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{{short description|British jazz rap band}} {{About|the band|the highway route|U.S. Route 3}} {{EngvarB|date=December 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2017}} {{Infobox musical artist | background = group_or_band | name = Us3 | image = | caption = | alias = | origin = London, England | genre = | years_active = 1992β2014 | label = [[Blue Note Records|Blue Note]]<br />Us3 | website = {{url|Us3.com}} | current_members = | past_members = Geoff Wilkinson<br />Mel Simpson<br />Rahsaan Kelly<br />Kobie Powell<br />Tukka Yoot<br />KCB<br />[[Shabaam Sahdeeq]]<br />Michelob<br />Alison Crockett<br />Reggi Wyns<br />Mpho Skeef<br />Akil Dasan<br />Gaston<br />Adeline<br />Brook Yung<br />Sene<br />Oveous Maximus<br />Akala }} '''Us3''' were a British [[jazz rap]] group founded by [[London]]-based producer Geoff Wilkinson in 1992. The name was inspired by ''[[Us Three]],'' a [[Horace Parlan]] album produced in 1960 by [[Alfred Lion]], the founder of [[Blue Note Records]].<ref>[[Hand on the Torch]] booklet remark by Bruce Lundvall, President of Blue Note Records</ref> Us3's debut album, ''[[Hand On the Torch|Hand on the Torch]]'', used samples from Blue Note songs produced by Lion.
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