Us3 have made vinyl history with the addictive "Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)", the first hip-hop record to be released by the internationally-respected jazz label Blue Note.
Amy Raphael "The Face" December 1992
It's so refreshing to hear music that goes beyond the normal 'safe' boundaries.
Sarah HB "Blues & Soul" 22.6.93
This is hep-cattin', horn-tootin', daddy-o-grandness!
Calvin Bush "Melody Maker" 24.7.93
A distinctive and superb hybrid
Music Week 17.7.93
It just doesn't get cooler than this!
Gavin Report 8.10.93
If acts like Us3 are any indication, true jazz rap fusion may finally be at hand.
Baltimore Sun 10.12.93
As distinctive as a thumb print, as unmistakable as a Miles Davis solo, Us3 combines jazz and hip-hop like no other group. Us3 is a breed apart.
Boston Globe 17.12.93
Finally a true hip-hop jazz album - they never forgot the importance of improvisation.
USA Today 27.12.93
Rap's New Jazz Messengers - Us3 takes fusion further than some have ever dreamed.
Time Magazine 24.1.94
Us3 remind us that what made jazz in the 50s and 60s so singular was not just the horn riffing but the syncopation, the tempo, the accenting, the odd time signatures - the crazy rhythms.
Vibe January 94
The best extended marriage of jazz and rap to date.
Wall Street Journal 2.3.94
Bird woulda dug this shit!
Austin Chronicle 4.3.94
We have seen the future and it is Us3.
Paper April 94
This sort of thing has given jazz back to the street.
The Independent on Sunday 27.11.94
