Special Herbs, Vol. 1

Infobox Album | Name = Special Herbs, Vol. 1
Type = Album
Artist = Metal Fingers


Recorded = Various dates
Genre = Hip-hop
Length = 29:21
Label = Female Fun Records
Producer = Metal Fingers |DJ Subroc Reviews =
Last album =
This album = "Special Herbs, Vol. 1"
(2001)
Next album = "Special Herbs, Vol. 2"
(2002)

"Special Herbs, Vol. 1" is the first album in the "Special Herbs" series of instrumental works released by Daniel Dumile under the Metal Fingers moniker on various independent hip hop labels. Establishing the trend for later albums in the series, each track is named after a herb or similar flora (with the possible ironic exception of mass-produced flavour enhancer monosodium glutamate).

Because the "Special Herbs" albums were released on various labels, the nine tracks of "Vol. 1" appear again as the first nine tracks on the following album, "Special Herbs, Vol. 2".

Track listing

# "Saffron" – 3:24
#* Contains a sample from "Hogin' Machine" by Les Baxter, from the "Hell's Belles" soundtrack.
#* Produced by Metal Fingers
# "Arrow Root" – 3:45
#* Produced by Metal Fingers
# "Zatar" – 3:14
#*Contains a sample from "Been So Long" by Anita Baker
#* Produced by Metal Fingers
# "Fenugreek" – 3:22
#* Produced by Metal Fingers
# "Sumac Berries" – 3:34
#* Produced by Metal Fingers
# "Coriander" – 3:03
#* Produced by Metal Fingers
# "Shallots" – 4:00
#* Produced by DJ Subroc
# "Charnsuka" – 2:19
#* Produced by Metal Fingers
# "Monosodium Glutamate" – 2:40
#* Contains a sample from "One Hundred Ways" by Quincy Jones, from the album "The Dude".
#* Produced by Metal Fingers

Other versions

* "Saffron" is an instrumental version of "Doomsday" by MF DOOM, from the album "".
* "Arrow Root" is an instrumental version of "Next Levels" by King Geedorah featuring Scienz of Life, from the album "Take Me to Your Leader"; it is also used by Spiga and King Caesar on "Ride The Arrow", from the "X-Ray Monster Mixes 2" compilation.
* "Zatar" is an instrumental version of "Foolish" by MF Grimm featuring MF DOOM and Megalon, from the album "".
* "Fenugreek" is an instrumental version of "1,2...1,2" by Monsta Island Czars from the album "Escape from Monsta Island!"; it is also used by Ghostface Killah featuring the Wu-Tang Clan on "9 Milli Bros.", from the album "Fishscale".
* "Sumac Berries" is an instrumental version of "Scientific Civilization" by Monsta Island Czars from "Escape from Monsta Island!". It is also used by The John Robinson Project for "Indy 102", and by Ghostface Killah featuring Trife on "Jellyfish", from "Fishscale".
* "Coriander" is an instrumental version of "Mic Line" by King Geedorah, from "Escape from Monsta Island!".
* "Shallots" is an instrumental version of "Hands of Doom" by MF DOOM, from "Operation: Doomsday".
* "Charnsuka" is an instrumental version of "?" by MF DOOM featuring Kurious, from the same album.
* "Monosodium Glutamate" is an instrumental version of "Rhymes Like Dimes" by MF DOOM featuring DJ Cucumber Slice, from the same album.

External links

* [http://www.angelfire.com/indie/slade916/special_herbs.html Special herbs guide]