Us3 - Hand On The Torch

Hand on the Torch was the debut album for the jazz-rap group Us3. It received much attention because of its mix of jazz and rap, using live jazz musicians. All samples used on the album are from old Blue Note classics: the most famous being Herbie Hancock's "Cantaloupe Island", used on the track "Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)".
In 2003 The Ultimate Hand on the Torch was released, including many of the songs used as sampling material on Hand on the Torch.


US3: Mel Simpson (keyboards, programming); Geoff Wilkinson (samples, scratches, programming).

Additional personnel: Rahsaan, Kobie Powell, Tukka Yoot (rap vocals); Tony Remy (guitar); Ed Jones (soprano & tenor saxophones); Steve Williamson (soprano saxophone); Mike Smith (tenor saxophone); Gerard Presencer (trumpet); Dennis Rollins (trombone); Matthew Cooper (piano); Marie Harper (background vocals).

Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)


Tukka Yoot's Riddim


1. Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)
2. I Got It Goin' On
3. Different Rhythms Different People
4. It's Like That
5. Just Another Brother
6. Cruisin'
7. I Go to Work
8. Tukka Yoot's Riddim
9. Know Ledge of Self
10. Lazy Day
11. Eleven Long Years
12. Make Tracks
13. Darkside, The

Hand On The Torch