Released May 14, 2002 Length 70:18 | Recorded 2001-2002 Release date 14 May 2002 | |
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Genres Hip hop music, Underground hip hop, Alternative hip hop, Industrial hip hop Similar El-P albums, Hip hop music albums | ||
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.
Contents
Accolades
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.
Track listing
All tracks are produced by El-P
Personnel
Songs
1Fantastic Damage3:22
2Squeegee Man Shooting4:25
3Deep Space 9mm3:47