Hand on the Torch is the debut album by 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)", which was recorded with two different music videos. Hand on the Torch is the debut album by 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)", which was recorded with two different music videos. false 2025-02-02 10:03:08 Hand on the Torch 1993 1993-11-16 1993-11-16 55 Jazz 117165 2147206 746387fe-10dc-4d23-b49e-a2a0c4128fd1 b370defd-86cc-42f3-85b4-7c2a8305c04a 8ed94489-830c-3a86-9772-f9a84354ff43 /media/data/media4/Music/Us3/Hand on the Torch/folder.jpg Us3 Us3 1 1 Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia) 04:39 1 2 I Got It Goin' On 05:18 1 3 Different Rhythms Different People 01:16 1 4 It's Like That 03:41 1 5 Just Another Brother 03:42 1 6 Cruisin' 03:30 1 7 I Go to Work 04:06 1 8 Tukka Yoot's Riddim 05:41 1 9 Knowledge of Self 04:18 1 10 Lazy Day 04:40 1 11 Eleven Long Years 03:47 1 12 Make Tracks 04:45 1 13 The Darkside 05:19 Us3 is a British jazz rap group founded in London in 1992. Their name was inspired by a Horace Parlan album, titled Us Three, produced by Alfred Lion, the founder of Blue Note Records. On their debut album, Hand on the Torch, Us3 exclusively used samples from the Blue Note Records catalogue, all originally produced by Lion. Us3 was created by London-based producer Geoff Wilkinson.