Before moving on to form the Thievery Corporation, Eric Hilton had joined forces with Farid Ali as the Peace Bureau, and on their first EP, ACOUSTIC SOULFUL BEBOP BOOMS, they set out a funky, hip-hop path for themselves right from "Vibe Providin'." There's more than a dash of jazz as the horn comes to pep "The Boom," while "Paradise Dissed" brings in the bongos. The instrumental versions of the tracks might veer too close to generic coffeeshop music, but "Cultural Verses" has a pleasant groove. Luckily both Hilton and Ali would go on to make more memorable music.