Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)
Context
The first single by the British group Us3, this track layers a rap over a sample of Herbie Hancock's "Cantaloupe Island" and Pee Wee Marquette's announcement taken from an Art Blakey record. Issued by Blue Note, it reached 9th place on the American Hot 100 and was certified gold. The video received an award in 1994.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Acid jazz, jazz-rap, nu jazz. Among the origins and influences of Acid jazz, jazz-rap, nu jazz: Soul jazz, boogaloo, Fusion, jazz-rock, jazz-funk, Dutch jazz.