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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. [1] . On their debut album, Hand on the Torch, Us3 exclusively used samples from the Blue Note catalogue, all originally produced by Lion. History.
24. Okt. 2013 · But the imprint didn’t score a platinum album until 1993, thanks to a smooth bit of scatting improvised by rapper Rahsaan Kelly: “Biddy biddy bop.”
Us3 ist eine britische Jazz-Rap-Band, die 1991 in London gegründet wurde. Die Band mischte im Rahmen des Samplings vor allem Jazzstücke des amerikanischen Blue-Note-Labels mit Hip-Hop-Elementen.
Bestechend wird “Cantaloop” durch den eloquenten New Yorker Rapper Rahsaan Kelly (“Er hatte diesen Native Tongues-Klang in der Stimme, der damals so hip war.”) und den damals 17-jährigen Londoner Trompeter Gerard Presencer, Jungstar in der Londoner Acid-Jazz-Szene, mit Credits auf Platten von Jamiroquai, Corduroy und den Brand New Heavies.
The two immediately went to work, hiring several musicians and rappers Kobie Powell and Rahsaan Kelly, with Tukka Yoot joining later. The sessions resulted in the hit “Cantaloop” and the album Hand on the Torch.
16. Nov. 2023 · Us3 was a British group that sampled Blue Note tracks and mixed them with hip-hop beats and rap vocals. Rahsaan Kelly was the rapper who featured on their hit single "Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)" and the album Hand On The Torch, which went platinum in 1993.
NY rappers KCB and Shabaam Sahdeeq came in to replace Rahsaan Kelly, Kobie Powell & Tukka Yoot, and the resulting 1997 album was “Broadway & 52nd”. The Blue Note samples became more embedded in the grooves and experimental tracks like “Snakes” (in 5/4) and “Sheep” (a spoken word poem) broke new ground, drawing great performances ...
