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| 4.0 excellent | Alabaster Jones | December 4th 16 |
1997 was a pretty huge year for underground hip-hop. Rhymesayers Entertainment was just getting off the ground with the release of Atmosphere's Overcast! EP, (released only months prior to this) and a small group of upstarts known as Company Flow would set a watermark for the independent hip-hop sound and ethos with the release of Funcrusher Plus. El-P's forward-thinking and abstract production style was apparent even then, doing what Andrew Hultkrans described as "deconstructing hip-hop conventions and rebuilding them into a spare, murky, sputtering soundscape". The lyricism on display by both El and Big Juss is impressive as well, but one wonders where their metronome was during the recording sessions (for being called Company Flow, they sure do curve off-beat a lot). Aside from that, though, this was a massive statement for the underground, and to know the backstory behind what happened with El-P and the record label which originally signed him gives this record even more swagger and significance.
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| 4.5 superb | XSebbyMcMuffinX | March 18th 21 |
Not flawless, though undeniably a classic in it's own sense. Some of the strongest hip-hop tracks from the 90s. Occasionally transcendental. The only flaw throughout it's entirety is that it could use a few more topically focused tracks; Last Good Sleep is absolutely heartbreaking, and just how strong of a track it is makes it even more-so, because I can feel the dedication to the craft being relative to the need to escape from something that feels out of control. Aside from that, there's flows for days and instrumentals that are instantly recognizable, yet sonically complex within their occasionally lo-fi sensibilities. The head-space might go past some people, but when you're in it, complex thoughts might become catchy.
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| 3.7 great | Erwann S. STAFF | July 8th 20 |
Complex lyricism, ghastly beats and a bizarre cover: this is trve underground hip hop. You can clearly hear RZA's influence on this, as, beat-wise, this is a futuristic version of Enter the Wu-Tang, and while it is impressive for 1997, I can't help but consider this one as the link between Wu Tang's first album and Cannibal Ox's Cold Vein. It's still a landmark in underground hip hop, straying from the jiggy era and building bridges between the East Coast hardcore rap and the abstraction the genre would be known for. The kind of record I like more for how important it was than for my sheer enjoyment of it.
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