Funcrusher Plus

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Company Flow really want you to know how independent they are. This seems to be their primary mission, and Funcrusher Plus is wacked-out enough to satisfy that agenda. Building off some previously released material, most notably "8 Steps to Perfection," CF often take a galactic-horror groove here, dropping in some skewed drumbeats and dense lyrics, forcing your head into a lopsided bob as you groove along to tracks such as "Silence" and "Definitive." These cuts try to violate your brain so much that they seldom make it to your ass, but the lyrics are tight and the hooks are original (check out the sitar in "The Fire in Which You Burn"). If you need a break from that same-same radio-ready hip-hop, Company Flow definitely have something for you. --Todd Levin

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Average customer rating: 8 Steps To Perfection...Managed To Complete All, Form An Octagon (5 Stars) One of the greatest Crusher Plus it's Fun ...got in color contacts, but they better realize... one of the top 3 hiphop albums of alltime

Funcrusher Plus Company Flow Manufacturer: Priority Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music East Coast | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Fantastic Damage The Cold Vein Vaudeville Villain Little Johnny From the Hospitul: Breaks and Instrumentals, Vol. 1 I'll Sleep When You're Dead ASIN: B00000IADL Release Date: 1999-02-19

Tracks:

1. Bad Touch Example
2. 8 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 Way (In III Parts)
15. The Fire In Which You Burn
16. Krazy Kings
17. Last Good Sleep
18. Info Kill II
19. Funcrush Scratch

Customer Reviews:

8 Steps To Perfection...Managed To Complete All, Form An Octagon (5 Stars).......2006-04-29

Company Flow's (El-Producto, Big Juss, and DJ Mr. Len aka Space Ghost) debut album Funcrusher Plus has pushed the boundaries of hip hop during the mid 90's era, managed to complete 8 out of the 8 steps to their perfection:

1)Independant As F**k, couldn't have been said better, because it seems like today (and back then), the majority of independant hip hop albums seems to be the best.

2)As a group, you'll enjoy of the lyrics that El-P and Big Juss puts together on a song. "Bad Touch Example" is a good song to get the vibe of what the entire CD is going to be like. "Eight Steps To Perfection" would have lyrical content to the song. "Population Control" is one of their best songs that they have made.

3)El-P manages to carry his weight when it comes to lyrics. Listen to the story telling "Last Good Sleep", or the freestyle "89.9 Detrimental"(even though some of the lyrics will be recycled), and you'll see what I'm talking about.

4)Big Juss can also hold himself too. With some solo joints also, such as "Lune TNS" for all you hip hop heads who remember the 1980's days of grafiti tagging. "Krazy Kings" is a nice song also.

5)DJ Mr. Len aka Space Ghost, may not be the best DJ out there, but he can do his thing. "Funcrush Scratch" and "Lencorism" is where he'll get his solo scraches to show his talents.

6)Guest Apparences are nice also. The Juggaknots, a group I never heard of, appear on the cut "The Fire In Which You Will Burn" which I'm pretty sure that you will like. Also one of the members, J-Treds, appears on "Collude/Intrude". A guy named BMS will appear on "Vital Nerve".

7)Creative skits (well I wouldn't call them skits, but interludes) are pretty nice too. Listen to the intro to "Bad Touch Example" and "Help Wanted". They may not be songs, but they wont let you down.

8) Production. If you read this review earlier, you know I wasn't too fond of El-P's production. But after listening to this a few more times and his solo Fantastic Damage, I realized that he could be one of the most creative behind the boards. It me, I spoke too soon, and it was all an aquired taste.
This is a wonderful CD for hip hop heads and fans of Rawkus Records. Independantly released, it may never get the respect that it deserves, probably because no one listens to hard banging hip hop these days. Highly recommended for those who only listens to hip hop commercially and is looking for a detour.

Standout tracks: Bad Touch Example, 8 Steps To Perfection, Population Control, 89.9 Detrimental, Krazy Kings, In The Fire In Which You Burn.

One of the greatest.......2004-11-08

Possibly the greatest rap album, Company Flow are spot on here. El-P is simply AMAZING. There is not one track here short of a classic. This is no commercial crap, or else it couldnt be a classic. The beats are better than any commercial poppy beats. This is as underground as they come and so original. Best track here has to be Lune TNS. I once listened to that over 10 times over and afterwards i was not sick of it. The beat is OFF THE HOOK and Bigg Jus is INCREDIBLE. Too good for words to explain. Other favorites are 8 Steps To Perfection, Population Control, Collude/Intrude, Vital Nerve, heck i could list the whole lot. Just get this album right away if you havent already (for whatever crazy reason). This will blow you will, nothing is as good as this.

Crusher Plus it's Fun.......2004-09-14

This album is a definant banger from beginning to end.There is some great rapping on this album and there is some of El-P's best work to date on this album.This is one of the three biggest albums on the entire label with Black Star-Train of Thought.as all of the other reviewers have said the production is priceless and just banger after banger.
Lyrics 10/10 Production10/10 X Factor9/10 Classic 10/10 Replay9
Total=9.5 out of 10 Fingers

...got in color contacts, but they better realize..........2004-02-19

serious contender for _best hip hop record of all time_. that's a grandiose statement, but it's no joke. go ahead and buy it now or be a chump for a little longer if you want.

the more i listen to el-p's beats here, the more amazed i am. way better than any of his other (also pretty amazing) stuff. these guys (big jus, el-p, & mr. len) drop pop culture references that will knock you out of your chair left and right ("you couldn hang if you was bit by a radioactive spider") but it never comes off as gimmicky. really - one of my favorite albums ever. definitely going to the desert island with me when my time comes.

one of the top 3 hiphop albums of alltime.......2004-01-08

Funcrusher plus is up there with Nas - Illmatic and Wu-tang's 36 chambers its been around for a while believe the hype one of the best ever

Average customer rating: Funcrusher Plus 8 Steps To Perfection...Managed To Complete All, Form a Octagon (5 stars) BASSMENT HIP HOP For the guy who says this is boring. 1 Star?

Funcrusher Plus Company Flow Manufacturer: Rawkus / Umgd ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Cold Vein Fantastic Damage Little Johnny From the Hospitul: Breaks and Instrumentals, Vol. 1 Vaudeville Villain Labor Days ASIN: B000067CLW Release Date: 2002-06-04

Tracks:

1. Bad Touch Example
2. 8 Steps To Perfection
3. Collude/Intrude
4. Blind
5. Silence
6. Legends
7. Lune TNS
8. Help Wanted
9. Population Control
10. Definitive
11. Lencorcism
12. 89.9 Detrimental
13. Vital Nerve
14. Tragedy Of War (In III Parts)
15. The Fire In Which You Burn
16. Krazy Kings
17. Last Good Sleep
18. Info Kill II
19. Funcrush Scratch

Customer Reviews:

Funcrusher Plus.......2007-01-20

If hardcore punk were rap, it would be called "Funcrusher Plus" by Company Flow, and it would be the most assaultive, confrontational hip-hop record since N.W.A. first lambasted the Los Angeles Police Department. Armed with fist-pumping liberal intensity, a healthy distrust of manipulative authorities, an expansive vocabulary and rhymes so quick and dizzying you'll need a lifetime and three wise men to pick up everything that's spit in your direction, El-P and Big Juss created the blueprint for nearly every experimental rap record that followed. Topics included corporate greed, political corruption, sci-fi dystopia, warfare and domestic violence, backed by bargain-basement beats and sparse, off-kilter melodies that made no attempt to sound pretty. Indeed, Company Flow saw ugliness in all its forms and turned it into music that was difficult--even traumatic--to swallow. And yet, in 1997, "Funcrusher Plus" was eerily prescient of the perpetual state of emergency that Americans would find themselves in not half a decade later. In that sense, there is nothing at all excessive about Company Flow's mission statement or their method of laying it down on wax.

8 Steps To Perfection...Managed To Complete All, Form a Octagon (5 stars).......2006-04-29

Company Flow's (El-Producto, Big Juss, and DJ Mr. Len aka Space Ghost) debut album Funcrusher Plus has pushed the boundaries of hip hop during the mid 90's era, managed to complete all 8 out of the 8 steps to their perfection:

1)Independant As F**k, couldn't have been said better, because it seems like today (and back then), the majority of independant hip hop albums seems to be the best.

2)As a group, you'll enjoy of the lyrics that El-P and Big Juss puts together on a song. "Bad Touch Example" is a good song to get the vibe of what the entire CD is going to be like. "Eight Steps To Perfection" would have lyrical content to the song. "Population Control" is one of their best songs that they have made.

3)El-P manages to carry his weight when it comes to lyrics. Listen to the story telling "Last Good Sleep", or the freestyle "89.9 Detrimental"(even though some of the lyrics will be recycled), and you'll see what I'm talking about.

4)Big Juss can also hold himself too. With some solo joints also, such as "Lune TNS" for all you hip hop heads who remember the 1980's days of grafiti tagging. "Krazy Kings" is a nice song also.

5)DJ Mr. Len aka Space Ghost, is one of the best DJ out there, and he can do his thing. "Funcrush Scratch" and "Lencorism" is where he'll get his solo scraches to show his talents.

6)Guest Apparences are nice also. The Juggaknots, a group I never heard of, appear on the cut "The Fire In Which You Will Burn" which I'm pretty sure that you will like. Also one of the members, J-Treds, appears on "Collude/Intrude". A guy named BMS will appear on "Vital Nerve".

7)Creative skits (well I wouldn't call them skits, but interludes) are pretty nice too. Listen to the intro to "Bad Touch Example" and "Help Wanted". They may not be songs, but they wont let you down.

8) Production. At first I thought El-P's production was just awkward sounding, like he outdid himself at some points. But after giving this (and Fantastic Damage) a few more spins, I've realized that he was a genius behind the board. His creativity is what helped rise Funcrusher Plus making it one of the best albums of 1997.

Aside from that, this is a wonderful CD for hip hop heads and fans of Rawkus Records. Independantly released, it may never get the respect that it deserves, probably because no one listens to hard banging hip hop these days. Highly recommended for those who only listens to hip hop commercially and is looking for a detour. If you like this album, I also recommend that you purchase Mr. Len's "A Tribute To Company Flow" of all their hard to find 12" singles.

Now the spotlight reviewer says there has only been 13 reviews since 1997. This is reissue of their CD (it's been reissued I think 3 times since 1997), and there is the same exact older copy of it on this website where it has almost 50 reviews, so there are some people who have discovered Company Flow.

Standout tracks: Bad Touch Example, 8 Steps To Perfection, Population Control, 89.9 Detrimental, Krazy Kings, In The Fire In Which You Burn

BASSMENT HIP HOP.......2006-04-13

Company Flows Funcrusher album is one of those albums that hardcore hip hop headz know about. These cats have absolutely no desire to be accepted by the mainstream.The production and off the wall sick flows of Company Flow is one of a kind.Premier cut up one of their tracks off here for his NY Reality Check album if that tells you anything.Cop that while you're at it.Funcrusher Plus is a personal favorite of mine.Check my other reviews to see if we vibe off the same hip hop.If we see eye to eye and you dont own this then you know what to do.SUPPORT THE REAL!!!

For the guy who says this is boring........2006-03-20

Good. Go buy another CD, Company Flow doesn't need you. Company Flow doesn't need anyone!

The guy who said this was independent as f**k wasn't kidding, indeed. This CD bleeds underground from weak quality to nitty-gritty lyrics. This is a must buy, whether you think you'll like it or not because this is the beginning of underground. Obviously Company Flow was the beginning of the label Definitve Jux, a juggernaut of underground hip-hop.

The CD is a good one to listen to on your headphones because it doesn't intertwine very well with the whole driving thing cause it is not super "upbeat." All songs on the disc are worth mention, but I'm not going to mentionall of them so I'll just leave it off here. Pick up the album.

1 Star?.......2006-02-04

Whoever the guy is that gave this album 1 star is clueless.
"Independant does not make you good. Underground does not make you good. Different does not make you good." Quite a vague statement... Independant doesn't necessarily make you good, but it certainly is commendable, especially something as groundbreaking as Funcrusher Plus. Company Flow summed up what "Underground" hip-hop is all about; raw lyricism, gritty beats, and a f@#k you attitude. Some believe that "Underground" or "Alternative" hip-hop stays true to the hip-hop culture's basic principals and methods... I am one of those people. This album came out in the height of P. Diddy's reign over the music industry, starting Rawkus Records'debut, which in a big way made independent artists more likely to be heard. Different does make you good. Different sets you apart from everyone else, especially the commercial garbage that was and has been dominating the "hip-hop" scene since 1997. El-P has made some of the nastiest, dirtiest, and influential beats since "Enter the 36 Chambers." The Deltron 3030 album and MF Doom's material is very good, but it doesn't compare to this album's contribution to the resurgence of the true hip-hop culture. Battle rhymers? Isn't that the cornerstone of MCing? The ignorance this person posesses when it comes to hip-hop is astonishing! Buy this album.You won't regret it.

Dance Music:

1. Get Down or Lay Down [Enhanced] [Explicit Lyrics]
2. Get It Up [CD-single] [Import]
3. Greatest Hits [Explicit Lyrics] [Import]
4. Here Now/Talk with Force [CD-single] [Limited Edition] [Import]
5. I Am L.V. [CD-single]
6. Ice Cold Game [Explicit Lyrics]
7. Jagged Little Thrill [Import]
8. Latin Active, Vol. 2 [Explicit Lyrics]
9. Let Me Blow Ya Mind [CD-single] [Import]
10. LOST LUCK/LUST AND THE LAST LIFE CYCLE

Dance Music

dance music

Dance Music

Heartbeat of the Earth [Import]

Opera Highlights: Turandot

Life Goes to a Party [Import]

Gentle Hearts [Import]

Stockholm Live [Import] [Live]

Old School Soul

It's Prime Time [Hybrid SACD] [Import]

Lieder Recital

Like Water

Make It So

Misterioso [Import]

Majic Mijits [Limited Edition] [Import]

Guitarras Mexicanas: Joyas de la Mexicanas - 30 Exitos

Stravinsky: Firebird/Bartok: Two Portraits

Reunion Blues