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Doom has been finding more notoriety as an emcee, particularly after teaming up with Madlib and Danger Mouse. But he is a master at layering loops and samples, highlighting one instrument over precise and knocking drums. On “Coffin Nails,” Doom channels his inner Rza, ushering a dark piano scale back and forth, neatly matched to bass-guitar riffs and staggered drums. In contrast, Doom gets dirty with his bass line on “Devil’s Shoestring,” delivering a funk track suited for Curtis Mayfield circa 1972.

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With eighty-three tracks of material (including a bonus, third disc that includes unmixed, three- to four-minute instrumentals left over from Doom’s days in KMD), the leap Doom has made in terms of quality is evident as the set plays on. For the most part, the KMD beats are dated, conforming to that dusty low-tech mid-’90s sound. But the style he created with KMD is never abandoned; it’s only replaced by a cleaner and almost encyclopedic use of samples. Still, like any instrumental album, these beats are just pieces of a whole. Without Doom’s vocals, the true breadth of his skills can be lost.

With production credits on Ghostface’s upcoming Fishscale and an entire album with Ghost entitled Swift and Changeable near completion, Doom will likely continue to share the wealth among his colleagues in rhyme. In a year so far marred with sub-par hip-hop releases (minus Dilla’s Donuts), The Box Set is one of the best products on the block. Cycling through the three-hour compilation (the first two discs are sixty-minute mixes) can be a daunting task, but it’s well worth it to get high off Doom’s special herbs.

Nature Sounds Records (with streaming audio)

Metalfingers Presents: Special Herbs, The Box Set Vol. 0-9

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Released

January 24, 2006

Genre

Length

~ 3 hr 17 min

Label

Nature Sounds

Producer

Metal Fingers, DJ Subroc

MF Doom chronology

Occult Hymn
(2006)

Metalfingers Presents: Special Herbs, The Box Set Vol. 0-9
(2006)

Madvillainy 2: The Madlib Remix
(2008)

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Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Prefix	^[2]

This limited edition box set of Metal Fingers' Special Herbs is made up of 3 CDs. The first two, are mixed extracts from the initial ten volumes of the Special Herbs series.^[1] The third disc is a collection of KMD instrumentals.^[1]

The Box Set was released on January 24, 2006, limited to 7,500 copies. Reissued with some minor artwork changes to the digipak inlay cards and the disc labels in August 2012, and unlike 2006's 3-CD Special Herbs mix, this collection contains all the beats in their full, original form.

Track listing[edit]

Disc 1

Arrow Root - 2:11
Bergamot - 2:08
Coffin Nails 1:59
Podina - 2:04
Saffron - 2:04
Elder Blossoms - 1:49
Kava Kava Root - 1:55
Orris Root Powder - 2:02
Zatar - 2:06
Calamus - 2:06
Valerian Root - 2:15
Coltsfoot Leaf - 2:07
Charnsuka - 2:22
Agrimony - 2:08
Pennyroyal - 2:11
Burdock Root - 2:05
Patchouly Leaves - 2:11
Emblica Officinalis - 2:10
Galangal Root - 2:05
Eucalyptus - 2:10
Datura Stramonium - 2:07
Jasmine Blossoms - 2:08
Vinca Rosea - 2:01
Safed Musli - 2:10
Fenugreek - 2:02
Benzoin Gum - 2:06
Lavender Buds - 2:13
Vervain - 1:54
Shallots - 2:04
Licorice - 2:19
Camphor - 1:51
Dragon's Blood Resin - 2:09
Syrax Gum - 2:05
Myrrh - 2:04
Chrysanthemum Flowers - 2:07

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Disc 2

Sumac Berries - 2:05
Coriander - 2:03
Arabic Gum - 2:14
Black Snake Root - 2:12
High John - 2:23
Mullein - 2:02
Spikenard - 1:46
White Willow Bark - 2:06
Bark
Sarsaparilla - 2:04
Bergamont - 2:04
All Spice - 2:05
Lemon Grass - 2:35
Orange Blossoms - 1:59
Buckeyes - 2:15
Passion Flower - 2:23
Mugwort - 2:06
Four Thieves Vinegar - 2:06
Dragon's Blood - 2:10
Devil's Shoestring - 2:16
Monosodium Glumate - 2:13
Yellow Dock - 2:19
Nettle Leaves - 2:10
Clinquefoil - 2:10
Wormwood - 1:49
Coca Leaf - 2:05
Blood Root - 2:12
Peach Extract - 2:18
Horehound - 2:14
Lovage - 2:14
Myrtle Leaf - 2:15
Meditation - 2:16
Star Anis - 2:00
Hyssop - 2:11
Red #40 - 2:06
Mandrake - 2:17

Disc 3

Who Me? - 3:36
Plumskinzz - 4:51
Humrush - 3:26
Garbage Day #3 - 3:32
Constipated Monkey - 2:56
Contact Blitt - 2:34
What a Nigga Know? - 3:34
Get-U-Now - 5:12
Smokin' That Shit! - 4:39
It Sounded Like a Roc! - 4:50

References[edit]

^ ^a^b^cBirchmeier, Jason 'Special Herbs: The Box Set Review', Allmusic, Macrovision Corporation
^Martinez, Rafael 'Metal Fingers: Special Herbs - the Box Set', Prefix, 16 March 2006

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