...was re-living it.
i complied this list a couple of weeks ago to prove to some dingbat on here that the majority of music in this time range was NOT made using samples.
in doing this, i listened to every single one of these songs in a 24h period.
submitted for your disapproval...
this is an estimated 80-85% of all commercially rotated rap singles in america from january, 2002 - december, 2004 that i could find evidence of the existence of.
i'll share my observations below...

01/02
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dmx/faith evans - i miss you (sample)
jadakiss/bubba sparkxxx - they ain't ready
knocturnal/dr dre/missy - the knoc
state property - roc the mic -JUST BLAZE- (sample)

02/02
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trina/rick ross - told yall ass
lil bow wow - take ya home
fat joe/ashanti - what's luv
royce/eminem - rock city
nas - one mic

03/02
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ja rule/charli baltimore - down ass chick
lil troy - back to ballin
ying yang twins - say i yi yi
cee lo - closet freak

04/02
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big tymers - stay fly
big moe - purple stuff
ali/murphy lee - boughetto
cam'ron/juelz - oh boy -JUST BLAZE- (sample)
wyclef jean - the pj's
master p - real love
diddy/usher - i need a girl
mystikal/butch cassidy - tarantula
pretty willie - roll wit me

05/02
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khia - my neck, my back
jd/luda - welcome to atlanta (coast to coast remix)
luda/sleepy brown - saturday (sample)
busta/diddy/pharrell - pass the courvoisier
naughty by nature/3lw - feels good

06/02
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mobb deep - get away (sample)
project pat - back clap

07/02
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eminem - without me
e-40/fab - automatic
swizz beatz/bounty killer - guilty (sample)
knocturnal - muzik (sample)
nore - nothin'
az - i'm back (sample)
luda/mystikal - move bitch
angie martinez/lil mo/sacario - if i could go!
murder inc - down 4 u

08/02
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will smith - black suits comin (nod ya head)
diddy/mario winans/ginuwine - i need a girl pt 2
outkast/killer mike - land of a million drums
nappy roots - po folks
master p - rock it
slum village/dwele - tainted
lil wayne - way of life (sample)
smilez & southstar - who want this?
lil bow wow/jd/fabolous - basketball (no sample, but a cover)
ali - breathe in, breathe out

09/02
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eve/alicia - gangsta lovin
nelly/kelly - dilemma
fabolous/jagged edge - trade it all pt 2

10/02
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ll cool j - luv u betta
cam'ron - hey ma (sample)
clipse - when the last time
field mob - sick of being lonely
xzibit - multiply
benzino - rock the party

11/02
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ying yang twins - by myself
erick sermon - react -JUST BLAZE- (sample)
petey pablo - blow your whistle
fabolous - this is my party

12/02
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common/mary - come close
scarface/faith - someday
snoop - from the church...
busta - make it clap
missy - work it (sample, but not in main part of song)
murder inc - the pledge
w.c./nate - the streets

2002 extras:
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*2pac/nas - thugz mansion
*4th avenue jones - move on
*50 cent - wanksta
*afroman - crazy rap
*big tymers - oh yeah!
*bubba sparxxx - lovely
*camp-lo - glow (sample)
*choppa - choppa style
*clipse - grindin
*cypress hill - child of the west
*devin - a-ha/doobie ashtray
*dilated peoples - worst comes to worst (sample)
*dj quik/amg - trouble
*eminem - cleaning out my closet
*eminem - lose yourself
*fat joe - crush tonight
*g-dep - special delivery remix
*ja rule - always on time
*jay-z - song cry -JUST BLAZE- (sample)
*jay-z/beyonce - 03 bonnie & clyde
*jurassic 5 - what's golden? (sample)
*juvenile - from her mama
*kool g rap - all my life remix (sample)
*lil flip - this is the way we ball
*lil romeo - parents don't understand
*lil romeo - true love (sample)
*mack 10 - connected for life
*missy - 4 my people
*ms jade - big head
*ms jade - ching ching (sample)
*mystikal - bouncin back
*nappy roots - awnaw!
*nate dogg - get up
*nature - whatcha know
*nelly - air force ones
*nelly - hot in herre
*nore - full mode
*onyx - slam harder (sample)
*outkast - the whole world
*pharoahe monch - the life (sample)
*redman & method man - how high part II
*scarface - my block (sample)
*skillz/missy - crew deep (sample)
*snoop dogg/bootsie collins - undacova funk (give up the funk)
*styles p - good times (sample)
*timbaland/magoo - all y'all (sample)
*trick daddy - in da wind
*trina - no panties
*trina/ludacris - b r right
*wu-tang clan - pinky ring (sample)

01/03
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baby/diddy - do that...
504 boyz - tight whips
nas - made you look (sample)
ja rule/bbrown - thug lovin

02/03
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missy/luda - gossip folks (sample)
fat joe - all i need (sample)
nappy roots - headz up
twista - badunkadunk
slum village - disco
504 boyz - get back

03/03
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eminem - superman
mr cheeks - crush on you
snoop dogg - beautiful
ja rule - mesmerize
50 cent - in da club
smilez & southstar - tell me
clipse - ma i don't love her

04/03
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keith murray - yeah yeah you know it -JUST BLAZE-
baby/clipse - what happened to that boy
nas - i can (sample)
bone thugs-n-harmony - home (sample)
redman - ride
killer mike - adidas (sample)

05/03
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stagga lee - roll wit mvp
nelly - pimp juice (sample)
lil romeo - play like us
busta rhymes/mariah - i know what you want
david banner - get down like a pimp
bone crusher/ti - never scared
dj kay slay/loon/amerie - too much for me
da brat - in love wit chu

06/03
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loon - how you want that
chingy - right thurr
50 cent/nate dogg - 21 questions (sample)
jay-z - excuse me miss (la la la)
ja rule - the reign

07/03
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ludacris - act a fool
clipse - hot damn
keith murray - candi bar
joe budden - pump it up/focus -JUST BLAZE- (sample)

08/03
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talib kweli - get by
fabolous - into you
lil bow wow - let's get down
nelly/diddy - shake ya tailfeather
50 cent - pimp
nappy roots - roun the globe
timbaland/magoo - cop that disc
busta rhymes - light ya ass on fire
youngbloodz/lil jon - damn!

09/03
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dmx - where the hood at
black eyed peas - where is the love?

10/03
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bigboi/sleepy brown - the way you move
david banner - cadillacs on 22's
e-40/clipse - quarterbackin
murphy lee/jd - what da hook gon be?
chingy - holidae in
nick cannon/r. kelly - gigolo
big tymers - this is how we do

11/03
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ludacris - stand up (officialy it has no sample, but it obviously does)
wyclef - party to damascus
da band - bad boy this, bad boy that
rah digga - party and bullshit 2003
loon/mario winans - down for me
mark ronson/ghostface killah/nate dogg - ooh wee (sample)
jacki-o - nookie real good
lil bow wow - my baby

12/03
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ja rule - clap back
missy - pass that dutch
nelly - iz u
g-unit - stunt 101
fabolous - make u mine
lil wayne - get something
kanye west - through the wire (sample)

2003 extras
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*50 cent - many men (sample)
*angie martinez - take you home
*baby bash - suga suga
*big gipp - steppin' out
*black eyed peas - shut up
*bone crusher - grippin the grain
*bubba sparxx - deliverance/jimmy mathis (sample)
*cam'ron - daydreaming
*cee-lo - i'll be around
*dipset - dipset anthem/i really mean it -JUST BLAZE- (sample)
*dmx - get it on the floor
*dmx - x gon give it to ya
*eminem - sing for the moment
*eve - satisfaction
*fabolous - can't let you go
*field mob - all i know
*freeway - alright -JUST BLAZE-
*freeway - what we do -JUST BLAZE- (sample)
*gangstarr - skillz (sample)
*gangstarr/jadakiss - rite where u stand (sample)
*jay-z/pharrell - excuse me miss
*joe budden - fire -JUST BLAZE-
*juelz santana - dipset - santanas town (sample)
*juvenile - in my life
*lil jon/ying yang twinz - get low
*lil kim/mr cheeks - jump off
*mc lyte - ride wit me
*nelly - tip drill
*obie trice - got some teeth
*punjabi mc/jay-z - beware of the boys
*sheek louch - might d-block
*skillz - off the wall
*smilez & southstar - now that you're gone
*sticky fingaz - can't call it
*swizz beatz - bigger business
*talib kweli - waitin for the dj
*the roots - break u off
*the roots - the seed 2.0
*three 6 mafia - ridin spinners
*ti - 24's
*ti - be easy
*westside connection - gangsta nation
*westside connection - lights out
*xzibit - symphony in x major

01/04
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timbaland/magoo - indian flute (sample)
bravehearts/nas/lil jon - quick to back down
petey pablo - freek-a-leek
big tymers - gangsta girl
eminem/2pac/biggie - runnin (dyin to live) (sample)
andre3000 - hey ya
jay-z - change clothes
twista/kanye - slow jamz (sample)
young gunz - can't stop, won't stop

02/04
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memphis bleek/trick daddy/ti - round here -JUST BLAZE-
knocturnal - the way i am
ludacris - splash waterfalls (sample)
juvenile - in my life
murphy lee - luv me baby
jin - learn chinese (sample)
ti - rubber band man
missy - i'm really hot (sample)

03/04
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j-kwon - tipsy
jay-z - dirt off ya shoulder/psa -JUST BLAZE- (sample)
dj kayslay/three 6 mafia - who gives a... where you from
ghostface killah - run (sample)
david banner - crank it up
lil scrappy - head bussa
trillville - neva eva
g-unit - poppin them thangs

04/04
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lil flip - game over
cassidy - hotel
g-unit - wanna get to know you (sample)
outkast - roses
youngbloodz - lean low

05/04
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slum village/kanye - selfish (sample)
eightball mjg - you don't want drama
kanye - all falls down
twista - overnight celebrity (sample)
cam'ron - hey lady
dilated peoples/kanye - this way (sample)
cee lo - the one
method man/busta - what's happenin (sample)
erick sermon - feel it
lil wayne - bring it back
big tymers - no love
ghostface - push (sample)
young gunz - friday night -JUST BLAZE-
cassidy - get no better
ying yang twins - whats happnin!
ying yang twins - salt shaka

06/04
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yung wun - tear it up
j-kwon - hood hop
roots - don't say nothin
kanye - jesus walks (sample)
jay-z - 99 problems (sample)

07/04
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lloyd banks - on fire
young buck - let me in
terror squad - lean back
mase - welcome back (sample)
goodie mob - play your flutes
petey pablo - vibrate
silkk the shocker - we like them girls
jadakiss - why
d-12 - how come
knocturnal - him or me

08/04
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i-20/ludacris/bone crusher - break bread
mobb deep - throw your hands up (sample)
juvenile - nolia clap
eightball - straight cadillac pimpin
lil scrappy - no problem
dem franchise boys - white tee
twista/rkelly - so sexy
ti - lets get away

09/04
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ll cool j - headsprung
mase - breathe, stretch, shake
trillville - get some
crime mob - knuck if you buck
lil romeo - my cinderella (sample)
lloyd banks - i'm so fly

10/04
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trick daddy/lil jon - let's go
fabolous - breathe -JUST BLAZE- (sample)
mobb deep - real gangstaz
nelly - flap your wings
nelly - my place
juvenile - slow motion
lil flip - sunshine
magic - i smoke, i drank

11/04
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talib/mary - i try
ja rule - wonderful
snoop/pharrell - drop it like it's hot
chingy - balla baby
young buck - shorty wanna ride
twista - so sexy chapter 2
nas - bridging the gap

12/04
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cam'ron - girls/family ties (sample)
ludacris - get back
lloyd banks - karma (sample)
mos def - sex love money
dipset - crunk musik
jacki-o - fine

2004 extras
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*213 - groupie luv
*alchemist - hold you down (sample)
*b.g. - i want it
*baby bash - shorty doo wop
*beastie boys - ch-check it out remix -JUST BLAZE- (sample)
*beastie boys - right right now now (sample)
*beastie boys - triple trouble (sample)
*bone crusher - take ya clothes off
*bubba sparxxx - back in the mud
*busta rhymes - shorty put it on the floor
*chingy - one call away
*cypress hill - what's your number
*d-12 - my band
*da band - tonight
*eminem - just lose it
*eminem - mosh
*fabolous - tit 4 tat
*guerilla black - compton (sample)
*jadakiss - time's up
*jadakiss/mariah - you make me wanna
*jay-z - encore (sample)
*jim jones - certified gangstas (sample)
*kanye - two words (sample)
*lil jon/lil scrappy - what u gon do
*ll cool j - hush
*lloyd banks - smile (sample)
*ludacris - southern fried/blow it out... (sample)
*mannie fresh - real big
*mims - i did you wrong (sample)
*murphy lee - luv me baby
*murphy lee/nelly - hold up
*nas - thiefs theme (sample)
*nelly - over and over
*nitty - nasty girl
*obie trice/nate dogg - the set-up
*philly's most wanted - ring the alarm
*pitch black - it's all real (sample)
*royce da 5'9 - hip-hop (sample)
*shawnna/ludacris - shake that
*shyne - jimmy choo
*sleepy brown/outkast - i can't wait (sample)
*terror squad - take me home (sample)
*the roots - star
*white boy - can't get out the game (sample)
*yonnie/ying yang twins - in da club
*young gunz - no better love (sample)