>On the other hand, Paul McCartney has allowed a few to sample
>his solo work, including Erykah Badu but in this case, she
>went out of her way to make an effort to contact him directly
>and he said it was okay. Nonetheless, everyone else hasn't
>done it, partly because by the time he approved of some,
>sampling was becoming less worthy.

I always liked the instrumental for Knocturnal's Muzik. An early Kanye production with a Wings sample https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkoF9YepdQ4

It's a shame they weren't more lenient, the OG Thought At Work was sooooo good