The Most Sampled Song in Hip-Hop

Slick Rick and Doug E. Fresh’s 1985 hit “La Di Da Di“ has become one of the most sampled songs of all time. Hip-hop is a genre built on sampling, borrowing from the greats of James Brown’s “Funky Drummer“ and The Winstons’ “Amen Brother“. Alongside “Children’s Story“, Slick Rick’s voice has been used in over 1,000 different tracks and counting, but what is it about the MC that made him so ideal for sampling - let’s find out. Instagram: Twitter: