Rewind: Metal Fingers 'Special Herbs Vol. 1 and 2' (Part 2)

Welcome to our second look at Metal Fingers' 'Special Herbs Vol. 1 and 2'.

'Nettle Leaves' contains a sample of the ever-present 'It's a New Day' break by Skull Snaps in addition to a sample of 'Eastern Market' by Yusef Lateef from his 1969 album 'Yusef Lateef's Detroit'. Dumile peppers 'Mugwort' with a sample from Coke Escovedo's 'Hangin' On'. Doom's 'Lovage' takes a sample from Faze-O's late 70s album 'Riding High' and the track 'True Love'. Finally, 'Myrrh' contains bits of Ronnie Laws' 'Friends and Strangers' from the 1977 album of the same name.

'Special Herbs Vol. 1 and 2' are followed by eight more volumes of instrumentals from MF Doom as Metal Fingers. Future posts on this blog will cover more Doom and more Special Herbs collections.

The Lowdown:
Metal Fingers 'Nettle Leaves', 'Mugwort', 'Lovage', and 'Myrrh'
from 'Special Herbs Vol. 1 and 2' (2002) (MP3/CD)
Skull Snaps 'It's a New Day'
from 'Skull Snaps' (1973) (MP3 not available/Import CD)
Yusef Lateef 'Eastern Market'
from 'Yusef Lateef's Detroit' (1969) (MP3/CD)
Coke Escovedo 'Hangin' On'
from 'Comin at Ya'' (1976) (MP3 not available/CD not available)
Faze-O 'True Love'
from 'Riding High' (1977) (MP3 not available/CD not available)
Ronnie Laws 'Friends and Strangers'
from 'Friends and Strangers' (1977) (MP3 not available/CD not available)

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