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When hearing Us3's groundbreaking 1993 debut, Hand on the Torch, the first thing a knowledgeable listener does is identify every riff sampled from the enormous Blue Note catalog: "That's Freddie Hubbard" or "That's Herbie Hancock." Hand on the Torch was a pioneering release in the acid jazz world, arguably the first album to make the jazz part of the equation as important as the hip-hop. However, listening to this rather unexpected 1999 hits-and-remixes compilation -- the much-delayed follow-up, 1997's Broadway & 52nd, had all but disappeared upon release, and acid jazz was no longer as viable as it had been a half-decade before -- it's telling to notice that listeners immediately latch on to the instantly recognizable jazz riffs mostly because there's not a lot else going on here. London natives Geoff Wilkinson and Mel Simpson show excellent taste in jazz samples and a remarkable facility at turning them into hip-hop riffs, as with the lifts from Hancock's "Cantaloupe Island" on their excellent hit single "Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)," probably the best acid jazz single ever. Unfortunately, their rappers are uniformly uninspired and forgettable, and the four remixes, including a Nellee Hooper mix of "Cantaloop" that pointlessly removes the best elements of the song, are inessential. You might as well go buy the original Blue Note records.
© Stewart Mason /TiVo
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HERBIE HANCOCK, ComposerLyricist - Rahsaan, FeaturedArtist - Geoffrey Wilkinson, ComposerLyricist - Mel Simpson, Producer, Mixer, Keyboards, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Geoff Wilkinson, Producer, Mixer, Samples, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Us3, MainArtist - Gerard Presencer, FeaturedArtist - Rahsaan Hakeem Kelly, ComposerLyricist
(C) 1999 Blue Note Records ℗ 1993 Capitol Records, LLC, Courtesy Capitol Records, Under License from EMI-Capitol Music Special Markets
Steve Cropper, ComposerLyricist - Don Covay, ComposerLyricist - Geoffrey Wilkinson, ComposerLyricist - Mel Simpson, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Geoff Wilkinson, Producer - Us3, MainArtist - Taylor, ComposerLyricist
(C) 1999 Blue Note Records ℗ 1993 Blue Note Records
M. Powell, Composer - Rahsaan, Rap Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Mel Simpson, Composer, Producer, Mixer, Keyboards, Piano, Programmer, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Geoff Wilkinson, Composer, Producer, Programmer, Mix Engineer, Samples, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, Turntablist - Us3, MainArtist - Gerard Presencer, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Smith, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Ed Jones, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Dennis Rollins, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Kobie Powell, Rap Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Rahsaan Kelly, Composer - Mel Simpson For US3 Productions, Producer - Geoff Williamson For US3 Productions, Producer - Geoff Williamson, Mixer, Programmer, Samples, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, Turntablist
(C) 1999 Blue Note Records ℗ 1993 Blue Note Records
Rahsaan, Rap Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Mel Simpson, Composer, Producer, Mixer, Keyboards, Piano, Programmer, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Geoff Wilkinson, Composer, Producer, Mix Engineer, Samples, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, Turntablist - Us3, MainArtist - Gerard Presencer, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Ed Jones, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Mel Simpson For US3 Productions, Producer - Geoff Williamson For US3 Productions, Producer - Geoff Williamson, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Rashaan, Rap Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 1999 Blue Note Records ℗ 1993 Blue Note Records
Gareth Williams, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Geoff Wilkinson, Composer, Producer, Mixer, Executive Producer, StudioPersonnel - Us3, MainArtist - Jackie McLean, Composer - KCB, Rap Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Aubrey, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jim Hawkins, Composer, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Graham Hogg, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JC Concato, Mixer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alexander Pope Norris, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Bradley Armstead, Composer
(C) 1999 Blue Note Records ℗ 1997 Blue Note Records
Tim Vine, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Mcferrin, Composer - Geoff Wilkinson, Composer, Producer, Mixer, Executive Producer, StudioPersonnel - Us3, MainArtist - Shabaam Sahdeeq, Rap Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Ed Jones, Soprano Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Aubrey, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jim Hawkins, Composer, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - M. Vialva, Composer - Graham Hogg, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JC Concato, Mixer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 1999 Blue Note Records ℗ 1997 Blue Note Records
HERBIE HANCOCK, Composer - NELLEE HOOPER, Remix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rahsaan, Rap Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Rashaan Kelly, Composer - Melvyn Simpson, Composer - Mel Simpson, Producer, Keyboards, Programmer, AssociatedPerformer - Geoff Wilkinson, Composer, Producer, Programmer, Samples, AssociatedPerformer, Turntablist - Us3, MainArtist - Gerard Presencer, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 1999 Blue Note Records ℗ 1993 Capitol Records, LLC
Donald Covay, ComposerLyricist - Grant Green, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Mel Simpson, Producer, Mixer, Keyboards, Piano, Programmer, Remixer, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Geoff Wilkinson, Producer, Mixer, Remixer, Samples, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist, Turntablist - Us3, MainArtist - Gerard Presencer, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Randy Taylor, ComposerLyricist - Ed Jones, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Mel Simpson For US3 Productions, Producer, Remixer, StudioPersonnel - Geoff Williamson For US3 Productions, Producer, Remixer, StudioPersonnel - Geoff Williamson, Programmer, Samples, AssociatedPerformer, Turntablist - Tukka Yoot, Rap Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 1999 Blue Note Records ℗ 1993 Blue Note Records
Gareth Williams, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Geoff Wilkinson, Composer, Producer, Mixer, Executive Producer, StudioPersonnel - Us3, MainArtist - Jackie McLean, Composer - KCB, Rap Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Q-Burns Abstract Message, Remixer, StudioPersonnel - Mark Aubrey, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jim Hawkins, Composer, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - B. Armstead, Composer - Graham Hogg, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JC Concato, Mixer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alexander Pope Norris, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 1999 Blue Note Records ℗ 1999 Blue Note Records
Bobby Mcferrin, Composer - Ron McMaster, Editor, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Geoff Wilkinson, Composer, Producer, Mixer, Executive Producer, StudioPersonnel - Us3, MainArtist - Blacksmith, Remixer, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Odea Murphy, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Shabaam Sahdeeq, Rap Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Aubrey, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jim Hawkins, Composer, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - M. Vialva, Composer - Graham Hogg, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JC Concato, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 1999 Blue Note Records ℗ 1999 Blue Note Records
Albumbeschreibung
When hearing Us3's groundbreaking 1993 debut, Hand on the Torch, the first thing a knowledgeable listener does is identify every riff sampled from the enormous Blue Note catalog: "That's Freddie Hubbard" or "That's Herbie Hancock." Hand on the Torch was a pioneering release in the acid jazz world, arguably the first album to make the jazz part of the equation as important as the hip-hop. However, listening to this rather unexpected 1999 hits-and-remixes compilation -- the much-delayed follow-up, 1997's Broadway & 52nd, had all but disappeared upon release, and acid jazz was no longer as viable as it had been a half-decade before -- it's telling to notice that listeners immediately latch on to the instantly recognizable jazz riffs mostly because there's not a lot else going on here. London natives Geoff Wilkinson and Mel Simpson show excellent taste in jazz samples and a remarkable facility at turning them into hip-hop riffs, as with the lifts from Hancock's "Cantaloupe Island" on their excellent hit single "Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)," probably the best acid jazz single ever. Unfortunately, their rappers are uniformly uninspired and forgettable, and the four remixes, including a Nellee Hooper mix of "Cantaloop" that pointlessly removes the best elements of the song, are inessential. You might as well go buy the original Blue Note records.
© Stewart Mason /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:49:04
- Main artists: Us3
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Blue Note Records
- Genre: Electronic Dance
© 1999 Blue Note Records ℗ 1999 Blue Note Records
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