Released April 8, 1997 Release date 8 April 1997 Label Blue Note Records | Artist Us3 Producer Geoff Wilkinson Genres Jazz, Hip hop music | |
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Broadway & 52nd
(1997) An Ordinary Day in an Unusual Place
(2001) Similar Us3 albums, Hip hop music albums | ||
Broadway & 52nd is the second album by jazz-rap group Us3 and has a more dark, conscious mood to it than their first album.
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On the album, the group continued mixing live musicians with samples and hip hop lyrics. While the album was not as well received as the debut album Hand on the Torch, it represented a more mature approach to jazz-rap. After the huge success of their first album, the president of Blue Note records allowed the trio to dig deep into Blue Note's vault and do whatever they wanted to do with its material.
The album's title comes from the street intersection in the middle of the theater district in New York City, which used to be the center of bebop in New York City.
Track listing
- "Intro" (Geoff Wilkinson, Hawkins, Powell, De Moraes) – 1:14
- "Come on Everybody (Get down)" (Wilkinson, Hawkins, Armstead, McLean) – 5:48
- "Caught Up in a Struggle" (Wilkinson, Hawkins, Vialva) – 3:42
- "True to the Game" (Wilkinson, Hawkins, Armstead) – 3:34
- "Snakes" (Wilkinson, Hawkins, Armstead) – 4:10
- "I'm Thinking About Your Body" (Wilkinson, Hawkins, Vialva, McFerrin) – 5:21
- "Grand Groove" (Wilkinson, Hawkins, Armsteads) – 3:35
- "Nowadays" (Wilkinson, Hawkins, Armstead) – 4:24
- "Sheep" (Wilkinson, Hawkins, Vialva) – 4:46
- "Doin' a Crime" (Wilkinson, Hawkins, Vialva) – 5:37
- "Recognise and Realise" (Wilkinson, Hawkins, Armstead, Vialva) – 5:40
- "Time and Space" (Wilkinson, Hawkins, Vialva, Jordan) – 4:45
- "Soul Brother" (Wilkinson, Hawkins, Armstead) – 3:59
- "Hymn for Her" (Wilkinson, Hawkins) – 4:54
Songs
1Intro1:14
2Come On Everybody (Get Down)5:49
3Caught Up in a Struggle3:43