Us3

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US3 is a jazz-rap group founded in London in 1991. They use samples of classic songs released by Blue Note Records. Among them is “Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)”, sampling Herbie Hancock’s “Cantaloupe Island” on their first album Hand on the Torch. The song received much attention, approaching platinum status in the United States and being adopted as the theme music to the WBUR public radio program The Connection.

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1	Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia) full track	835
2	Cantaloop full track	733
3	I Got It Goin' On full track	255
4	Tukka Yoot's Riddim full track	250
5	It's Like That full track	189
6	Just Another Brother full track	177
7	Eleven Long Years full track	167
8	I Go to Work full track	161
9	Lazy Day full track	149
10	Cruisin' full track	136
11	The Darkside full track	130
12	Knowledge of Self full track	125
13	You Can't Hold Me Down	119
14	Make Tracks full track	118
15	Get Out	98

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Hand on the Torch
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Jazz Moods
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An Ordinary Day in an Unusual Place
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Broadway & 52nd
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noize_ wrote:
last month

Funky, Funky :))))

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Jaked00d wrote:
last month

Hand on the Torch is a masterpiece! The Darkside is among my favorite songs ever :D

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szyszkowski wrote:
July 2008

Caught up in a struggle You got me caught up in a struggle like that, man! :D

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kmadejski wrote:
June 2008

yay! :D

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Rapscallion87 wrote:
May 2008

Us3 producer/founder Geoff Wilkinson interviewed at allaboutjazz.com - click here to read!

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Alex_Stone91 wrote:
April 2008

i love cantaloop!!

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lechonmano wrote:
April 2008

They are great, I gotll their albums here http://mp3wong.com/Search/?wh=Us3

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bachrodi wrote:
April 2008

why is US3 so underrated?! theyre seriously the best hip hop ive ever heard!

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fpunit wrote:
March 2008

Come on everybody, come in here and swing! Everybody, come on, everybody! Come in here and swing!

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mir974 wrote:
February 2008

excellence

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jujuchien wrote:
February 2008

noone loves us3 like i do

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SunriseHinode wrote:
February 2008

o_O This thing is saying I've listened to them heaps but I've never even heard of them before... :/

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GrdykaIndyka wrote:
December 2007

Funky, funky... :D

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mistersofty wrote:
November 2007

WOOOOOOOOO!

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EmbataSM wrote:
October 2007

GODS!

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SynthyDogg wrote:
October 2007

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sambar wrote:
October 2007

i've missed a live drummer and a female vocal A LOT tonight, but still a great performance in prague. CU NEXT YEAR!

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js259 wrote:
October 2007

Dito on the girl. Saw them in Prague and they did a really great set, no girl either. I think they may have cottoned on.

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tinctanc wrote:
October 2007

the new album really stinks. I have 3 other (older) albums and they are much much better. Let's kick out the girl. They still got the same jazz-hop sound but it's getting a little R&B with the overacting voice of that woman. I want the 3 back.

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bassmazta wrote:
October 2007

Hand on the torch baby ...

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