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Us3 were a British jazz rap group founded in London in 1992. Their name was inspired by a Horace Parlan album, titled Us Three, 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 catalogue, all originally produced by Lion.
- Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)
Us3’s sole pop hit, “Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)”, is a...
- Hand On the Torch
Hand on the Torch is the debut studio album by British jazz...
- Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)
Gli Us3 sono un gruppo musicale jazz rap britannico, fondato a Londra nel 1991. Il loro pezzo più noto è Cantaloop realizzato campionando il brano jazz '"Cantaloupe Island"' di Herbie Hancock.
Us3’s sole pop hit, “Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)”, is a cheerfully funky fusion of jazz and hip-hop—nothing more, nothing less.
Hand on the Torch is the debut studio album by British jazz rap group Us3. It received widespread attention due to its mixture of jazz with hip-hop music, with material from popular jazz musicians of the 20th century being reimagined.
Us3 - Blue Note Records. 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”).
Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia), conosciuto anche come Cantaloop, è un singolo del gruppo musicale britannico Us3, pubblicato il 10 ottobre 1992 come primo estratto dal primo album in studio Hand On the Torch .
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.
