Michael Jackson sample map

    Click to embiggen. See a blog post about this map. It's taken on a whole new significance since his death. I'm glad to be able to help pay tribute to his impact on music.

    I was considering trying to fit the Jackson 5 in too but they've been sampled so many times I figured they should get their own sample map. You might also like the sample map for "Soul Makossa" and "Wanna Be Startin' Something."

    Thanks, Rap Sample FAQ.

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      stella_gonzales2003, artisnottheend, nicolebliss, verowhite, and 51 other people added this photo to their favorites.

    2. bikerchic650 (47 months ago | reply)

      omg! thanks for this!

    3. Ethan Hein (47 months ago | reply)

      You're welcome.

    4. advancereality (47 months ago | reply)

      Really nice job on the visual aspect, I myself am working on ways to visualize song connections.

      If you're interested, I made a top ten list of my favorite MJ samples:

      songweave.com/2009/06/top-ten-hip-hop-songs-t hat-sample-m...

    5. Ethan Hein (47 months ago | reply)

      Nice list! And it's great that you lined up all the Youtube vids, I was too lazy to try anything like that.

    6. chadispres (47 months ago | reply)

      Hey I linked to your web on my blog. I hope that's okay.

      Check it out: www.presmusic.com

    7. Ethan Hein (47 months ago | reply)

      That's more than okay, it's much appreciated.

    8. theacrew (47 months ago | reply)

      This is fantastic! This map helped me compile my own video list of favorite rap songs that sample MJ. You can view it here if you are interested (you may be surprised)
      www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJB55hMlHQY

    9. Synthesizers (47 months ago | reply)

      Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Synthtopia, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

    10. rass_ne (36 months ago | reply)

      Michael Jackson - You Rock My World
      5:38

      Kylie Minogue - Chocolate♥
      5:00
      What do you think about it?

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    13. katsommers (25 months ago | reply)

      This map is very cool, but are you saying that MJ sampled Hall & Oates on Billie Jean? I don't think he did if so.

    14. Ethan Hein (25 months ago | reply)

      Michael told Darryl Hall at the "We Are The World" session that he stole the bassline from "I Can't Go For That" for "Billie Jean."

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