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.

2017年4月8日 · Us3 continues to do what it has done best: the perfect blend of spicy, sexy hip hop laced with a jazzy, horny feel. A fine jazz-rap sequel to the original, arriving 20 years after the first. Superb, thoughtful production. Lie, Cheat & Steal …

Jazz hip-hop pioneer Us3’s fresh alchemy of hard-bop and hip-hop catapulted jazz into the mainstream in the early 1990s, earning the legendary label, Blue Note Records, its first Stateside platinum certification.

In honour of that, the new Us3 album (to be released on October 14th) is entitled “The Third Way (Hand On The Torch Vol II)”, and marks a return to the classic Us3 sound, with 5 of the 14 tracks containing interpolations of a number of well-known jazz standards, including Dizzy Gillespie’s “Manteca”, Duke Ellington’s “It Don’t ...

Us3 is a jazz-rap group founded in London in 1992. Their name was inspired by a Horace Parlan recording produced by Alfred Lion, the founder of Blue Note Records. On their debut album, Hand on the Torch, Us3 exclusively used samples from the Blue Note Records catalogue, all originally produced by Lion.

Us3 Biography 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”).

This year marks the 20th anniversary of Us3’s acclaimed, platinum-certified 1993 album, Hand On The Torch and its gold-certified lead single, “Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)." To celebrate the...

Explore Us3's discography including top tracks, albums, and reviews. Learn all about Us3 on AllMusic.

2025年3月7日 · Us3’s fifth album Schizophonic sees producer Geoff Wilkinson’s rolling cast of rappers and musicians returning to the task of fitting the pieces of the jazz and hip-hop puzzle into one kaleidoscopic whole.

2024年7月27日 · Us3 is the brainchild of London-based producer Geoff Wilkinson. Formed in 1992, alongside production partner Mel Simpson, Us3 rose from the ashes of 2 previous incarnations. The first was a limited edition white label 12” release in 1990 called “Where Will We Be In The 21st Century” featuring rapper MC Honey B and jazz pianist Jessica Lauren.