![]() ![]() I had to chuckle at El-P’s “I see through pussy like the Invisible Woman” line, though. Too bad the beat isn’t very interesting it would have been better left for Cannibal Ox to consume a few years later. Treds (of Indelible MCs fame – yeah, I'm not familiar either) does a pretty good job using a somewhat simplified version of El-P’s style.Īn actual hook! And a pretty good one at that. I just realized that the reason these “songs” remain continuously interesting is because the beats are really damn good, and original, too. If you like songs with an actual song structure, you should probably stop listening to this album right now.Įl-P stumbles over his words halfway through his first verse: little wonder because he uses a fuckload of them. This shit sounds like it was recorded at the old attic where I used to make music with the “help” of some speakers from the Stone Age. Also, the two emcees start a trend: they use a shitload of words, of which about 90% are intelligible and 50% comprehensible. El-P is no slouch either his supersonics leave you “mute like Maggie Simpson”. Bigg Jus terrorizes the low-key beat with lines like “Hardcore like Kool G Rap music made for concert piano”. ![]() Fortunately, what follows is a great introduction to the murky Company Flow sound. The audio clips that set off Funcrusher Plus are really fucking creepy and, um, unique. Now, being older and having had more alcoholic beverages, I will attempt to objectively review this album. When Funcrusher Plus came out, I unsuspectingly bought it and enjoyed its not-giving-a-shit vibe. You can probably already deduct that there would be no Trackmasters productions on this 1997 release, and that was probably for the better. In the little CD booklet, the guest rappers are credited as appearing courtesy of “themselves”. Len, the latter of whom is a deejay and all of whom trade off on production duties), famously features the slogan “Independent as Fuck”. The inlay of Funcrusher Plus, the first full-length project from Brooklyn trio Company Flow (made up of El-P, Bigg Jus, and Mr. Weatherwood has been kind enough to provide his views. While you two may have to wait a bit longer for my take, Alec J. Their debut full-length, Funcrusher Plus, is considered an underground hip hop classic. (Since it took me forever to get to Cannibal Ox's The Cold Vein, it makes sense that I also haven't yet gotten to El-P's first crew, Company Flow. ![]()
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