Where modern music gets its samples/riffs/whatever melodies from

[mikeymikec]

I find it interesting learning where certain bits of music came from. This one I came across by pure chance (YouTube autoplay):

For Eminem - 'The Real Slim Shady', go to 2:14:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKISdd2mKzU

Another one off the top of my head is Will Smith - the basic melody from 'Wild Wild West' is from Stevie Wonder - 'I Wish'.

The first one came from here with autoplay:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGQbtyctPmE
Camille Yarbrough - 'Take Yo' Praise'
Which I first heard from Fatboy Slim - 'Praise You'

If rock is more your thing, then another one off the top of my head is the riff from 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' is from Boston - 'More Than A Feeling', but I suspect most people know that