Special Herbs: The Box Set [BOX SET] [EXPLICIT LYRICS] [LIMITED EDITION]

MF Doom

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 24, 2006)
• Original Release Date: January 24, 2006
• Number of Discs: 3
• Format: Box set, Explicit Lyrics, Limited Edition
• Note on Boxed Sets: During shipping, discs in boxed sets occasionally become dislodged without damage. Please examine and play these discs. If you are not completely satisfied, we'll refund or replace your purchase.
• Label: Nature Sounds
• ASIN: B000CCZQNC
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #29,988 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Arrow Root

2. Bergamot

3. Coffin Nails

4. Podina

5. Saffron

6. Elder Blossoms

7. Kava Kava Root

8. Orris Root

9. Powder

10. Zatar

See all 37 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Coriander

2. Arabic Gum

3. Black Snake Root

4. High John

5. Mullen

6. Spikenard

7. White Willow

8. Bark

9. Sarsaparilla

10. Bergamont

See all 35 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great, but a few caveats..., April 11, 2006

By	Redcap (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews

If you've been actively searching for this MF releases, you're probably going to buy it regardless of the ratings. Everything is done in the well-known MF style - beats a little rougher and unfinished, maybe a little off beat. Before you buy, just a few things to note: 1) Just like the other reviews, the tracks are mixed up. 2) I should've read some of the reviews a little closer, but this is NOT a box set! It's mix of his Instrumental albums, so maybe two minutes of each track. So if you're looking for small patches of beats for mixes or sampling it's fine. But if you're looking for the full instrumentals, you'll have to keep buying the rest of the Special Herbs releases. If you still have the full set of Special Herbs releases, there's still a reason to buy it. There's a 3rd with 10 full length instrumentals of tracks from MF's KMD days.

I'd recommend this for hardcore Doom fans who want everything he has to offer. For those who care only for the extra 10 tracks, and are satisfied with owning all Special Herbs albums already, you'll have to decide if it's worth buying a whole box set for the 10 KMD tracks.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Oh Yeah. This is exactly how Special Herbs should be presented., May 20, 2006

By	OverTheMoon ([e-mail]) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

The Special Herbs collections are essentially instrumental-only tunes of what you have heard from MF DOOM / VIKTOR VAUGHN before and then some extra stuff that did not make it to the final cut and of course tunes that MF DOOM had being working on but had no place outside of an instrumental offering. Hence the name, Special Herbs! I would suggest that you search out a full MF DOOM collection and then get these supplements unless you are looking for instrumental-only hip-hop. If you are, then you have come to the right place.

Special Herbs: The Box Set is Special Herbs vol. 0-9. You get all five double albums for the price of two albums. So it is much better value. MF DOOM has done it again. You can play this album from start to end for a full day in your home and never get bored with any of it. It is a masterwork.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Burning the Herbs of Instrumental Greatness, April 8, 2006

By	Christopher Robert Cowen "MC Manatee" (PHX, AZ) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

MF Dooms super collection of beats is finally upon us. First the bad: the names are all messed up. All the track titles are wrong. SO, if you are just going to bump this masterpiece in your car or home stereo, no problem but if you are looking on iTunes for your favorite herb/beat, you'll come up with the wrong track. However, the good must be brought to all of ya'lls attention: It is the sickest instrumental CD in history. It is perfect for some freestyle sessions with the homies or with your lady (specificlly track 13, disk one). That's my two cents, and it'll be worth it to gather a couple to purchase the sickness that is the Special Herbs Box Set. CCow Out.