WhoSampled Guest Mix: ‘House Music’s Top 10 Most Sampled Sources’

Mixcloud chart positions: Disco chart #1 / Classics chart #1 / House chart #2 / Funk chart #2

“The phrase ‘House Music’ means a variety of things to a variety of people. In the current landscape of sub-genres of sub-genres it can be used either as an umbrella term for a myriad of splinter scenes or a term attached to those styles of dance music that stay closer to house music’s origins. Whilst sampling almost certainly plays a less prominent role in house music’s over all make up today than it did 25 years ago, sampling has been central to the genre’s development, particularly in its formative years. From iconic disco and useful acapellas to house music’s tendency to borrow from its own classics, this mix runs through the top 10 most sampled sources in house music.”

Check out a detailed run down of the mix’s tracklist on the WhoSampled blog here.

Tracklist:

1. First Choice – Let No Man Put Asunder
2. Rhythm Controll – My House
3. Class Action – The Weekend
4. Loleatta Holloway – Crash Goes Love (Yellapella)
5. Yazoo – Situation
6. Loleatta Holloway – Love Sensation
7. Lyn Collins – Think (About It) [Loop] 8. Kraze – The Party (Acapella)
9. Indeep – Last A DJ Saved My Life
10. Raw Silk – Do It To The Music