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US3 Hand On The Torch

Hand on the Torch is the debut album by British jazz-rap group US3. It received much attention because of its mix of jazz and rap, using live jazz musicians. All samples used on the album are from old Blue Note classics: the most famous being Herbie Hancock's "Cantaloupe Island", used on the track "Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)".

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Music On Vinyl - MOVLP3014

Vinyl, LP, Album

Europe

1994

2021 - Reissue, 180gr, Insert

Hip Hop

Jazz-Rap, Jazz

New, Sealed

The British jazz/hip hop fusion collective US3 founded in 1992 in London and its notable members included producers Mel Simpson and Geoff Wilkinson. The group scored a major hit in 1994 with “Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)”, a track that displayed the group's fondness for sampling classic recordings from the Blue Note label (in this case, Herbie Hancock's “Cantaloupe Island'). The track was included on their debut album Hand On The Torch.

The album was a result of their connections with Blue Note owner Capitol Records, which gave Simpson and Wilkinson free rein to sample anything from the Blue Note catalog. Together with several musicians and rappers Kobie Powell and Rahsaan Kelly, they sampled a series of Blue Note classics, from Art Blakey and Thelonious Monk, to Horace Sylver and the previously mentioned Herbie Hancock. With the release of Hand On The Torch, US3 had forged one of the most elaborate union between styles and became one of the best-selling jazz albums on the Blue Note label.

A1Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)
A2I Got It Goin' On
A3Different Rhythms, Different People
A4It's Like That
A5Just Another Brother
A6Cruisin
A7I Go To Work
B1Tukka Yoot's Riddim
B2Knowledge Of Self
B3Lazy Day
B4Eleven Long Years
B5Make Tracks
B6The Darkside

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Hand On The Torch

Hand On The Torch

Hand on the Torch is the debut album by British jazz-rap group US3. It received much attention because of its mix of jazz and rap, using live jazz musicians. All samples used on the album are from old Blue Note classics: the most famous being Herbie Hancock's "Cantaloupe Island", used on the track "Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)".

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