![]() There's a defiantly sick sense of humor all throughout Funcrusher Plus, starting with the anti-child-molester safety record intro on opening track 'Bad Touch Example' and extending through El and Jus' punchlines, which mash up pop-culture references, conspiracy theories, threats of physical trauma and independent, anti-industry broadsides into a mutant strain of hyper-crowded lyricism that borders on information overload. But for the most part, they're on some wall-to-wall battle-rap punchline business, and it's crafty, bewildering, repeat-rewind material. There are a few signs of the personal details that'd inform El-P's later material- 'Last Good Sleep', in particular, is a vivid, stomach-turning account of growing up being kept awake by domestic violence- and subtle hints at the more culturally focused material Bigg Jus would develop in his later career, most clearly in the recollections of his graf-artist days in 'Lune TNS'. ![]() If you're more familiar with their solo work, Funcrusher Plus might be a bit of a surprise lyrically.
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