Solid Steel Mix-Herbal Blend (2003)

Product Summary Label: Caroline Distribution UPC: 00625978108321 Release Date: 10/7/2003 Buy.com Sku: 60617441 Item#: MDUSED Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Intro ~ The Herbaliser 2. Laying The Trap / Verbal Anime - (with Charles Bernstein/Rakaa Iriscience) ~ The Herbaliser 3. Broken Clock, The - (with Cherrystones) ~ The Herbaliser 4. Riddim Killa - (with Rodney P.) ~ The Herbaliser 5. Exotica - (with Harmonic 33) ~ The Herbaliser 6. Las Chicas / Analyze - (The Herbaliser remix, Acapella, with Easy Access Orchestra/Mass Influence) ~ The Herbaliser 7. Gangster Boogie - (with Chicago Gangsters) ~ The Herbaliser 8. Uzi (Pinky Ring) / It Ain't Nothin' - (Acapella/Instr, with Wu-Tang Clan/MF Doom) ~ The Herbaliser 9. Fuck The Police / Sucker MC's - (with Jay Dee/Run-DMC) ~ The Herbaliser 10. Number Song, The - (Cut Chemist Party mix, with DJ Shadow) ~ The Herbaliser 11. Tea & Beer - (acapella, with Jean Grae) ~ The Herbaliser 12. Pushin' On - (with The Quantic Soul Orchestra) ~ The Herbaliser 13. Slick Cat - (with Carol Kaye) ~ The Herbaliser 14. It's up to You - (with Steinski & Mass Media) ~ The Herbaliser 15. Time To Build - (P Brothers remix, with Blade) ~ The Herbaliser 16. Juice Crew Law - (with M.C. Shan) ~ The Herbaliser 17. Mella - (The Herbaliser Driver Faster mix, with DJ Food) ~ The Herbaliser 18. Stars and Rockets - (with Peter Thomas Sound Orch) ~ The Herbaliser 19. Chase, The - (TRUE instrumental) ~ The Herbaliser 20. Groove Is In The Heart - (Jelly Jam Beats, with Deee-Lite) ~ The Herbaliser 21. Snake Bite - (The Herbaliser remix, with Fourth World) ~ The Herbaliser 22. Tilt - (with Arcade Funk) ~ The Herbaliser 23. World Destruction / The Missing Suitcase - (with Timezone/John Lydon) ~ The Herbaliser   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info This is a continuous in-the-mix CD compiled and mixed by The Herbaliser. This is part of Ninja Tune's Solid Steel series. 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 hip-hop-obsessed artists on Ninja Tune, and they deliver a volume with fewer of the track-meets-track mash-ups 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 world-class pacing. (The last two should come as no surprise, considering the quality control on continual display on the Solid Steel releases.) The best moments are the changeups, such as when Mass Influence's excellent rhyme "Analyze" gives way to the go-go singalong funk of Chicago Gangsters' "Gangster Boogie," or when listeners consult the credits to find that an a cappella of "Verbal Anime" (featuring Dilated Peoples' Rakaa-Iriscience) is appearing over soundtrack music from the 1976 Burt Reynolds-Jerry Reed slapstick vehicle Gator. Highlights, though, are all over this mix, including the prime '80s video game electro of Arcade Funk's "Tilt" and remixes of two familiar dance tracks (though of previous eras), DJ Shadow's "The Number Song" and Deee-Lite's "Groove Is in the Heart." ~ John Bush   Compilation Appearances Cold Cut/Dj Krush-Cold Krush C Ninja Cuts 3-Funkungfusion Tektonics Dj Kicks Xen Cuts Zen Zen Remixes Music To Make Love By Revive The Soul On The Wheels Of Solid Steel (w/ Bonus DVD) Essential Lounge Habitat Collection:fireside Electro Jazz Divas 2 (fra) Orchestral Files You Don't Know:ninja Cuts   Associated Artists and Works Herbaliser Band (The) Session 1 & 2 ~ Herbaliser Band (The)   Technical Info Release Date : 10/07/2003 Original Release Date : 2003 Catalog ID : 83 Label : Ninja Tune (USA) Number of Discs : 1 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00625978108321    Related Videos Christmas In The Heart : ... A Cherry Cherry Christmas... In Search of Solid Ground... Draw The Line: David Gray