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- Date Released: July 26, 2004
- Genre: Hip-Hop/R&B
- Style: Hip-Hop
- Label: High Times / The Orchard
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In 1991, the MC born Daniel Dumile was known as Zev Love X and was a member — along with his brother Subroc — of the seminal rap group KMD, whose first album, Mr. Hood, was revered as an odd but gleeful pastiche of Afro-bohemian noise snatched from the nervously aging hits of yesteryear. But by 2002, Dumile had adopted the moniker MF Doom, resurfaced as a schizophrenic solo act (due to Subroc's untimely death in 1993), and put out an album of instrumentals entitled Special Herbs V. 1&2, which today seems as musically gratifying as any song on his former group's debut.
Emboldened by a scratchy minimalist break borrowed from Boogie Down Productions' "Poetry," the album's opener "Saffron" comes on like the hazy sonic equivalent of a blue-lit lava lamp, and the track's warm-blooded chord progressions provide an emotive ambience that would otherwise be found in the MC's voice. Also of note is the Bobbito-produced "Monosodium Glutamate," whose Moog-y nocturnal soundscape could pass as either a Midnight Marauders interlude or mood music for Martians. But ultimately, it's "Zatar," with its off-color Anita Baker loop, that's most evocative of MF Doom's disturbed psyche, thus rendering this record as formidable as one Zev Love X's from a long, long decade ago.
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| 01. |  |
Saffron |
3:24 |
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| 02. | |
Arrow Root |
3:45 |
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| 03. | |
Zatar |
3:14 |
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| 04. | |
Fenugreek With DJ Pocket |
3:22 |
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| 05. | |
Sumac Berries With Jon Doe |
3:34 |
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| 06. | |
Coriander With DJ Spinna |
3:03 |
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| 07. | |
Shallots With DJ Subroc |
4:00 |
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| 08. | |
Charnsuka |
2:19 |
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| 09. | |
Monosodium Glutamate With DJ Cucumber Slice |
2:40 |
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| 10. | |
Red #40 With DJ Cucumber Slice |
3:39 |
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| 11. | |
Nettle Leaves With Mister Fantastic |
3:28 |
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| 12. | |
Mullein |
4:40 |
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| 13. | |
Mugwort With Big Jim |
2:26 |
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| 14. | |
All Spice |
3:00 |
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| 15. | |
Lovage With DJ Pocket |
3:57 |
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| 16. | |
Eucalyptus With Big Jim |
2:44 |
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| 17. | |
Myrrh With Metal Flowers |
6:36 |
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17 Total Tracks, 59:51 Total Length
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