Funcrusher

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]

Funcrusher
EP by Company Flow
Released	1995[1]
Genre	Hip hop
Label	Official
Producer	El-P Mr. Len
Company Flow chronology
Funcrusher (1995) Funcrusher Plus (1997)
Singles from Funcrusher
"8 Steps to Perfection" Released: 1996

Track listing

#	Title	Producer(s)	Performer (s)
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*

References

1. ^{[2][3][4][5][6]}
2. Meline, Jaime (El‑P) (March 18, 2007). "Indie Rapper Reseizes the Brooklyn Moment: El‑P (Jaime Meline)". The New York Times (Interview). Interviewed by Hermes, Will. Archived from the original on June 5, 2015. 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.'{{cite interview}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
3. Larkin, Colin, ed. (2016). "El‑P". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford/New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195313734. Archived from the original on February 1, 2023. 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.
4. Goldsmith, Melissa; Fonseca, Anthony, eds. (2018). "Company Flow". Hip Hop Around the World: An Encyclopedia. Santa Barbara/California: ABC-Clio. pp. 133–135. ISBN 978-0-313-35758-9. The trio's first EP, Funcrusher (1995) led to a deal with Rawkus Records and the release of the band's debut album
5. Shapiro, Peter (May 2002). "Invisible Jukebox: El‑P". The Wire. No. 219. London: The Wire Magazine Ltd. pp. 20–23. 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.
6. Black Mamba Serums 2.0 (Media notes). London: Big Dada. 2004. BD071.
7. Huey, Steve. "Company Flow Biography". AllMusic. Goshen: Netaktion LLC.
8. "Independent Distributors Top 20 Album Sales Rankings" (PDF). Cash Box. Vol. LIX, no. 32. Cliffside Park: The Cash Box Publishing Co. April 20, 1996.
9. Preezy (July 25, 2017). "Company Flow's 'Funcrusher Plus' Epitomized Hip-Hop's Independent Spirit". The Boombox. Retrieved July 17, 2021.