Samples are reused all the time.

Example: Remember Rob Base? That "It Takes Two" song uses a sample that was used a few years before by Roxanne Shante. the-breaks.com tells me it's called "Think About It" and it's by Lyn Collins.

People didn't care.



Here is the whole list from the-breaks.com:

Think (About It): (People 1972)
* "Think (About It)"
2 Hyped Brothers and a Dog - "Doo Doo Brown"
2 Live Crew - "Get Loose Now"
3XDope - "From Da Giddy Up"
7A3 - "Goes Like Dis"
Afrika Bambaataa - "Planet Rock"
Biz Markie - "Road Block"
Black Rock & Ron - "I'm Tired"
Boyz II Men - "Motownphilly"
Breeze - "Pull a Fast One"
Caveman - "Fry You Like Fish"
CEO - "Hit Me with the Beat"
Choice MC - "HIV Positive"
Chubb Rock - "Bump the Floor"
Chubb Rock - "Ya Bad Chubbs"
Cocoa Brovaz ft Smif-n-Wessun - "Dry Snitch"
Cookie Crew - "Bad Girls (Rock the Spot)"
Cool C - "The Glamorous Life"
Daddy Freddy - "The Crown"
Das EFX - "Mic Checka"
De la Soul - "Jenifa (Taught Me) (Derwin's Revenge)"
Derek B - "We've Got the Juice"
DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince - "I Wanna Rock"
DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince - "The Girlie Had a Mustache"
DJ Magic Mike - "M&M Getting Off"
DOC - "Lend Me an Ear"
Doc Scott - "Far Away"
Doctor Ice - "Everybody Get Funky"
Don Pablo's Animals - "Venus"
Dream Warriors - "Face in the Basin"
EPMD - "Da Joint"
EPMD - "Gold Digger"
Eric B and Rakim - "No Omega"
Eric B and Rakim - "What's on Your Mind?"
Eric B and Rakim - "Rest Assured"
Finesse & Synquis - "Soul Sisters"
Freshco & Miz - "We Don't Play"
Geto Boys - "Seek and Destroy"
Heavy D - "Somebody for Me"
Heavy D - "Flexin'"
Heavy D - "You Ain't Heard Nuttin' Yet"
Insane Clown Posse ft Twiztid - "85 Bucks an Hour"
Intelligent Hoodlum - "Party Pack"
Janet Jackson - "Alright"
Janet Jackson - "FreeXone"
K-9 Posse - "Ain't Nothin' to It"
Kid 'N Play - "Gittin' Funky"
Kid 'N Play - "Do it My Way"
King T - "Diss You"
Kool G Rap ft DJ Polo - "Trilogy of Terror"
Kool Moe Dee - "Let's Go"
Kool Moe Dee - "Let's Get Serious"
Kool Moe Dee - "Time's Up"
Kool Moe Dee - "I Go to Work"
Kurtis Blow - "I'm True to This"
Lil' Kim - "Dreams"
Luther Vandross & Janet Jackson - "The Best Things in life are Free"
Marky Mark - "On the House Tip"
Masta Ace - "Letter to the Better"
MC Brains - "Everybody's Talkin' about MC Brains"
MC Smooth - "Smooth and Legit"
Michel'le - "Keep Watchin'"
Michie Mee - "On this Mic"
Mistress & DJ Madame E - "Let it Go"
Mr. Lee - "Break Out"
New Edition - "Hit Me Off"
Nice & Smooth - "Gold"
NWA - "Appetite for Destruction"
Organized Konfusion - "Organized Konfusion"
Paris - "Break the Grip of Shame"
Paris - "Wretched"
Patra ft Lyn Collins - "Think"
PM Dawn - "The Beautiful"
PM Dawn - "Norwegian Wood"
Poison Clan - "Rough Nigga Gets Busy"
Poison Clan - "Fakin' Like Gangsters"
Prince Johnny C - "Sunshine"
Public Enemy - "911 is a Joke"
Public Enemy - "Pollywanacraka"
Public Enemy - "Anti-Nigger Machine"
Public Enemy - "Who Stole the Soul?"
Real Roxanne - "Roxanne's on a Roll"
Red Hot Lover Tone - "Gigolow's Got it Goin' On"
Redhead Kingpen - "Superbad, Superslick"
Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock - "Don't Sleep on It"
Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock - "It Takes Two"
Roxanne Shante - "Bad Sista"
Roxanne Shante - "My Groove Gets Better"
Roxanne Shante - "Go on Girl"
Salt-N-Pepa - "Negro Wit an Ego"
Schoolly D - "Mama Feel Good"
Shango - "You're the One"
Shante - "Shante Gets Wicked"
Silk X Leather - "The Woman in Me"
Sister Souljah - "State of Accomodation"
Skinny Boys - "Get Pepped"
Slick Rick - "Children's Story"
Slick Rick - "Mistakes of a Woman in Love with Other Men"
Slick Rick - "I Shouldn't Have Done It"
Slick Rick - "Slick Rick - The Ruler"
Snoop Dogg - "Ain't No Fun"
South Central Cartel - "Ya Getz Clowned"
Special Ed - "I'm the Magnificent"
Steady B - "Nasty Girls"
Stezo - "Talking Sense"
Tairrie B - "Anything You Want"
TLC - "Das Da Way We Like 'Em"
Tuff Crew - "My Part of Town"
UMC - "Never Never Land"
YBT - "Nobody Knows Kelli"
Yo-Yo - "The Bonnie & Clyde Theme"
YZ - "The Ghetto's Been Good to Me"
Z-Trip - "Rockstar 2"