrumental hook in Madonna's "Hung Up"? | — |
| Whose voice is sampled from "Thank You" to create the recurring refrain in Eminem's "Stan"? | — |
| Which funk singer recorded "Super Freak," the signature riff sampled in MC Hammer's "U Can't Touch This"? | — |
| Which collaboration supplied the bass line sampled in Vanilla Ice's "Ice Ice Baby"? | — |
| Which Tom Tom Club song is sampled throughout Mariah Carey's "Fantasy"? | — |
| Which soul group recorded "Are You My Woman? (Tell Me So)," sampled in Beyonce's "Crazy in Love"? | — |
| Which synth-pop hit is sampled in Rihanna's "SOS"? | — |
| Which bandleader recorded "Rise," the instrumental sampled in the Notorious B.I.G.'s "Hypnotize"? | — |
| Which Broadway musical supplied the children's chorus sampled in Jay-Z's "Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)"? | — |
| Which band made "34 Ghosts IV," the instrumental sampled in Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road"? | — |
| Which Lou Reed song supplies the bass line under A Tribe Called Quest's repeated "Can I kick it" refrain? | — |
| Whose "Take Yo' Praise" vocal is sampled in Fatboy Slim's "Praise You"? | — |
| Which singer recorded "Boadicea," sampled in a major 1996 Fugees hit? | — |
| Whose orchestral recording of "The Last Time" was sampled in the Verve's "Bitter Sweet Symphony"? | — |
| Which Stevie Wonder composition supplied the musical foundation for Coolio's "Gangsta's Paradise"? | — |
| Which drummer played the six-second "Amen Break" on the Winstons' "Amen, Brother"? | — |
| Which Gilbert O'Sullivan song was sampled in the Biz Markie recording at issue in Grand Upright Music? | — |
| Which 1979 instrument became the world's first polyphonic digital sampling synthesizer? | — |
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