The Herbaliser - Herbal Blend

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Release Date:: 10/07/2003
Label:: Ninja Tune
UPC:: 625978108321

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The third volume in the always excellent Solid Steel series comes from another close Ninja Tune associate, the Herbaliser project of Jake Wherry and Ollie Teeba. Excepting only DJ Vadim, Wherry and Teeba are the most hiphopobsessed artists on Ninja Tune, and they deliver a volume with fewer of the trackmeetstrack mashups of previous volumes (helmed by DJ Food DK and Hexstatic), but succeed anyway with a syrupy midtempo flow of underground rap and soundtrack funk, a winning track selection, and worldclass pacing. (The last two should come as no surprise, considering the quality control on continual display at Solid Steel.) The best moments are the changeups, such as when Mass Influence's excellent rhyme "Analyze" give way to the gogo singalong funk of Chicago Gangsters' "Gangster Boogie," or when listeners consult the credits to find that an a acapella of "Verbal Animé" (featuring Dilated Peoples' Rakaa Iriscience) is appearing over soundtrack music from the 1976 Burt ReynoldsJerry Reed slapstick vehicle Gator. Highlights, though, are all over this mix, including the prime 80s videogame electro of Arcade Funk's "Tilt," and remixes of two familiar dance tracks (though of previous eras), DJ Shadow's "The Number Song" and DeeeLite's "Groove Is in the Heart."

- John Bush, All Music Guide

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The Herbaliser are one of the more purely hip-hop oriented acts on Ninja Tune's roster of sample-based pocket-funk. Combining deft, mid-tempo beats, well-chosen jazz and funk figures, sparse scratching, and even the odd rap, Herbaliser bridge the gap...Full The Herbaliser Biography

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