HaMehona Shel HaGruv "The Groove Machine”) is the debut studio album

Studio album

A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...

 by Israeli hip hop

Hip hop music

Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...

 funk outfit Hadag Nachash (meaning the Snakefish). This album is arguably its most funk-oriented, featuring more funk-esque musical backing than the more typical hip-hop style musical backing found on its later albums (the final two tracks on this album being the exception). It features their first hit, "Shalom Salaam Peace," as well as having more liberal themes in their lyrics, such as the need for peace; Hadag Nachash also attacks the Israeli government and Israelis whose patriotism take place over their concern for fellow human beings, such as "Avaryan" (Criminal), where the narrator claims to be a blue-white-collar criminal (as opposed to just a blue- or white-collar criminal), blue and white being the color of the Israeli flag, or Trumpeldor, named for an Israeli army general who famously claimed, “It is good to die for your country.”

Track listing

1. Lo M'vater לא מוותר ("Won't Give Up")

2. HaMehona Shel HaGruv המכונה של הגרוב ("The Groove Machine")

3. Shalom Salaam Peace שלום סלאם פייס

4. Jerusalem ג'רוזלם

5. Trumpeldor טרומפלדור

6. MiBayit [Ayzeh Ganuf!] מביט (איזה גנוב) ("Look Ahead [So Kewl!]")

7. Af Ehad אף אחד ("No-one")

8. Avaryan עבריין ("Criminal")

9. Tza'Tzua צעצוע ("Toy")

10. HaVolyum Oleh הווליום עולה ("The Volume Rises")

11. Hadag Nahash [Jam] הדג נחש (ג'אם) ("The Snakefish [Jam]")

12. Cusamamaaq/Kusamamak קוסאמאמאק ("Motherfucker")