To put it simply, there’s nothing even remotely like Us3’s “Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)” currently in the Top 40. Built around samples taken from jazzman Herbie Hancock’… ...

The producer who led Us3 to a platinum album debut and a U.S. Top 10 single with a lively blend of hip-hop and bebop jazz on 1992’s ... Over that mix of elements, Us3 added a festive layer of ...

Us3: The Struggle Continues article by Frederick Bernas, published on November 20, 2007 at All About Jazz. ... respected, Wilkinson comes across as a genuine, open person—not at all pretentious or ...

The song it appeared on, “Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia),” was a one-of-a-kind jazz-rap crossover for a London-based crew calling themselves Us3, reaching No. 41 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 and ...

AAJ contributor Frederick Bernas spoke with Wilkinson at London's Jazz Cafe, where Us3 played two nights, launching a European tour through September and October 2007. In this in-depth interview ...

In the 1990s and early 2000s, the British group Us3, led by Geoff Wilkinson, backed rappers with jazz grooves, mixing samples — primarily vintage Blue Note jazz tracks — with performances.