Fantastic Damage
| Fantastic Damage | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
||||
| Studio album by El-P | ||||
| Released | May 14, 2002 | |||
| Recorded | 2001-2002 | |||
| Genre | Alternative hip hop, underground hip hop, industrial hip hop | |||
| Length | 70:18 | |||
| Label |
Definitive Jux DJX027 |
|||
| Producer | El-P | |||
| El-P chronology | ||||
|
||||
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   |
| Entertainment Weekly | A |
| NME | 8/10 |
| Pitchfork Media | 8.9/10 |
| Rolling Stone |  |
| Spin | 9/10 |
| SputnikMusic | 5/5 |
| Tiny Mix Tapes | 5/5 |
Fantastic Damage is the first proper full-length solo album by New York rapper and producer El-P, released on his own Definitive Jux label on May 14, 2002. The tracks "Fantastic Damage", "Deep Space 9mm", and "The Nang, the Front, the Bush and the Shit" were featured in the El-P-scored graffiti film Bomb the System. An instrumental version of the album, Fandam Plus: Instrumentals, Remixes, Lyrics & Video, was released on 1 October 2002. This double disc release included all the instrumentals of Fantastic Damage on its first disc and three remixes, the Fantastic Damage lyrics, and video footage on its second disc.
Rhapsody ranked the album #8 on its "Hip-Hop’s Best Albums of the Decade" list and included it on its list of "The 10 Best Albums By White Rappers". "Dark, cavernous and confrontational, Fantastic Damage is more concerned with being respected than it is liked, which makes it the perfect soundtrack for a post-9/11 U.S. Throughout, El-P's jaded rhymes are oblique and delivered in halting rhythms, while the album's lo-fi, electro-infused production is simply jarring. A landmark indie release." Pitchfork Media ranked the album as the 11th best of 2002.
All tracks are produced by El-P
...
Wikipedia