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Biography
Infobox Album | | Name = Hand on the Torch| Type = Album | Artist = Us3 | Cover = Hand_On_The_Torch.jpg| Released = November 16, 1993| Genre = Jazz Rap / Alternative hip hop|Alternative Hip-Hop | Length = 57:35| Label = Blue Note | Producer = Mel Simpson , Geoff Wilkinson | Last album =| This album = Hand on the Torch (1993)| Next album = Broadway & 52nd (1997)Album ratings| rev1 = Allmusic | rev1Score = Rating|4|5Allmusic|class=album|id=r191393| rev2 = Rolling Stone | rev2Score = Rating|2|5 http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/us3/albums/album/283686/review/5943096/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 hip hop music|rap , using live jazz musicians. All sampling (music)|sample s 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 .
Tracks
#" Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia) " (Kelly/Simpson/Wilkinson/Hancock) #"I Got It Goin' On" (Powell/Kelly/Simpson/Wilkinson/Wilson) #"Different Rhythms Different People" (Simpson/Wilkinson) #"It's Like That" (Powell/Simpson/Wilkinson/Parker/Rollins) #"Just Another Brother" (Powell/Simpson/Wilkinson/Hubbard) #"Cruisin'" (Kelly/Simpson/Wilkinson) #"I Go to Work" (Powell/Simpson/Wilkinson/Monk) #"Tukka Yoot's Riddim" (Taylor/Simpson/Wilkinson/Covay/Cropper) #"Knowledge of Self" (Kelly/Simpson/Wilkinson) #"Lazy Day" (Powell/Simpson/Wilkinson/Sample) #"Eleven Long Years" (Taylor/Simpson/Wilkinson/Silver/Hancock) #"Make Tracks" (Powell/Simpson/Wilkinson/Silver/Pearson) #"The Darkside" (Kelly/Simpson/Wilkinson/Mizell)
Sampling
Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia) features samples from "Cantaloupe Island" as performed by Herbie Hancock , and the introduction from "A Night in Birdland, Vol. 1" by Art Blakey|Art Blakey Quintet .
''I Got It Goin' On'' features a sample from "Ronnie's Bonnie" as performed by Reuben Wilson .
Different Rhythms Different People features vocal samples from "Art Blakey's Comment On Ritual" and "At The Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 2" by The Jazz Messengers .
''It's Like That'' features samples from "Alfie's Theme" as performed by Big John Patton and "Cool Blues" as performed by Lou Donaldson .
Just Another Brother features samples from "Crisis" as performed by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers .
I Go To Work features samples from "Straight No Chaser" as performed by Thelonious Monk .
''Tukka Yoot's Riddim features samples from "Sookie Sookie" as performed by Grant Green .
Lazy Day features a sample from "Goin' Down South" as performed by Bobby Hutcherson .
Eleven Long Years features samples from "Song For My Father" as performed by Horace Silver and "Blind Man, Blind Man" as performed by Herbie Hancock .
Make Tracks features samples from "Filthy McNasty" as performed by Horace Silver and "Jeannine" as performed by Donald Byrd .
The Darkside features a sample from "Steppin' Into Tomorrow" as performed by Donald Byrd .
Musicians
Rap - Rahsaan and Kobie Powell (guest Tukka Yoot on ''Tukka Yoot's Riddim )
Trumpet - Gerard Presencer
Trombone - Dennis Rollins
Tenor Sax - Mike Smith (saxophonist)|Mike Smith
Soprano and Tenor Sax - Ed Jones (jazz musician)|Ed Jones
