Artist: US3
Title: The Third Way: Hand On The Torch, Vol II
Year Of Release: 2013
Label: US3.com
Genre: Acid Jazz / Hip-Hop / Funk
Quality: FLAC (tracks +.cue, log, scans) / MP3
Total Time: 54:03 min
Total Size: 418 MB / 123 MB
Tracklist:
01. Never Go Back (feat. KCB & Tukka) (3:22)
02. Be Bop Thing (feat. Akil Dasan) (4:31)
03. Gotta Get My Hustle On (feat. Tukka & Akil Dasan) (3:24)
04. I Want One of Those (feat. Akil Dasan) (4:03)
05. The Out Crowd (feat. KCB) (4:32)
06. Wha' G'wan? (feat. Tukka) (4:12)
07. Beautiful (feat. Akil Dasan) (3:44)
08. Keep Your Head Right (Keep Your Fist Tight) (feat. Akil Dasan & KCB) (3:59)
09. Dance with Me (feat. KCB & Tukka) (4:16)
10. What Would You Do? (feat. KCB, Tukka & Akil Dasan) (4:30)
11. Are You Nuts? (feat. KCB) (4:20)
12. If You've Got It Flaunt It (feat. Tukka) (2:44)
13. I'm Goin' (Come Along) (feat. Akil Dasan) (3:38)
14. You'll Never Come Close (feat. KCB) (3:14)
2013 marks the 20th anniversary of Us3's multi-million selling debut album "Hand On The Torch". In honour of that, the new Us3 album "The Third Way (Hand On The Torch Vol II)" marks a return to the classic Us3 sound, with 5 of the 14 tracks containing interpolations of a number of well-known jazz standards, including Dizzy Gillespie's "Manteca", Duke Ellington's "It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing", and Lee Morgan's "The Sidewinder".
MC duties are taken by 3 former Us3 collaborators; Akil Dasan ("Schizophonic" & "Say What!?"), KCB ("Broadway & 52nd"), and Tukka ("Hand On The Torch"). A video for the lead track "Never Go Back" can be seen on the Us3videos channel on YouTube (from September 16th).
