Tuesday, October 27, 2009

MF GRIMM & MF DOOM - Special Herbs & Spices

















1. Intro - Fat Man Scoop
2. Arabic Gum + Ajowan = No Snakes Alive Pt. 3
3. Calamus + Star Anise = Superhero
4. Dragons Blood + Cayenne = 1000 Degrees
5. Dragons Blood Resin + Ginger = War Paint
6. Benzoin Gum + Asafoetida = 10 Years Later
7. Red #40 + Wasabi = Bottle Rocket
8. Bergamot + Sumac = Rain Blood Pt. 2
9. Kava Kava Root + Poppy Seeds = Stress Box
10. Styrax Gum + Nutmeg = Tick Tick Pt. 2
11. Mugwort + Cinnamon = Shifting Lanes Ft. Kurious
12. Horehound + Sesame Seeds = Tonight's Show Ft. Invisible Man & Lord Smog
13. Outro - Fat Man Scoop
14. My Love


Let me Sum this album up real quick, this album is pretty much MF Grimm kicking rhymes over a bunch of DOOM laced production, the beats of course come via DOOM's special herbs series which means they're all something you've heard before. That being said though this is still a solid album, I mean yes I would have much preffered some fresh DOOM production but its also kinda cool hearing what Grimm does with some of these classics and what direction he takes them in to.

Sadly there is still another negative I must mention, Grimm himself is somewhat off on this album, half the time he sounds as if he doesnt know how he wants to flow on the beat and the other half his lyrics are really lacking. Ive been told he freestyled a good portion of this and it easily sounds as if it could be true, simply put its not up to Grimms usual standard, that isnt too say its bad, but disappointing. As a whole the album is very interesting and entertaining, the production is classic and when Grimm is on point the album works perfect, its when Grimm isnt bringing his A game that the album falters and sadly that seems to be the case for the majority of the record.

Overall - 3/5

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