Us3 were a British jazz rap group founded by London-based producer Geoff Wilkinson in 1992. The name was inspired by Us Three, a Horace Parlan album produced in 1960 by Alfred Lion, the founder of Blue Note Records. [1] Us3's debut album, Hand on the Torch, used samples from Blue Note songs produced by Lion.

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If you are a fan of the jazz-rap movement Us3 is a must. On the London originating group’s debut Hand on the Torch album, they sample exclusively from the Blue Note Records

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Jazz/Rap trio US3's debut album, Hand on The Torch, from 1993

US3 is a jazz-rap group founded in London in 1991. They use samples of classic songs released by Blue Note Records. Among them is "Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)", sampling Herbie Hancock's "Cantaloupe Island" on their first album Hand on the Torch.

2024年8月12日 · Us3 discography and songs: Music profile for Us3, formed 1992. Genres: Jazz Rap, UK Hip Hop, Acid Jazz. Albums include Hand on the Torch, Cantaloop, and Broadway & 52nd.

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The jazz/hip-hop fusion collective Us3 scored a major hit in 1994 with “Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia),” a song that displayed the group’s fondness for sampling classic recordings on the Blue Note label (in this case, Herbie Hancock’s “Cantaloupe Island”).

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