Special Herbs and Spices Volume 1

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Special Herbs + Spices Vol. 1
Special Herbs + Spices Vol. 1 cover
Studio album by MF DOOM & MF Grimm
Released May 11, 2004
Genre Hip-hop
Length 50:48
Label Day By Day Entertainment
Producer MF DOOM
MF DOOM chronology
MF EP
(2000)		 Special Herbs and Spices Volume 1
(2004)		 MM..Food?
(2004)
MF Grimm chronology
Digital Tears: E-mail from Purgatory
(2004)		 Special Herbs and Spices Volume 1
(2004)		 Scars and Memories
(2005)

Special Herbs + Spices Vol. 1 is the third collaboration album released between American rappers MF DOOM and MF Grimm, released in 2004 (see 2004 in music) on Grimm's own Day By Day Entertainment label. Unlike their previous works, this CD is solely focused on MF Grimm's rhyming over MF DOOM's production. The first ingredient of each song title is a reference to the corresponding track from DOOM's Special Herbs series of instrumental albums.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Intro" – 2:18
  2. "Arabic Gum + Ajowan = No Snakes Alive Pt. 3" – 2:56
  3. "Calamus + Star Anise = Superhero" – 2:31
  4. "Dragons Blood + Cayenne = 1000 Degrees" – 4:04
  5. "Dragons Blood Resin + Ginger = Warpaint" – 2:02
  6. "Benzoin Gum + Asafoetida = 10 Years Later" – 3:00
  7. "Red #40 + Wasabi = Bottle Rocket" – 3:55
  8. "Bergamot + Sumac = Rain Blood Pt. 2" – 3:27
  9. "Kava Kava Root + Poppy Seeds = Stress Box" – 3:24
  10. "Styrax Gum + Nutmeg = Tick Tick Pt. 2" – 3:30
  11. "Mugwort + Cinnamon = Shifting Lanes" – 2:57
  12. "Horehound + Sesame Seeds = Tonight's Show" – 3:10
    • Featuring Invisible Man & Lord Smog
  13. "Outro" – 0:57
    • Provided by Fat Man Scoop
  14. "My Love / Return to Monsta Island" (Bonus tracks)" – 12:29

[edit] Miscellanea

  • Due to their falling out in early 2006, this is most likely the last collaboration between both artists.
  • The song "My Love" was scheduled to be included on Grimm's triple CD album, American Hunger. However, due to the falling out between Doom and Grimm, the lyrics and beat were drastically altered and the name of the track was tweaked to "Still My Love".