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  • Audio CD (19 April 1999)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Ninja Tune
  • ASIN: B0000256I9
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 49,613 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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    #29 in  Music > Hip-Hop & Rap > Experimental

1. Intro
2. Mission Improbable - Herbaliser & What What
3. Who's The Realest
4. When I Shine - Herbaliser & Bahamadia
5. Gold Rush
6. Moon Sequence
7. Mind In The Frame - Herbaliser & Blade
8. Funny
9. Shattered Soul
10. Road Of Many Signs - Herbaliser & The Dream Warriors
11. Wall Crawling Giant Insect Breaks
12. Sensual Woman
13. Let It Go - Herbaliser & What What
14. Jakesbachache
15. Missing Suitcase
16. Starlight - Herbaliser & Roots Manuva

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Album Description

With 14 new tracks to resuscitate your dead brain cells, The Herbaliser returns with their 3rd LP, freakin' that pseudo international espionage agent feel to the fullest, with instrumental tracks like "Missing Suitcase" & "Goldrush", (implementing the full 7 piece crew), it's difficult to tell what's live and what's looped.

"Sit back, relax & be cool, recline" Roots Manuva of Ninja Tune affiliated label Big Dada, will help you unwind with "Starlight". Floating in mid-air, ballroom style, eyebrow raising vibraphone lines descend then ascend to a smile. And there's nothing better than an MC who sheds lights with their words & can sing soulfully in tune.

"Life is like a road with many signs, with many turns, many stops, many lines." Words to live by woven through a beat so melancholic you could cry yet surprisingly optimistic. No wonder this uplifting track featuring the Dream Warriors is the single. Philosophy can be quite weighty though, & thanks to The Herbaliser's sense of balance, versatility & good timing, that laugh you needed all day is only breaths and steps away.

In "The Sensual Woman", a track inspired by a scene in "Dirty Harry", you'll find yourself immediately aroused (or just plain embarrassed). Subtley scandalous flute progressions of sexual innuendo slither seductively as hypnotic beats of rhythmic child-bearing hips pulsate lasciviously side to side. (I don't know about the Jello though...).

"sometimes I feel like a I need a little soul" How about you? Track II, "Shattered Soul" ios a quick fix. No words could convey the velocity of this instrumental masterpiece.

The last 2 tracks are milestones for the crew. They never anticipated collaboration with "Queen Order in the Physical" Bahamadia (one of their favourite female wordsmiths), or maverick underground UK rapper, Blade. In "When I Shine", Bahamadia flows fluidly, fluently alongside a funky guitar progression enveloped by mysterious Kamitian undertones. Bitten by the Millennium Bug, Blade's lyrics are feverish with density & conviction in "Mind the Frame", a refreshing change compared to typical hip-hop braggery. But what's so typical about a crew that let's hip-hop be compositionally beautiful yet brutally honest?

Well, what are you waiting for?????


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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Very listenable, 4 Mar 2006
By David Johnson "El Burrito" (Buenos Aires) - See all my reviews
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This was crazily undervalued at the time of it´s release mainly because this group sit uncomfortably between the hip-hop scene and the type of music you see on extreme sports programmes. Basically they don´t get much credibility from Hip-Hop fans because, "it just ain´t gangsta."
The fact is that they are brilliant. On this record several young starlets of the U.K. scene appear,"starlight," with Root´s Manuva is one of the most lyrically inventive tracks he has recorded. This recorded ambles excellently between biting realism, check out track two and the music that you see when you see this lot live, pure pure funky rhythms.
I love tracks like,"Who´s the realest," and,"Goldrush." There are no words there but it sounds like a very British landscape of our social reality. "The missing suitcase," sounds like something you might hear in a Bond movie, yet it´s strangely infectious.
If you´ve been to university they will have undoubtedly hit your student union at some point. If you´ve never seen them make it a priorty because they´re one of the UK´s most entertaining live acts. Class.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great from start to finish, 27 Jul 2006
By Mr. J. A. Butler "rodders20" (UK) - See all my reviews
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this album is the best the herbaliser has offered me to date, i like every track on it, some more than others, but still it plays from start to finish quite happily , no skipping.

nailed... buy this cd or miss out on something quite brilliant
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent self styled British hip hop, 16 Jan 2000
The Herbaliser have not fallen into the trap of many uk hip hop artists by trying to mimick our stateside cousins sounds and accents. And they have produced a great album of instrumentals to relax with and some excellent tracks featuring the very best of british hip hop including the established Balde and the new kid on the scene Roots Manuva. I was at their Glastonbury set as well and therefore vouch for their live credentials, in essence this is a must.
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Amazing these beats funk and groove will just wonna make u boogie all night. In particular track two is the best and thirteen has the best begining to any rap song i have ever... Read more
Published on 14 Aug 2003 by Mr. Hjh Brighton

5.0 out of 5 stars Classy,Jazzanova beatmeisters
The first time I heard The Herbaliser it happened to be in the u.k. a few years ago and they were seriously good. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Chilled blend of hip-hop, funk, jazz and trip-hop?
I'd bought this after hearing "8-point agenda" expecting more of the same, but this is different. A pleasant surprise you might say! Read more
Published on 14 Feb 2001

4.0 out of 5 stars A worthwhile addition to the collection
The name of Blade drew me to buy this thinking it would be hardcore, I was in for a pleasant suprise and a wonderful evening chilling out in front of my Hi-Fi. Read more
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Blow your headphones was superb and this release maintains the high standard of material these guys produce. Probably the UK's finest beat contortionists. Read more
Published on 27 Jan 2000 by dave@lave76.freeserve.co.uk

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic, hiphop breakbeat and chillin' all in one
A great album, backed up by a great session at Glastonbury '99. If you like breaking, scratching and rappin', you WILL love it.

Not too sure about their next one though!

Published on 24 Nov 1999

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