

On October 4, 2011, "Lune TNS" was chosen by NJ.com as the Song of the Day.

Len, Funcrusher Plus ' beats bear the mark of El-P's dusty-but-digital aesthetic, which even back then had the same sort of beautiful-dystopia Blade Runner feel that informed Cannibal Ox's The Cold Vein and his own Fantastic Damage a few years later." īrian Coleman of CMJ New Music Monthly called it "the most important release of 1997 thus far." Joseph Schafer of Stereogum said, " Funcrusher Plus made for a hell of an opening salvo, and most emcee/producers would envy having such a record in their discography, but El mostly improved upon his work here later."

Nate Patrin of Pitchfork said: "With the exception of the nocturnal crystalline funk of the Bigg Jus-produced 'Lune TNS' and the frequent scratch contributions from secret weapon DJ Mr. It's difficult, challenging music, to be sure, and it's equally far ahead of its time." Jon Dolan of City Pages noted " evincing a confrontational critique of 'those signed, big-budget muthafuckas' like none hip hop has attempted since EPMD's Strictly Business." Īndrew Hultkrans of Spin gave the album 8 stars out of 10, commenting that " deconstructed hip-hop conventions and rebuilt them into a spare, murky, sputtering soundscape." Jeff Weiss of Los Angeles Times felt that "El-P conjured an apocalyptic minimalism - the sublimated sound of clanging and cluttered train cars, city grime buried beneath cuticles, and the ghostly smoke of burning blunts." Critical reception Professional ratings Review scoresĪllMusic gave the album a perfect 5 star rating, and writer Steve Huey stated: " demands intense concentration, but also rewards it, and its advancement of hip-hop as an art form is still being felt. The album has been recognized as "a landmark independent hip-hop release".

In 2009, it was re-released on Definitive Jux. It was released by Rawkus Records in 1997. Funcrusher Plus is the debut studio album by American hip hop group Company Flow.
