MF DOOM - Metal Fingers Presents: Special Herbs Vol. 1 & 2 (Mustard Yellow Vinyl)

MF DOOM - Metal Fingers Presents: Special Herbs Vol. 1 & 2 (Mustard Yellow Vinyl)One of the most expansive instrumental Hip Hop series to date, MF Doom's lauded Special Herbs collection assembles a mountainous collection of his beats, ranging from series exclusives to slightly reworked favorites he produced for himself and others. Released under the alias Metal Fingers, Special Herbs succeeds at capturing DOOM's highly influential sound which continually breaks and reinterprets the rules of the game in favor of the super villain.

stuff that wouldn't be out of place on an alternate-universe mid-70s Who album

Interlude: Mercy Fragment

No Pun Intended / 7

The best of Dorsey Burnette’s 1960s sides stand alone as Wry Depression-Era Fables

Fast Hearts And Slow Towns

this is mid

1 Can't Sleep

and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band

Slack Tide

2 Acid Rain

lush horns

but with all the caterwauling and rough bits that the most stoic traditionalist might desire