Special Herbs, Vols. 9 & 0
Special Herbs, Vols. 9 & 0 is an instrumental album released by Daniel Dumile under the moniker Metal Fingers. As with all volumes of Special Herbs released by Metal Fingers, each track is named after a herb or similar flora (with the exception of "Untitled (Meditation)").
Although an instrumental album, some tracks contain sampled speech, such as "Food... we need food!" in "Vervain" and "Peach fuzz!" in "Peach Extract". The track "Coca Leaf" is based around vocal samples of singing women.
Track listing
- "Vinca Rosea" – 3:00
- "Burdock Root" – 3:32
- "Vervain" – 2:59
- Contains a sample from the 1960 Spiderman Cartoon, and samples from the 1981 Spider-Man cartoon episode "Cannon of Doom"
- "Bergamot" – 3:33
- "Podina" – 2:07
- "Untitled (Meditation)" – 3:56
- "Coltsfoot Leaf" – 3:41
- "Orris Root Powder" – 3:37
- Contains a sample from Arthur Verocai - Na Boca Do Sol
- "Passion Flower" – 4:04
- Contains a sample from Arthur Verocai - Seriado
- "Yellow Dock" – 4:22
- "Datura Stramonium" – 3:02
- "Coca Leaf" – 3:51
- "Peach Extract" – 4:07
Other versions
- "Vervain" is an instrumental version of "Beef Rapp" from MM..Food?.
- "Podina" is an instrumental version of "?" from Operation: Doomsday.
- "Untitled (Meditation)" is an instrumental version of "The Fine Print" by King Geedorah (another of Daniel Dumile's aliases), from the album Take Me to Your Leader.
- "Coltsfoot Leaf" is an instrumental version of "I Wonder" from by King Geedorah, from the album Take Me to Your Leader
- "Datura Stramonium" is an instrumental version of "Poo-Putt Platter" from MM..Food?, and is also used on "Da Superfriendz" by Vast Aire featuring MF DOOM, on the album Look Mom... No Hands.
- "Peach Extract" is an instrumental version of "Peach Fuzz" from KMD's Mr. Hood.
- "Passion Flower" was used on "Still Dope" from DOOM's Born Like This
- "Orris Root Powder" was used on "Black Gold" from MF Doom's Unexpected Guests.
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