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june.06.2005 - # 1308
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artist : The Herbaliser
album : Take London
year : 2005
label : Ninja Tune
genre : Hip-Hop
catalogue : ZENCD98X
url : http://www.ninjatune.net
quality : CD lame VBR 3.90.3 --alt-preset standard
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CD1
01.Take London (Intro) 00:33
02.Nah'mean Nah'm Sayin' feat Jean Grae 04:02
03.Song for Mary 05:16
04.Generals feat Trap Clappa, Cheech Marina, Daddy Mills, 03:55
A.K., MacGuyver and Jean Grae
05.Gadget Funk 04:07
06.Failure's No Option feat Cappo 03:02
07.Lord, Lord feat Roots Manuva 04:08
08.'man Who Knows' (Interlude) 00:21
09.Kittynapper 02:38
10.Geddim'!! 04:56
11.If You Close Your Eyes feat Jean Grae 04:26
12.Sonofanothamutha 08:17
13.Twice Around feat Jean Grae 03:57
14.'I Know A Bloke' (Interlude) 00:21
15.8 Men Strong 05:15
16.Serge feat Katerine 05:35
CD2 - Bonus Disc
01.More Tea, More Beer feat Jean Grae 02:37
02.Meteroic feat Cappo 02:50
03.I Am feat Windflower 04:06
04.How to Keep A Girlfriend feat Jean Grae 04:15
05.None Other feat Cappo 03:30
21 tracks | 78:07 mins | 109,5 MB
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The Herbaliser return and, like the legitimate sons of the king
banished by the evil bastard, they're taking back everything which
is rightly theirs. Yes, that's the whole of London. Blimey.
Over the last decade Jake Wherry and Ollie Teeba have established
themselves as one of the most innovative and reliable production
duos to come out of the UK's hip hop scene. And this has been
achieved, in part, by the kind of constant self-improvement which
means "Take London" is their best album yet.
You can hear it on the instrumental tracks on the record - the
tender, angry "Song For Mary", the electro-influenced "Gadget Funk"
(where you can almost imagine them dragging their old bits of lino
out), the wah-guitared space funk of "Kittynapper," the chase scene
jazz of "Geddim'" and the epic, orchestral "Sonofanothamutha". The
attention to detail, the love of sixties soundtrack and library
records, all mixed up with a dose of geezer front and b-boy
charisma.
But of course the Herbaliser have also always had an eye for a
killer vocal guest. Jean Grae (formerly known as What What) has
been a long-time collaborator and here she contributes four tracks,
including the storming posse cut "Generals", future single "Twice
Around" and the moving "If You Close Your Eyes". The UK end is held
up by Nottingham's Cappo (who has released through Son and Zebra
Traffic) and the one and only Roots Manuva. Then, just to finish
off - and perhaps remind people how broad the duo's taste is - a
scintillating tribute to Serge Gainsbourg, "Serge," with a
monologue from Katerine.
Take London? Take the world, why not?
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