US3
:You may be looking for U.S. Highway 3. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ US3 was a jazz-rap group founded in London in 1991. They used samples of classic songs released by the Blue Note label. Among them was "Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)", sampling Herbie Hancock's Cantaloupe Island on their first album "Hand on the Torch". The song received much attention and was often played on radio. It approached platinum status in the United States. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Jazz-rap: Jazz rap is a fusion of alternative hip hop music and jazz, developed in the very late 1980s and early 1990s. Known for intellectual, often socio-political or Afrocentric lyrics and jazz beats (sometimes performed by a live band, instead of sampled), jazz rap has not become a huge mainstream succes... 1991: 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar.... Blue Note: :This article is about the blue note musical device. For the record label, see Blue Note Records.... | ~ Table of Content ~
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