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Formerly a member of the seminal New York progressive/underground hip-hop crew Company Flow, El-P has made a name for himself in a crowded market with a churning musical and lyrical style that's reminiscent of an updated Sly Stone in his THERE'S A RIOT GOIN' ON period, complete with swampy, shape-shifting beats and spontaneous-sounding lyrics. The overall effect is mesmerizing. Here the last 20 years of hip-hop seem to have been put into a blender and filtered, deconstructed, and reconstructed to produce a unique and enthralling whole.
On FANTASTIC DAMAGE, El-P oversees a kind of post-industrial R&B landscape, full of fleeting, terrifying imagery, electronic effects that disappear almost as soon as they're heard, and trance-like zombie rhythms that invade the subconscious. If it's not quite your big brother's hip-hop dance party, it's definitely a world that's simultaneously scarifying and fascinating, daring you to delve deeper inside it.
Long Awaited Solo Debut For Company Flow Frontman
Audio Mixers: El-P; Nasa .
Recording information: Definiteve Jux Studios.
Personnel includes: El-P, Aesop Rock, Ill Bill, Cage, Camu Tao, NASA, Vast Aire, C Rayz Walz, Mr. Lif, Rob Sonic, Steven Segal, DJ Abilities.
Personnel: DJ Abilities (turntables).
Rolling Stone (6/20/02, p.83) - 3.5 stars out of 5 - "...A heavy, turbulent affair....He comes out swinging wildly, but DAMAGE has plenty of knockout force..."
Spin (1/03, p.72) - Ranked #27 on Spin's list of 2002's "Albums of the Year"
Spin (7/02, p.111) - 9 out of 10 - "...DAMAGE picks up where CO FLOW left off, slamming jagged boom baps into computer-crash squeals like the score for a 'Blade Runner' sequel....[El-P's] paid-by-the-word rhyme style requires some real attention, but you'll be glad you dug in..."
Entertainment Weekly (5/24/02, p.94) - "...Amplifies the dystopian side of his former group, Company Flow, with dense, short-circuited beatscapes and raps that are rabid, literate, oblique, paranoid, political, sentimental, and as relentless as prime Public Enemy..." - Rating: A
Uncut (1/03, p.94) - Ranked #3 in Uncut's "100 Best Albums of the Year" - "The most uncompromising hip hop record to emerge in 2002..."
CMJ (5/13/02, p.19) - "...An unapologetic amalgam of the IDM-inspired, disjointed musicality of his production work...and the old school, boomin' bass, sampled and scratched B-Boy vibe..."
Vibe (June 2002, p.152) - 3.5 out of 5 - "...FANTASTIC DAMAGE is a dense, cryptic blast of verbal spray and dirt-caked beats....stunning slabs of cacophonous beauty and gothic proportions..."
NME (Magazine) (5/25/02, p.30) - 8 out of 10 - "...A cyborg rap meisterwork..." El-P Fantastic Damage Songs Fantastic Damage Music Review Average Rating: (4 out of 5 stars)   List All Reviews EL-P must have been inspired by P. Diddy...
...because this album is the real son.
Fantastic Damage has that signature 'Bad Boy' sound, the beats knock like a typical Bad Boy track should. It's hot, from start to Finish. The only reason I didn't rate it a 5 was because P. Diddy wasn't featured on any of the tracks. It's still a great, great listen.
Submitted by EL-Rawkus (New York, NY)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No 2 of 2 found this helpful.  DAMAGE to my EARS....
flatout noise pollution, nothing more.
Submitted by TrashMan (Detroit, Michigan)
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 Holy Boredom...
EL-P's production, though creative and innovative, is somewhat 'tiresome'. I wouldn't even call this hip hop, it don't fall into that category. He created his own genre with 'Fantastic Damage'. I just can't get into this album at all. The lyrics are extremely poor and make no sense. That's real.
Submitted by Culture (Queens, NY)
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 The Electric Ladyland of Hip-Hop
A true masterpiece that has reshaped the direction of the genre. A culmination of all things sweet.
Submitted by Spaceman Zero (B-More, MD) 
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to the dude below me, OF COURSE P DIDDY ISNT ON THIS ITS NOT BAD BOY ITS DEFINITVE JUX...EL-P OWN LABEL. with that being said its a great album
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