Special Herbs Volume 7 & 8

Originally released in 2004, Special Herbs, Vols. 7 & 8 is a fascinating instrumental album that showcases MF DOOM’s skills as a producer, under the moniker Metal Fingers. Like its predecessors, the tracks on this album are named after various herbs and plants.

It makes for a great example of DOOM’s production style, incorporating a mix of jazz, funk, and soul elements with his unique signatory boom-bap hip-hop drums. The result is a collection of instrumentals that are both complex and accessible.