Broadway & 52nd is the second studio album by jazz-rap group Us3 and has a more dark, conscious mood to it than their first album.
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| Released | 8 April 1997 | |||
| Genre | Jazz, hip-hop | |||
| Length | 61:30 | |||
| Label | Blue Note | |||
| Producer | Geoff Wilkinson, Jim Hawkins | |||
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| Singles from Broadway & 52nd | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B+[2] |
| Rolling Stone | [3] |
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
edit- "Intro" (Geoff Wilkinson, Hawkins, Powell, De Moraes) – 1:14
- "Come on Everybody (Get down)" (Wilkinson, Hawkins, Armstead, McLean) – 5:49
- "Caught Up in a Struggle" (Wilkinson, Hawkins, Vialva) – 3:42
- "True to the Game" (Wilkinson, Hawkins, Armstead) – 3:34
- "Snakes" (Wilkinson, Hawkins, Armstead) – 4:07
- "I'm Thinking About Your Body" (Wilkinson, Hawkins, Vialva, McFerrin) – 5:24
- "Grand Groove" (Wilkinson, Hawkins, Armsteads) – 3:36
- "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) – 4:53
Charts
edit| Chart (1997) | Peak position |
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| Australian Albums (ARIA)[4] | 90 |
| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[5] | 28 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[6] | 21 |
| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[7] | 91 |
| French Albums (SNEP)[8] | 47 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[9] | 80 |
| New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[10] | 39 |
| Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[11] | 26 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[12] | 48 |
| UK Albums (OCC)[13] | 93 |
| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[14] | 90 |
References
edit- ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r259424
- ^ Woodard, Josef (18 April 1997). "broadway & 52nd". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
- ^ Fine, Jason. "US3: Broadway And 52nd". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 29 June 2001. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
- ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 290.
- ^ "Austriancharts.at – Us 3 – Broadway & 52nd" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
- ^ "Ultratop.be – Us 3 – Broadway & 52nd" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
- ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Us 3 – Broadway & 52nd" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
- ^ "Lescharts.com – Us 3 – Broadway & 52nd". Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
- ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Us 3 – Broadway & 52nd" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
- ^ "Charts.nz – Us 3 – Broadway & 52nd". Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
- ^ "Norwegiancharts.com – Us 3 – Broadway & 52nd". Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
- ^ "Swisscharts.com – Us 3 – Broadway & 52nd". Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
- ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
- ^ "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums: Week of April 26, 1997". Billboard. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
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