“Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)”

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“Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)” is a 1993 jazz-rap single by Us3 that famously samples Herbie Hancock’s “Cantaloupe Island” and became a major crossover hit.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf single
song
album Hand on the Torch NERFINISHED
artist Us3 NERFINISHED
associatedWithMovement 1990s jazz-rap movement
basedOn Cantaloupe Island NERFINISHED
chartedOn UK Singles Chart NERFINISHED
US Billboard Hot 100 NERFINISHED
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs NERFINISHED
US Hot Rap Singles NERFINISHED
chartSuccess major crossover hit
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
features Gerard Presencer NERFINISHED
Rahsaan Kelly NERFINISHED
genre acid jazz
hip hop
jazz rap
hasAlternateTitle Cantaloop NERFINISHED
hasBpm approximately 92 BPM
hasFormat 12-inch vinyl
CD single
cassette single
hasKey F minor
hasMusicVideo yes
hasSubtitle Flip Fantasia NERFINISHED
includesSpokenWordBy Geoff Wilkinson GENERATED
language English
length approximately 3 minutes 40 seconds
notableFor heavy sampling of Herbie Hancock’s Cantaloupe Island
popularizing jazz rap in the mainstream
partOf Hand on the Torch NERFINISHED
peakPositionOnBillboardHot100 top 10
performer Us3 NERFINISHED
producer Geoff Wilkinson NERFINISHED
Mel Simpson NERFINISHED
recordLabel Blue Note Records
Capitol Records
releaseType lead single from Hand on the Torch
releaseYear 1993
sampledArtist Herbie Hancock NERFINISHED
samples Cantaloupe Island NERFINISHED
usesLabelCatalog Blue Note jazz catalog sampling
writer Geoff Wilkinson NERFINISHED
Herbie Hancock NERFINISHED
Mel Simpson NERFINISHED

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Cantaloupe Island hasCoverVersion “Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)”
Cantaloupe Island sampledIn “Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)”