{"id":227164,"date":"2026-05-12T09:00:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T07:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/?p=227164"},"modified":"2026-05-10T11:58:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T09:58:15","slug":"dj-muggs-reveals-his-top-sample-choppers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/dj-muggs-reveals-his-top-sample-choppers\/","title":{"rendered":"DJ Muggs Reveals His Top Sample Choppers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/d5byGcgztqA?si=HpEHpvuLTK0ZDC0b\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>On Bootleg Kev\u2019s show, DJ Muggs revealed that J Dilla, Madlib, The Alchemist, and Marley Marl are among his favorite sample choppers in hip-hop. Muggs praised each producer for their unique ability to flip samples into timeless records and classic beats. His choices quickly sparked debate among fans over who truly belongs on hip-hop\u2019s production Mount Rushmore.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"227165\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/dj-muggs-reveals-his-top-sample-choppers\/dj-muggs-reveals-his-top-sample-choppers\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/DJ-Muggs-Reveals-His-Top-Sample-Choppers.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"DJ Muggs Reveals His Top Sample Choppers\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/DJ-Muggs-Reveals-His-Top-Sample-Choppers.jpg?fit=640%2C360&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/DJ-Muggs-Reveals-His-Top-Sample-Choppers.jpg?resize=640%2C360&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-227165\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Bootleg Kev\u2019s show, DJ Muggs revealed that J Dilla, Madlib, The Alchemist, and Marley&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-227164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-interviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pG6fW-X5W","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=227164"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227164\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":227166,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227164\/revisions\/227166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}