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Released | 1995 [1] | |||
Genre | Hip hop | |||
Label | Official | |||
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Funcrusher is the debut EP by the New York underground hip hop group Company Flow. It was released in 1995 on the group's own label Official Recordings. [1] It sold well for an independently released record, with more than 30,000 copies sold despite only being available on vinyl. [7] It was ranked sixth by album sales of its distributor Big Daddy Music by April 1996. [8] Following the release, the group signed a deal with upstart label Rawkus Records for the release of their acclaimed album Funcrusher Plus , released in 1997, which includes all the tracks from Funcrusher (the CD edition omits "Corners '94"). [9]
# | Title | Producer(s) | Performer (s) |
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1 | "Bad Touch Example" | El-P | Bigg Jus, El-P |
2 | "8 Steps to Perfection" | El-P | Bigg Jus, El-P |
3 | "Vital Nerve" | El-P | El-P, BMS |
4 | "Silence" | El-P | Bigg Jus |
5 | "Corners '94" | El-P | El-P |
6 | "Definitive" | El-P | El-P, Bigg Jus |
7 | "Krazy Kings" | El-P | Bigg Jus |
8 | "Lencorcism" | Mr. Len | *Interlude* |
The group self-released the 'Funcrusher' EP in 1995, and before long El‑P quit his job in the Tower Records mail-order department 'because, y'know, I was a rap star.'
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)Although the producer now says that the Funcrusher EP (1995) and its subsequent extension Funcrusher Plus became 'like monsters', Company Flow provided a potent counterpoint to mainstream hip-hop aesthetics.
The trio's first EP, Funcrusher (1995) led to a deal with Rawkus Records and the release of the band's debut album
the two released a single, 'Juvenile Techniques', later that year under the name Company Flow. Recruiting rapper Bigg Jus, the new trio released the Funcrusher EP in 1995 on their newly formed label, Official Recordings.