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Company Flow Rawkus Conscious 1997

Performer: Company Flow
Title: Funcrusher Plus
Style: Conscious
Label: Rawkus
# Cat: RWK 1134-1
Released: 1997
Country: US
FLAC album: 2926 mb
MP3 album: 1608 mb
Rating: 4.6
Genre: Hip hop

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Tracklist

1	Definitive	5:47
2	Funcrush Scratch	2:48
3	The Fire In Which You Burn Featuring – The Brewin From The Juggaknots, J-Treds	5:02
4	Blind	3:42
5	Last Good Sleep Producer [Intro] – DJ Mr. Len	5:59
6	8 Steps To Perfection	4:43
7	Tragedy Of War (In III Parts)	3:49
8	Lencorcism	0:36
9	Vital Nerve Featuring – BMS	5:01
10	Population Control Voice [Uncredited] – R.A. The Rugged Man	4:26
11	Corners '94	6:01
12	Info Kill II	3:48
13	89.9 Detrimental	1:03
14	Bad Touch Example	3:26
15	Collude / Intrude Featuring – J-Treds	5:25
16	Legends	4:02
17	Help Wanted	2:12
18	Silence	3:33
19	Lune TNS	3:38
20	Krazy Kings	4:52

Versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
088 112 898-2	Company Flow	Funcrusher Plus ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Rawkus, Official Recordings	088 112 898-2	US	2002
RWK 1134-4	Company Flow	Funcrusher Plus ‎(Cass, Album)	Rawkus	RWK 1134-4	US	1997
DJX177	Company Flow	Funcrusher Plus ‎(2xLP, Album, RE, RM)	Definitive Jux	DJX177	US	2009
P2 50063	Company Flow	Funcrusher Plus ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Priority Records, Rawkus	P2 50063	US	1999
none	Company Flow	Funcrusher Plus ‎(CD, Album, Promo)	Official Recordings, Rawkus	none	US	1997

Credits

Art Direction, Design – Ron Croudy
Artwork [Funcrusher "Goblin"] – Marcie Gorsline
Design [LP Jacket] – Tim Ronan
Illustration – Matt Reid
Management – Ozone Entertainment
Mastered By – Chris Athens
Mixed By – EL-P
Mixed By, Recorded By, Engineer – Jeff Cordero, Vassos
Painting [Graf Piece] – Ewok
Photography By [Booklet] – Atsuko Tanaka
Photography By [Tray] – Kambui Olujimi
Producer – Bigg Jus (tracks: B4), EL-P (tracks: A1 to B3, B5, C1 to D4), DJ Mr. Len (tracks: B6, D5)
Recorded By, Engineer – Walker Bernard
Scratches [All Cuts Designed And Executed By] – DJ Mr. Len
Written-By [All Verses] – Bigg Jus, El-Producto

Notes

All songs published by Definitive Jux/INGL-SPCR/Mr. Len Music (SESAC)

Recorded & mixed @ Ozone Studios, NYC. A2, A5 & B5 recorded, engineered & mixed @ No Mystery Studios.
Mastered @ Sony Studios, NYC.

BMS, J Treds, and The Brewin appear courtesy of themselves.

Producer credit for El-P is credited as "El-P (El-Producto)"
Ron Croudy is credited as "Ron Coudy (Smartbomb)"
Tim Ronan as credited as "Tim Ronan (Nobody)"
Matt Reid is credited as "Matt Reid (Everything Is Dooable)"

℗&© 1997 Official Recordings
Manufactured & distributed by Rawkus Entertainment.

Barcodes

Barcode (Text): 6 01617 11341 3
Barcode (Scanned): 601617113413
Matrix / Runout (Label Side A): RWK11341-A
Matrix / Runout (Label Side B): RWK11341-B
Matrix / Runout (Label Side C): RWK11341-C
Matrix / Runout (Label Side D): RWK11341-D
Matrix / Runout (Runout Side A, Etched): RWK-1134-1A -1A
Matrix / Runout (Runout Side B, Etched): RWK-1134-1B -1A
Matrix / Runout (Runout Side C, Etched): RWK-1134-1C -1A
Matrix / Runout (Runout Side D, Etched): RWK-1134-1D -1A

Companies

Manufactured By – Rawkus Entertainment
Distributed By – Rawkus Entertainment
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Official Recordings
Copyright (c) – Official Recordings
Published By – Definitive Jux
Published By – INGL-SPCR
Published By – Mr. Len Music
Recorded At – Ozone Studios
Recorded At – No Mystery Studios
Mixed At – Ozone Studios
Mixed At – No Mystery Studios
Engineered At – No Mystery Studios
Mastered At – Sony Music Studios, New York City

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Comments: (15)

Peles

Do you remember the hype behind this album? It was phenomenal. And this was before streaming or downloads or digital. All you could do was read about it and wait til you got a copy. Then when you got it, you were like 'wtf is this shit", but the hype was so great you had to listen, on repeat. The listening paid off. Great, classic album but lyrics too random to personally hit me deep.

Xava

A classic all the same , but $649 !! Not even mint. Crazy!

Enila

The availability after 20 years shows also its very classic status, 15 for sale from £50 to £500. Musically many scratches (cuts by Mr. Len), condition wise all clean copies without scratches.

LoboThommy

I think that this album was the catalyst of the backpacker movement and indie / underground hip hop. Similar to the Strokes and indie rock. Difference is that Co Flow is still tight as hell.

Molotok

yeah it appears when the golden hip hop era collapsed. And it gives hope to get some more underground quality boom bap. I remember to have bought the album in 97 in France. Just one copy in the record store, and it was for me! :D

Kifer

It gets better the more you listen. First I loved "Collude/Interlude", then, the more I listened, the more I grew to love them all. Class production. ASR10 in full effect. Heavy.

Dusho

Although I am leaning heavily towards electronic music, this release, along with the Cannibal Ox album, the trilogy by Organized Konfusion and the Ras Kass debut album are in my book the cornerstones of hip hop. Mind you, I am not the expert though. Sure, I just made a complete list without mentioning the "golden age" pioneers. See, Funcrusherplus will never reach the sales of "Doggystyle", will never get its own UNI poetry class that the likes of the demised 2pac had, and will never even be considered for winning an award. Like it needs any of the above. This album is like a master of oddity. What you did not expect of a hip hop album, you received here. Not only is it awkward, it's that the weirdness is pulled off to perfection. Some make it strange for the sake getting the "mischief" tag. Company Flow nailed the true to form B Boy aesthetic with a far-out, unpredictable approach to the genre, combining sci-fi beats (something EL-P would build upon later in his career) and a layered lyrical delivery, which was seldom discernible upon listening sessions.In my ears, this is a front to back great album, that excels on every conceivable level. The production is a foray into the future that never was, the lyrical department is chock full of themes and metaphors that it'll take more listens than you'll be aware of to fully absorb it all. Although I do like dusty samples, jazzy tendencies in US hip-hop, this record delivers a robotic vision of the B-boy stance, and goes left just when the entire scene headed right. This record is closing in on perfection. Just revisited it today. Powerful. These guys knew what they were doing. Not many others did. Even less followed. Play this, and then The Cold Vein next. Highly abstract awesomeness for the ones willing to provide the patience infrastructure.

Jarortr

Glad to see so much love for this album here. Some hate it, but I never tire of it. A one of a kind original with only the cannibal ox album coming close, in this style. Give it heavy rotation.

Andriodtargeted

this lp is like just a guy that u don't like at first sight but become your best friend for life

Uris

This gave me the exact same feeling in '97 that Ultra's Crtical Beatdown did exacty 10 years earlier & that feeling was one of true 'heads lyrically & production wise pushing the barriers of what hip hop sounds like too new & amazing hights(3 feet high & rising also gave me that feeling) but Co Flow were far more in Ultras lane aka blasting your ears into b boy heaven & back.CLASSIC, it takes releases like this to progress hip hop from the same old same old.I remember HHC (when it was a proper U.K hip hop mag for real heads like the early Source was for the U.S heads)giving this the no.1 spot in it's top albums of 1997 above Wu Forever, Rakims 1st release in years & a host of other Lp's that are looked back on as classics (rightfully) but at the time the letter section of the following months issues showed a huge backlash which is affirmation of how forward minded this was in '97 just like Critical Beatdown 10 years b4 both of which are in my top 5 albums of all time along with O.K's STRESS, P.Es 'Nation of Millions' & 3 feet high & Rising!!

Flocton

Love the Ultramagentic Mc's reference - but repping Wu Tang Forever over Co Flow? Nope.

Darkshaper

This is the most played Record in my collection from the ´97 until now.One can feel the work of original B-Boys in the Beat production, their Flows & Lyrics. The "End To End Burners" video gives you a little visual of their sound. I don´t skipp one track of this Album, they all fresh!

Scoreboard Bleeding

Absolutely mindbowing.

Yalone

Rap classic.The album has a crazy sound with ups and downs, but even if you only like "8 steps to perfection" it's worth buying it!

Longitude Temporary

B2 Help Wanted and B3 Population Control both heavily sample dialogue and music from the extremely bizarre mexican movie "The Holy Mountain" by Alejandro Jodorowsky.

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