List of Samples

Here is just a small list of songs that have been sampled and the hip hop songs that sampled them.
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Herb Alpert - Rise --- Notorious B.I.G. - Hypnotise
James Brown - the Boss --- Nas - Get Down
Luis Bonfa, Maria Toledo & Stan Getz - Saudade Vem Correndo --- Pharcyde - Can't Keep Runnin' Away
Stevie w. Past time Paradise --- Gangsta's Paradise - Coolio
Din Daa Daa (Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif Kranz)---Shake (ft. Pitbull)http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7723970912338514032&postID=1146240950830579211#
Clear (Cybotron)---Lose Control (Missy and Ciara)
The Payback (James Brown)---Can't You See (Total ft. Notorious B.I.G.)
Tender Love (Force M.D.'s)---Days of Our Lives (Bone Thugs N' Harmony)
Human Nature (Michael Jackson)---Right Here (SWV)

Patrice Rushen "Forget Me Nots"--- Will Smith "Men In Black"
Shirley Bassey "Diamonds Are Forevever"--- Kanye West "Diamonds from Sierra Leone"
Super Freak (Rick James)---U Can't Touch This (MC Hammer)
Bobby Caldwell - Open your Eyes --- Common - The Light
Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band - Cherchez la femme --- Ghostface Killer's Cherchez LaGhost

Afro Rock Band - Darkest Light ---- Wrecks In Effect - Rump Shaker, Public Enemy - Show 'Em Whatcha Got , Jay-Z "Show me What u Got"
The Emotions - Blind Alley --- AMG - Jiggable Pie, Trilogy - Good times, Big Daddy Kane - Ain't no Half Steppin, and as Mascarawand just reminded me....Mariah Carey - Dreamlover

As it can clearly be seen sampling is a huge part of the hip hop/r&b movement and is not simply some way of stealing ideas but is an art form that is connecting many different genres of music.