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Track Listing
1. Something Wicked
2. Verbal Anime - (featuring Rakaa Iriscience)
3. Time 2 Build - (featuring Blade)
4. 24 Carat Blag
5. Mr. Holmes
6. Good Girl Gone Bad - (featuring Wildflower)
7. Hard Stuff, The
8. Distinguished Jamaican English - (featuring Phi Life Cypher)
9. Worldwide Connected
10. Turnaround, The
11. Battle of Bongo Hill
12. It Ain't Nuttin' - (featuring MF Doom)
13. Unsungsong
Album Notes
The Herbaliser: Jake Wherry (various instruments); Ollie Teeba (programming, scratches).
Additional personnel includes: Blade, Rakaa Irisciene, MF Doom, Phi Life Cypher, Wildflower, Chris Bowden.
The U.K. production duo known as the Herbaliser (Jake Therry and Ollie Teeba) score again on their eclectic fourth full-length LP, SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES. Utilizing traditional boom-bap drums, funky horn arrangements, lofty strings, and a wide array of inspired movie samples, the London-based beatsmiths place loungy, jazz-based instrumentals in between high-energy vocal cuts featuring verses from underground MCs Iriscience and MF Doom and British hip-hop artists Wildflower, Blade, and Phi Life Cypher.
Industry Reviews
8 out of 10 - ...Bristles with energy...
NME (02/23/2002)
...A musical treasure trove...each song is a unique gem...
CMJ (03/18/2002)
9 out of 10 - ...Uptight downtown funk....Herbaliser's wicked urban soul serves as a heads-up to weak imitators and passive listeners...
Alternative Press (05/01/2002)
...One of the most cerebral-yet-groovy hip hop albums....one beat-based album that's uncommonly rich in its diversity.
Mojo (04/01/2002)
3 stars out of 5 - ...A tight mix of tough beats, jazzy grooves and rapping...
Q (03/01/2002)
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