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Us3
Hand on the Torch
Genres: Jazz, Pop, Rap & Hip-Hop

Track Listings (13) - Disc #1
1. Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia) - Us3, Hancock, Herbie
2. I Got It Goin' On - Us3, Kelly, Rahsaan
3. Different Rhythms Different People - Us3, Simpson, M.
4. It's Like That - Us3, Parker
5. Just Another Brother - Us3, Hubbard
6. Cruisin' - Us3, Kelly, Rahsaan
7. I Go to Work - Us3, Monk, Thelonious
8. Tukka Yoot's Riddim - Us3, Covay, Don
9. Know Ledge of Self - Us3, Kelly, Rahsaan
10. Lazy Day - Us3, Powell, Kobia
11. Eleven Long Years - Us3, Hancock, Herbie
12. Make Tracks - Us3, Powell, Kobia
13. The Darkside - Us3, Kelly, Rahsaan

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CD Details

All Artists: Us3
Title: Hand on the Torch
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 8
Label: Blue Note Records
Original Release Date: 11/16/1993
Release Date: 11/16/1993
Genres: Jazz, Pop, Rap & Hip-Hop
Styles: East Coast, Pop Rap
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 077778088325, 0077778088356, 0724382958550, 077778088318, 077778088349, 077778088356, 724382958529

Synopsis

Album Description

Hip-hop/jazzers Us3 have forged the most elaborate union between the styles since the early days of Gang Starr and A Tribe Called Quest. Blue Note's vast catalog gives them a huge advantage over several similar groups in terms of source material. Classic sounds by Art Blakey, Horace Silver and Herbie Hancock provide zest and fiber to their narratives. When words and music mesh, as on "Cantaloop" or "The Darkside," Us3 show how effectively hip-hop and jazz can blend. US3:
Mel Simpson - keyboards (programming)
Geoff Wilkinson - (samples, scratches, programming)

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Member CD Reviews

Gery M. (gerysm) from LILBURN, GA
Reviewed on 10/9/2006...

The first song alone is worth the price of admission!

CD Reviews

The Reason for Mixed Reviews

John Kearns | Baltimore, MD United States | 03/01/2004

(4 out of 5 stars)

"It appears to me that much of the criticism of this album comes from people who were expecting different. Rap fans who were looking for a great rap album were disappointed. And Jazz fans who despise rap were disappointed. But if you take this album for what it is, a true blend of hip hop and jazz, then you won't be disappointed at all. As jazz fans, you'll enjoy hearing familiar sounds of the samples that groove, and as hip hop fans you will enjoy the soothing flow of the rhyming. This album grooves people."

Support the beginning of jazz-rap

Henry Cooper | Atlanta, GA | 01/08/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"No jazz or rap fan should live w/o this. I don't understand why ya'll be hatin' on this album even tho it's good or it's not. I call this a classic 'cuz it shows a new level of the jazz legendaries we grew up around us. That's why a lot of people are dissin' on hip-hop 2day b/c it shows no mercy but lackness. I have love for dem cats right here.

Fav. picks: Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia), I Got it Goin' On, It's Like That, Just Another Brother, Tukka Yoot's Riddim, Knowledge of Self

This is recommended along with all of Guru's Jazzmatazz albums, all Tribe classic albums, Do You Want More??!!?!, Illadelph Halfline and Things Fall Apart by the Roots, Resurrection, 1 Day It'll All Make Sense, and Like Water for Chocolate by Common, The Antidote and The Quiet Revolution by Ronny Jordan, The Rebirth of Cool Series (all volumes, depends which one is better) and especially Heavens by the Martytroyd Trio. Definitely a Must-Have 2 date."