Us3: Британская джаз-рэп группа и их дискография.

British jazz rap band
the band

Us3 were 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 catalogue, all originally produced by Lion.

Us3 was created by London based producer Geoff Wilkinson. Formed in 1992 alongside production partner Mel Simpson, Us3 had two previous incarnations.

+ List of albums, with selected chart positions Title Year Peak chart positions UK AUT USR&B/HH Hand on the Torch 1993 40 51 11 29 81 28 21 31 21 Broadway & 52nd 1997 93 90 28 80 91 39 48 — 90 An Ordinary Day in an Unusual Place 2001 — — — — — — — — — Questions 2004 — — — — — — — — — Schizophonic 2006 — — — — — — — — — Say What!? 2007 — — — — — — — — — Stop. Think. Run. 2009 — — — — — — — — — Lie, Cheat & Steal 2011 — — — — — — — — — The Third Way 2013 — — — — — — — — —

+ List of singles, with selected chart positions Title Year Peak positions Album UK AUS AUT BEL(FL) NLD NZ SWI US USR&B "Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)" 1992 — 32 3 24 22 18 16 7 9 21 Hand on the Torch "Tukka Yoot's Riddim"1993 34 — 24 — 97 — 28 26 — — "Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)" (UK reissue) 23 — — — — — — — — — "I Got It Goin' On"1994 52 — — — — — 39 — — — "Eleven Long Years" — — — — — — — — — — "Come on Everybody (Get Down)"1997 38 — — — — — — 49 — — Broadway & 52nd "I'm Thinking About Your Body" — — — — — — — — — — "You Can't Hold Me Down" 2001 94 — — — — 98 — — — — An Ordinary Day in an Unusual Place "Get Out" 2002 174 — — — — 97 — — — — "Say You Belong to Me" 2007 — — — — — — — — — — Say What!? "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released.