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Funcrusher Plus (CD)

By: Company Flow (Artist)

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DISC 1 for Funcrusher Plus (CD) Album By Company Flow (Artist)
1   Bad Touch Example
2   Eight Steps To Perfection
3   Collude/intrude
4   Blind
5   Silence
6   Legends
7   Help Wanted
8   Population Control
9   Lune Tns
10   Definitive
11   Lencorcism
12   89.9 Detrimental
13   Vital Nerve
14   Tragedy Of War (In 3 Parts)
15   Fire In Which You Burn, The
16   Krazy Kings
17   Last Good Sleep
18   Infokill 2
19   Funcrush Scratch
 

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Review

Spin (p.95) - "FUNCRUSHER deconstructed hip-hop conventions and rebuilt them into a spare, murky, sputtering soundscape..."
Spin (1/98, p.88) - Included on Spin's list of "Unheard Music."
Spin (8/97, pp.116-118) - 8 (out of 10) - "...FUNCRUSHER PLUS encodes its wildy styled rhymes in cryptic vectors of New York City invective....Deceptively underproduced, Company Flow tracks still feels as asphyxiating as the City itself..."
Vibe (9/97, p.244) - "...FUNCRUSHER commands attention because, like the West Coast's infamous Solesides crew, these brash do-it-yourselfers create a sound that's definitely their own..."
The Source (8/97, p.164) - 3.5 Mics (out of 5) - "...Company Flow's deliverance is motivating...they capture a kinetic youthfulness that is not found in many of rap's current releases..."
Melody Maker (10/18/97, p.51) - "...avalanche to the head...what Company Flow have done is to perfect and expand, bloat and focus the blueprint of NYC hip hop into a spectrum of invention and exploration that's staggering."
Rap Pages (10/97, p.94) - "...a group of lads from the East who attempt to bring the lost art of skills, originality and flavor back to the forefront of hip hop....Showing an ability to avoid the temptations of radio-chummy show tunes or oily stained samples..."
NME (Magazine) (9/27/97, p.59) - 7 (out of 10) - "...you can't help but leave FUNCRUSHER PLUS feeling uncomfortable, and that's just how you imagine Company Flow want it."
Pitchfork (Website) - "[I]t's crafty, bewildering, repeat-rewind material....[The production] boasts some of the most oxidized, tetanus-infected doom-rap beats of the era."

Title Note

Company Flow: Bigg Jus, El-Producto, DJ Mr. Len (rap vocals).

Additional personnel: J-Treds, BMS, The Brewin.

Principally recorded at Ozone Studios, New York, New York.

Something of a landmark album in the world of hip-hop, FUNCRUSHER PLUS opened the floodgates for edgy experimentation in rap in the 1990s and 2000s. Light years away from both Dr. Dre's bouncy West Coast g-funk and the East Coast hardcore of Biggie Smalls, Company Flow made a fiercely independent statement with their tense, futuristic sound. On one hand, the music is minimal: songs are built around bare-bones beats, and ominously pulsing two-note synths loops. At the same time, MCs El-P and Bigg Jus spit amazingly dense, intricate rhymes that sound like nothing in mainstream rap.

Overall, the music is aggressive and intense, with nary a hook to be found (fat chance finding a singable R&B crossover here). And CoFlo's forward-thinking ethos is lent additional credibility via its often political themes and the reclamation of the genre as a rebellious, street-level art form. FUNCRUSHER PLUS had a direct impact on the aesthetic of labels like Anticon and Nature Sounds and rappers like MF Doom and Aesop Rock, and its influence continues--and will continue--to be felt in the underground scene. While casual hip-hop fans may not immediately take to this record, it's a must-have for the headphones/backpack set as well as any fan of adventurous music.

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