The Band Played The Boogie, by NW1 featuring BORN 2 B

The Band Played The Boogie

by NW1 featuring BORN 2 B

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Are You A Fan Of Us3, Known For Their Hit "Cantaloupe (Flip Fantasia)"?

"The Band Played The Boogie" by NW1 and Born 2 B was a massive UK Hip-Hop / Jazz-Rap hit during the nineties. NW1 went on to become Blue Note/EMI's Us3, known for their hit "Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)". However, this was the original record that launched it all, released for the first time on CD (also available on Digital Download). Heavily played on London's Kiss FM, BBC Radio 1 and MTV Europe, it quickly rose throughout Europe and Japan before hitting other cities across the world.

"A journalist called Geoff Wilkinson reviewed DJ Food and said that he loved all the jazz breaks but suggested we put a rap on it. We asked if he knew anyone suitable and he made a track with Colin Crook, NW1 and Born 2 B's "The Band Played the Boogie". On the basis of that they signed to Blue Note and became US3. We were a bit gutted actually! But that showed us that there was pop mileage in what we were doing and that it was a direction that perhaps had bigger appeal than we realised." A quote by Matt Black, Ninja Tune Records, 2010.

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released March 18, 2018

Produced by Geoff Wilkinson and Mel Simpson
Lead Rap by Born 2 B

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Born 2 B London, UK

As Rapper on the first Ninja Tune Records hit and Instrumental in playing a part in the launch of Us3, BORN 2 B is a Rapper/Producer/Songwriter who proved himself as a prime mover on the British Hip Hop scene in the Nineties with his release ‘The Band Played The Boogie’ on which he featured with NW1 for Coldcut’s NINJA TUNE RECORDS with mass coverage from MTV, BBC Radio 1 and Kiss FM ... more