Who here remembers (and loves) this awesome jazz/hip hop fusion song? Us3 is great, and their debut album, Hand on the Torch was up there with some of groups like A Tribe Called Quest and The Roots best and the first hip hop album ever released by legendary jazz label Blue Note Records.. According to their website, we should be expecting a new album from them this spring.


Ladies and gentleman, as you know, we have something special for you at Birdland this evening. A recording from Blue Note Records...

Wait, wait a minute. *scrratch!*

Groovy, groovy, jazzy, funky,
Pounce, bounce, Dance, as we
Dip in the melodic sea.
The rhythm keeps flowin',
It drips to M.C.
Sweet sugar pop, sugar pop rocks, it pops.
Ya don't stop 'til the sweet beat drops.
I show and I prove as a stick in move,
Hear the poems recited on top of the groove.
Smooth, lithe, floatin' like a butterfly.
Notes start to float, subtle like a lullabye.
Brace yourself as the beat hits ya,
Dip trip, flip fantasia!

(Yeah,yeah,yeah-what's that?)
Diddi-diddi bop.
Funky,funky!
Diddi-diddi bop...

Feel the beat drop, jazz and hip hop.
Drippin' in the dome and mix is on the lock
Funk and fusion, a fly illusion,
Keeps ya coastin on the river we cruisin'.
Up, down, round and round,
But nevertheless ya gots to get down.
Finesse the freak thru the beat, so unique
Ya move your feet and sweat from the heat.

Back to the fact I'm the mack and I know that
The way I kick the rhymes, some would call me a poet
Funky flowin' goin on with the sweet sound
Caught in the groove in Fantasia I'm found.
Trip the tour, upon the rhymes they soar
To an infinite height, to the realm of hardcore.
Here we go, off I take ya...
Dip trip, flip fantasia!

Jump to the jam, boogy woogy jam slam.
Bust the dialect, I'm the man in command.
Come flow with the sounds of the mighty mic masta
When I rhyme on the mic I bring a sucka disasta.
Beaucoup bucks and I still rock Nike
With the razzle dazzle star I might be.
Scribble scrabble on the microphone I babble
As I flip the funky words, into a puzzle
Yes, yes, yes, on and on as I flex.
Get with the flow, words manifest.
Feel the vibe from here to Asia,
Dip trip, flip fantasia!

C'mon get me more of that funky hornnn!

I've found it at last. Put it onnn!

(Yeah,yeah,yeah-what's that?)
Diddi-diddi bop.
Funky,funky!
Diddi-diddi bop.
[Edited 3/3/06 13:03pm]

This is one of my favorite songs of the 90s. I wanted more music from them, but it never came.

Dip trip, flip fantasia!

I don't mean to be an ignoramous, but is that Q-Tip on the track?

I definately remember the song, but it's been a looooong while!!!

I have the cassingle.

This song is from "Hand the Torch" and is in my regualr rotation because it's a great disk. Check it

I liked that song a lot. Compared to now, it's WAY better. I agree with the person who said it was one of the best songs of the 90's.

From what I remember, this came at a time when the jazzy hip hop lounge sound (a la Digable Planets with "Cool Like Dat," De La Soul, Jungle Brothers, etc.) was picking up more and more.

But I must say Digable Planets and De La were in a galaxies of their own.

Slammin song.

And now I know the damn name of the song and artist

But don't forget Herbie Hancock, who wrote that song... I think already in the 60s. Go check it out!

dip trip flip fantasia

what the fuck ever happened to US3 after that brilliant single? LOVED it

It was so overplayed I grew to hate it. Love the original tho.

JackieBlue said:

It was a good song, but you're right, it was overplayed.