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the herbaliser

Take London

Label: Ninja Tune
Genre: HIP HOP
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Released: May 2005
Catalogue Number: ZENDNL98
Track downloads for: Take London
Time
1. THE HERBALISER : Take London (Intro)
0:32
2. The Herbaliser feat. Jean Grae : Nah Mean Nah'm Sayin'
4:01
3. THE HERBALISER : Song For Mary
5:16

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the herbaliser - Take London

The funk-soled brothers Jake Wherry and Ollie Teeba are back with a new full-length album (further bolstered by a bonus disc for initial copies) on Ninja Tune that firmly establishes them as decade long stalwarts of the UK hip-hop scene. Having more than hinted at their direction on 'Something Wicked...', 'Take London' is a Quincy Jones-inspired trawl through the wah-wah wired end of Deep hip hop stylings, opening (properly) on 'Nah'maen Nah'm Sayin' where Jean Grae appropriates a flow reminiscent of Kool Keith for her vocal contribution. With a tarmac lolloping beat and all manner of 1970's cop-show flourishes (taken to a thrilling conclusion on 'Geddim'!!'), 'Nah'mean Nah'm Sayin' very much sets the agenda for the first half of the album and is followed up by the delicate 'Song For Mary'; wherein David Axelrod gymnastics are Parr boiled down to a breezy, mid tempo instrumental. Back to the vocal cuts, 'Generals' is a spasming chunk of rough hewn hip-hop that collides somewhere above Pharaoh Monch and Roots Manuvah as Trap Clappa, Cheech Narinam Daddy Mills, A.K., MacGuyver and Jean Grae duke it out, whilst 'Failure's No Option' calls on Sherwood's very own Cappo for some East Midlands accents. Claustrophobic and decidedly smokey, 'Failure's...' marks a change in mood that is more than matched by Roots Manuva's soulful and covertly threatening rhymes on 'Lord, Lord' ("Lord, Lord, will you help me going on I can't even remember where I'm from"), whilst the Katerine inflected 'Serge' is a Gaelic styled ode to old dirty Gainsbourg.

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THE HERBALISER - Wall Crawling Giant Insect Breaks, Ninja Tune
THE HERBALISER - Remedies, Ninja Tune
THE HERBALISER - Road Of Many Signs, Ninja Tune
THE HERBALISER - Something Wicked EP, Ninja Tune
THE HERBALISER - Very Mercenary, Ninja Tune
THE HERBALISER - Time To Build / Distinguished Jamaican English, Ninja Tune
THE HERBALISER - Blow Your Headphones, Ninja Tune
THE HERBALISER - Something Wicked This Way Comes, Ninja Tune
THE HERBALISER - Generals, Ninja Tune
THE HERBALISER - 8 Point Agenda, Ninja Tune

THE HERBALISER

There Were Seven

DEPTARTMENT H

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One of Ninja Tune's longest standing groups return for a seventh album of hip hop and phatty dub.

THE HERBALISER

Herbal Tonic (Best Of)

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A collection of the duo's finest moments during their decade at Ninja Tune

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Wall Crawling Giant Insect Breaks

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THE HERBALISER

Remedies

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THE HERBALISER

Road Of Many Signs

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THE HERBALISER

Something Wicked EP

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THE HERBALISER

Very Mercenary

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THE HERBALISER

Time To Build / Distinguished Jamaican English

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THE HERBALISER

Blow Your Headphones

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THE HERBALISER

Something Wicked This Way Comes

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THE HERBALISER

Generals

Ninja Tune

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THE HERBALISER

8 Point Agenda

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JONO MCCLEERY - Fire In My Hands / Painted Blue, Ninja Tune
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EMIKA - Searching, Ninja Tune
TODDLA T SOUND - Worst Enemy, Ninja Tune
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EMIKA

DVA

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**Emika works with Hank Shocklee on her 2nd album**

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Build Me Up

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Blue-eyed soul with more subtle R&B/electro dynamics. RIYl oOoOO, HTDW, Jamie Lidell.

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First Fires

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The Badu-led 'Heaven The Sinner' is a piece of smoky, smartly turned-out future-soul with a jazzy sway to it.

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Skinless

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Live With Britten Sinfonia

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Live album capturing Jaga Jazzist on stage at The Barbican with the Britten Sinfonia.

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JONO MCCLEERY

Fire In My Hands / Painted Blue

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**RIYL James Blake, Jamie Woon, Dean Blunt**

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KING MIDAS SOUND

Aroo

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Kevin Martin and co's King Midas Sound get noisy on their first issue for Ninja Tune.

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LETHERETTE

Letherette (Album)

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Nu-boogie's flyest practitioners display their versatility on this well put-together debut album.

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The North Borders

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Brand new 'tronic soul music from the festival favourite and Ninja Tune regular.

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EMIKA

Searching

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Stark technoid dubstep pop and trip hop from Berlin's Emika.

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Worst Enemy

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D&T

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Proper wolf-town funk from the Letherette duo, backed with Clark, Dorian Concept, and The Invisible remixes.

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The Land of Animation

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SUBTITLE

I'm Always Recovering From Tomorrow

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NOCANDO

Jimmy the Lock

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Brand new project from Madlib for Stones Throw!

LOTEK

Ctrl Alt Delete

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Cardiac Arrest

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Buff Nuff

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Dreamy Days

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SPANK ROCK

Rick Rubin

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SPEECH DEBELLE

Speech Therapy

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TTC

3615

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ANTI-POP CONSORTIUM

Apparently

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