1970s Japanese sample sources

De La Soul's "Big Brother Beat" (1996) is reported to sample Yellow Magic Orchestra's 1978 material.

J. Cole's "January 28th" (2014) is reported to sample Hi-Fi Set's "Sky Restaurant" (1975).

Jeezy's "Seen It All" (2014, prod. Cardo) is reported to sample Tazumi Toyoshima's "Tomadoi Twilight" (1978).

Tyler, the Creator's "Balloon" (from Chromakopia, 2024, feat. Doechii) samples Akiko Yano's "Yo Ro Ko Bi" (from the album Tokimeki, 1978).

1nonly's "Stay With Me" (2020) is reported to sample Miki Matsubara's "Mayonaka no Door / Stay With Me" (1979), which itself went viral worldwide around 2020.

Chris Brown's "Moonlight" (from 11:11, 2023) is reported to sample the intro of Hi-Fi Set's "Sky Restaurant" (1975).

Benny the Butcher & Harry Fraud's "Plug Talk" (from The Plugs I Met 2, 2021, feat. 2 Chainz, prod. Harry Fraud) is reported to sample Yoshiko Sai's "Taiji no Yume" (1977).

Logic's "BoomTrap Protocol" (from the mixtape Bobby Tarantino II, 2018) samples Katsutoshi Morizono's "Space Traveller" (from Bad Anima, 1978).