Music

Hand on the Torch 1993

jazz, hip hop, funk 66 min 11 tracks Blue Note

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. The samples used on the album are from old Blue Note Records classics: the most famous was Herbie Hancock's "Cantaloupe Island", which Us3 used on the track "Cantaloop ". It came out as a single having two different music videos.

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Grave, spare, character-led and warm.

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Tracks

1Announcement1:00
2Cantaloupe Island5:32
3Ronnie's Bonnie9:55
4Announcement0:39
5Cool Blues6:54
6Crisis8:32
7Straight No Chaser2:59
8Sookie Sookie10:60
9Goin' Down South7:08
10Song for My Father7:16
11Steppin' Into Tomorrow5:10

11 tracks, 66 minutes.

About the album

Artist: Us3
Label: Blue Note
Type: Album
Format: CD
Country: KR

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