Critical Acclaim
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | |
| Los Angeles Times | |
| Pitchfork Media | (9.0/10) |
| Popmatters | (9/10) |
| RapReviews | (10/10) |
| Rolling Stone | |
| Spin | (8/10) |
| Sputnikmusic | |
Funcrusher Plus was one of the most acclaimed alternative hip hop releases of its time. Self-described as "independent as fuck," the album was influential over the burgeoning underground rap scene of the late '90s, due to its creative production techniques and abstract lyricism. Allmusic gave the album a perfect 5 Star rating, and writer Steve Huey stated:
| “ | 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. | ” |
The album was described as "convention shattering" by RapReviews, and is acknowledged as one of the most original hip hop albums ever released. Despite the wide acclaim, the album was unable to reach much further than the New York underground scene, and failed to reach any Billboard chart. The only charting single from the album was "Blind", reaching the Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales chart, but failing to reach the Hot Rap Singles or Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks charts. In spite (or because) of this, tracks like "8 Steps to Perfection," "Blind," and "The Fire in Which You Burn" became underground anthems of the late 1990s.
The album was included in Pitchfork's list of the top 100 albums of the 1990s.
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