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Us3 - Hand On The Torch

Label:
Catalog#:
0777 7 80883 4 9
Format:
Cassette, Album
Country:
US
Released:
1993
Genre:
Electronic
Style:
Jazzdance

Tracklist

A1   Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia) X
    Trumpet - Gerard Presencer
A2   I Got It Goin' On
    Saxophone [Tenor] - Mike Smith (3)
  Trombone - Dennis Rollins
  Trumpet - Gerard Presencer
A3   Different Rhythms, Different People
A4   It's Like That X
A5   Just Another Brother
    Saxophone [Soprano, Tenor] - Ed Jones
A6   Crusin'
    Saxophone [Soprano] - Steve Williamson
A7   I Go To Work X
    Guitar - Tony Remy
B1   Tukka Yoot's Riddim X
    Rap - Tukka Yoot
  Saxophone [Tenor] - Ed Jones
B2   Knowledge Of Self X
B3   Lazy Day X
    Backing Vocals - Marie Harper
  Saxophone [Tenor] - Ed Jones
B4   Eleven Long Years
    Rap - Tukka Yoot
  Trumpet - Gerard Presencer
B5   Make Tracks X
    Piano - Matt Cooper
B6   The Darkside X

Credits

Producer, Mixed By - Geoff Wilkinson , Mel Simpson
Rap - Kobie Powell (tracks: A2, A4, A5, A7, B3, B5) , Rahsaan (tracks: A1, A2, A6, B2, B6)
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Review by Oct 03, 2006 (edited over 3 years ago)
I put this cassette in my player after ignoring it for years. This album has aged really well. What US3 did was prove that you could mix hip-hop and jazz, and they did a great job of it. "Cantaloop" was a massive hit and is still fresh today. Within the sampled beats and bass there is some great solo trumpet, saxophone and piano to give a bit of flavour for that new generation. The lyrics are your basic I'm-a-better-rapper-than-you, but I don't mind so much. The fact that the music is great makes it all worth it. I do wish there was an all instumental album.
A surprise track is 'The Darkside'. It doesn't really have any jazz elements in it but it instead has this scary feel to it as the song takes you through the "eyes of a black man". This is something that was really hard for US3 to follow up one but I'm glad to see them still around.
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