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Company Flow
Released 1997

Funcrush Scratch
02:50
99 plays

Lencorcism (Interlude)
00:35
93 plays

Bad Touch Example
03:27
758 plays

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- 1
- Bad Touch Example
- 03:27
- 758 plays

- 2
- 8 Steps To Perfection
- 04:42
- 521 plays

- 3
- Collude/Intrude (feat. J-Treds)
- 05:26
- 272 plays

- 4
- Blind
- 03:44
- 427 plays

- 5
- Silence
- 03:33
- 504 plays

- 6
- Legends
- 04:03
- 238 plays

- 7
- Help Wanted (Interlude)
- 02:13
- 129 plays

- 8
- Population Control (feat. R.A. The Rugged Man)
- 04:26
- 284 plays

- 9
- Lune TNS
- 03:39
- 277 plays

- 10
- Definitive
- 05:48
- 149 plays

- 11
- Lencorcism (Interlude)
- 00:35
- 93 plays

- 12
- 89.9 Detrimental
- 01:04
- 148 plays

- 13
- Vital Nerve (feat BMS)
- 05:00
- 157 plays

- 14
- Tragedy Of War (In III Parts)
- 03:48
- 120 plays

- 15
- The Fire In Which You Burn (feat. J-Treds & The Brewin From The Juggaknots)
- 05:02
- 153 plays

- 16
- Krazy Kings
- 04:53
- 278 plays

- 17
- Last Good Sleep
- 05:59
- 140 plays

- 18
- Infokill II
- 03:48
- 112 plays

- 19
- Funcrush Scratch
- 02:50
- 99 plays

album review

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. ~ Steve Huey, All Music Guide