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1	–Us3	Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)	4:37
2	–Greg Osby	Pillars	4:41
3	–Charlie Hunter & Pound For Pound	Fly Like An Eagle	4:31
4	–Directions In Groove	Antimatter	9:26
5	–Ronnie Foster	Summer Song	4:57
6	–Erik Truffaz	The Dawn (Edit)	4:41
7	–Medeski Martin & Wood	Latin Shuffle	9:05
8	–Us3	I'm Thinking About Your Body	5:23
9	–Directions In Groove	Upside (Alt Take)	4:50
10	–Tim Hagans	Far West	6:00
11	–Donald Byrd, The Angel	Kofi	8:30

Notes

Blue Note was enjoying a resurgence of its own at around this time, following its relaunch in 1985. Other record labels were throwing lawsuits at the producers and artists who utilized their vast catalog to create beats, but instead of suing enterprising hip-hop producers, the label’s president at the time, Bruce Lundvall, doubled down on their interest. First, he reissued many of the albums that provided the source material for some of the most well known rap and hip-hop tracks of the late ’80s and early ’90s. The re-releases were dubbed the Rare Groove Series, and they included such formerly hard-to-find gems as Jimmy McGriff’s The Worm and organist Reuben Wilson’s 1969 LP Blue Mode. What’s more, Lundvall actively encouraged the jazz artists on his roster who were looking to incorporate hip-hop elements into their own compositions.

For the whole article, see link - http://www.wonderingsound.com/feature/hip-hop-jazz-in-the-90s-blue-note-records/