Funcrusher Plus
Download links and information about Funcrusher Plus by Company Flow. This album was released in 1997 and it belongs to Hip Hop/R&B, Rap, Pop genres. It contains 19 tracks with total duration of 01:13:53 minutes.
Artist: | Company Flow |
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Release date: | 1997 |
Genre: | Hip Hop/R&B, Rap, Pop |
Tracks: | 19 |
Duration: | 01:13:53 |
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Tracks
[Edit]No. | Title | Length |
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1. | The Fire In Which You Burn (featuring J - Treds, The Brewin From The Juggaknots) | 5:03 |
2. | 8 Steps To Perfection | 4:44 |
3. | 89. 9 Detrimental | 1:03 |
4. | Bad Touch Example | 3:26 |
5. | Blind | 3:43 |
6. | Definitive | 5:48 |
7. | Funcrush Scratch | 2:48 |
8. | Lune TNS | 2:13 |
9. | Info Kill II | 3:49 |
10. | Krazy Kings | 4:53 |
11. | Last Good Sleep | 6:00 |
12. | Legends | 4:03 |
13. | Lencorcism [Interlude] | 0:36 |
14. | Lune TNS | 3:39 |
15. | Silence | 3:34 |
16. | Tragedy Of War (In III Parts) | 3:49 |
17. | Vital Nerve (featuring BMS) | 5:01 |
18. | Collude / Intrude (featuring J - Treds) | 5:26 |
19. | Population Control (featuring R. A. The Rugged Man) | 4:27 |
Details
[Edit]Featuring material recorded over 1994-1997, Company Flow's official full-length debut, Funcrusher Plus, had a galvanizing effect on the underground hip-hop scene. It was one of the artiest, most abstract hip-hop albums ever recorded, paving the way for a new brand of avant-garde experimentalism that blatantly defied commercial considerations. Musically and lyrically, Funcrusher Plus is abrasive and confrontational, informed by left-wing politics and the punked-out battle cry "independent as f*ck." It's intentionally not funky and certainly not danceable; the beats are tense and jagged, and often spaced far apart to leave room for the MCs' complex rhymes. Bigg Jus and El-P's lyrical technique is so good it's sometimes nearly impenetrable, assaulting the listener with dense barrages of words that take a few listens to decipher. Even if this is all highly off-kilter, it's also a conscious return to hip-hop on its most basic, beats-and-rhymes level; hooks or jazz and funk samples aren't even considerations here. The production is spacy and atmospheric, often employing weird ambient noises and futuristic synths that clash with the defiantly low-budget production values. It's also quite minimalist, particularly on tracks like "Vital Nerve," which is basically just a three-note synth line over a beat, and the classic Indelible MC's single "The Fire in Which You Burn," where Co-Flow trades rhymes with the Juggaknots over a skittering beat and sitar drone. Other tracks have sci-fi and conspiracy theory undertones; some are set in an Orwellian dystopia, while some pointedly satirize corporate and capitalist greed. Yet there's also some straightforward realism, as on "Last Good Sleep," a frightening domestic abuse drama. Funcrusher Plus demands intense concentration, but also rewards it, and its advancement of hip-hop as an art form is still being felt. It's difficult, challenging music, to be sure, and it's equally far ahead of its time.