Something Wicked this Way Comes (The Herbaliser)
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Something Wicked this Way Comes is the 5th album by The Herbaliser
. It was released on Ninja Tune
in 2002.
play Macbeth
(see Something Wicked this Way Comes). The song 'Something Wicked' features several lines from Macbeth, including "...when the battle's lost, and won."
The Herbaliser
The Herbaliser is a jazz rap band formed by Jake Wherry and Ollie Teeba London, England during the early 1990s. Although currently signed to !K7 Records, they were one of the best-known acts from the Ninja Tune independent record label...
. It was released on Ninja Tune
Ninja Tune
Ninja Tune is a London-based independent record label started by DJs Matt Black and Jonathan More, better known as Coldcut and managed by Peter Quicke. The label has a strong leaning towards mostly Electronic Music...
in 2002.
Title
The album's title is taken from the William ShakespeareWilliam Shakespeare
William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon"...
play Macbeth
Macbeth
The Tragedy of Macbeth is a play by William Shakespeare about a regicide and its aftermath. It is Shakespeare's shortest tragedy and is believed to have been written sometime between 1603 and 1607...
(see Something Wicked this Way Comes). The song 'Something Wicked' features several lines from Macbeth, including "...when the battle's lost, and won."
Track listing
- "Something Wicked" (featuring Seaming To)
- "Verbal Anime" (featuring Rakaa-Iriscience)
- "Time 2 Build" (featuring BladeBlade (rapper)Blade is a British rapper, born in the Armenian quarter of Iran and came to London when he was 7. His first single, Lyrical Maniac recorded in 1989, soon brought Blade to prominence in the fledgling British hip hop scene....
) - "24 Carat Blag"
- "Mr. Holmes"
- "Good Girl Gone Bad" (featuring WildflowerWildflower (rapper)Wildflower is a British musician. She is most known for providing rap vocals on numerous musician's albums, including several by the Ninja Tune label. She guested on Roots Manuva's first album, Brand New Second Hand.-External links:*...
) - "The Hard Stuff"
- "Distinguished Jamaican English" (featuring Phi Life CypherPhi Life CypherPhi Life Cypher is a British hip hop group based in Luton, comprising two MCs, Si Phili and Life MC, and DJ Nappa. The trio started making music together around 1996, and since have had much success on the UK underground circuit...
) - "Worldwide Connected"
- "The Turnaround"
- "Battle of Bongo Hill"
- "It Ain't Nuttin'" (featuring MF DoomDaniel DumileDaniel Dumile is a hip hop artist who has taken on several stage names in his career, most notably MF DOOM, where the "MF" stands for metal face, and for tracks he has produced, metal fingers...
) - "Unsungsong"
Song appearances
- The song "Battle Of Bongo Hill", was featured in a Adult SwimAdult SwimAdult Swim is an adult-oriented Cable network that shares channel space with Cartoon Network from 9:00 pm until 6:00 am ET/PT in the United States, and broadcasts in countries such as Australia and New Zealand...
promo for Lupin IIILupin III, also known as Lupin the 3rd, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kazuhiko Kato under the pen name of Monkey Punch. The story follows the adventures of a gang of thieves led by Arsène Lupin III, the grandson of Arsène Lupin, the gentleman thief of Maurice Leblanc's series of... - The song "It Ain't Nuttin", was featured in the soundtrack for the game Tony Hawk's UndergroundTony Hawk's UndergroundTony Hawk's Underground, abbreviated to THUG, is a skateboarding video game, available for the PlayStation 2, GameCube, Game Boy Advance, and Xbox platforms released in 2003. A PC version was released exclusively in Australia as a budget release in 2005. This version was ported by Beenox. In 2004,...
. - The song "Time 2 Build", was featured in the soundtracks to the Xbox game Project Gotham Racing 2Project Gotham Racing 2Project Gotham Racing 2 is a racing game for the Xbox, developed by Bizarre Creations and published by Microsoft. PGR2 is the sequel to the highly successful Project Gotham Racing. It is the second title in the Project Gotham Racing series.As in PGR, the route to advancement in PGR2 differs from...
and the PlayStation 2 game Downhill DominationDownhill DominationDownhill Domination is a video game based on a fictional racing event with fictional racers mixed with a few unlockable professional racers. The game was released for the PlayStation 2.-Gameplay:...
.