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Famous Samples: Originals & Reuses: Type-in

20 sourced questions connect famous samples with their original recordings, landmark reuses, artists, legal history, and technology.

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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?	—