fantasia looking for the artist of this song 'cantaloop (flip trip fantasia)' was by us3... Although its not really a jazz tune, Us3 was the first hip-hop group to work with the predominantly jazz-based Blue Note Records and had exclusive access to the original master tapes from which their compositions were created. The song you're referring to uses an easily recognizable bit of melody from Herbie Hancock's "Cantaloupe Island" from the album Empyrean Isles.
If you can find the album Straight No Chaser, it contains the original songs that Us3 sampled from.
Later, Blue Note would open up the vaults for other notable hip-hop producers such as Madlib. | 