Golden Era (Del the Funky Homosapien album)

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Golden Era
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Studio album by
Del the Funky Homosapien
ReleasedApril 19, 2011 (2011-04-19) [1]
Genre Hip-hop
Length41:54
Label The Council [1]
Del the Funky Homosapien chronology
It Ain't Illegal Yet
(2010)		Golden Era
(2011)		Root Stimulation
(2012)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 76/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
The A.V. Club C+ [4]
Robert Christgau Five Pointed Star Solid.svg Five Pointed Star Solid.svg Five Pointed Star Solid.svg [5]
Okayplayer 89/100 [6]
Pitchfork 7.0/10 [7]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]
RapReviews7/10 [9]
Spectrum Culture3.6/5 [10]

Golden Era is the ninth solo studio album by American hip-hop musician Del the Funky Homosapien. It was released by The Council in 2011. The CD edition comes with two bonus discs: Automatik Statik and Funk Man. It peaked at number 28 on the Billboard Heatseekers Albums chart, [11] as well as number 65 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. [12]

Contents

Critical reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 76% based on 8 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [2]

Kiel Hauck of PopMatters gave the album 6 stars out of 10, saying, "Golden Era, like so much of Del's previous work, captures the feeling of a simpler yet better time in hip-hop, before the glitz and glamour, the high dollar music videos, and the painful overuse of that detestable thing called Auto-Tune." [8] He added: "Regardless of if you were hoping for more from Del in his latest offering, Golden Era is a good summer album and a reminder of all of the things you loved about hip-hop growing up." [8]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Break the Bank"3:41
2."Calculate"3:24
3."Double Barrel"3:53
4."Makes No Sense"3:51
5."One Out of a Million"3:46
6."Pearly Gates"3:42
7."Raw"3:40
8."Upside Down"4:00
9."Descending"3:13
10."Fallout"3:55
Automatik Statik (CD edition bonus disc)
No.TitleLength
1."DZL Funk"3:43
2."Dammit"3:22
3."For Those Who Know"3:30
4."Weapon X Militant"4:37
5."From A-to-Z"4:01
6."Guaranteed"4:06
7."Monkey Wrench"4:11
8."I Got Whut U Need"3:27
9."Make an A** of Urself"4:13
10."Sheen and Glow"5:25
11."Super Cool"4:07
Funk Man (CD edition bonus disc)
No.TitleLength
1."Get It Right Now!"4:53
2."And They Thought That Was Hell"5:12
3."Fit Like a Glove"4:43
4."Go Against the Grain"4:23
5."Hardcore Punks Can't Take It"3:52
6."I'm Smellin' Myself"5:06
7."King of Fighters"5:42
8."News Alert"4:16
9."Simple Satisfaction"3:04
10."Sometimes I Gotta Get Stupid"3:44
11."Straight from the Big Bad West Coast"5:29
12."The Land of Funk"5:14
13."Young Adrenaline"4:29

Charts

ChartPeak
position
US Heatseekers Albums ( Billboard ) [11] 28
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums ( Billboard ) [12] 65

References

  1. 1 2 Fitzmaurice, Larry (March 10, 2011). "New Release: Del the Funky Homosapien: Golden Era". Pitchfork . Retrieved September 26, 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Golden Era by Del the Funky Homosapien". Metacritic . CBS Interactive . Retrieved September 26, 2018.
  3. ↑ Anderson, Rick. "Golden Era - Del the Funky Homosapien". AllMusic . Retrieved September 26, 2018.
  4. ↑ Rabin, Nathan (April 26, 2011). "Del The Funky Homosapien: Golden Era". The A.V. Club . Retrieved September 26, 2018.
  5. ↑ Christgau, Robert. "Del the Funky Homosapien". Christgau's Consumer Guide . Retrieved September 27, 2018.
  6. ↑ Reynolds, Jason (April 7, 2011). "Del the Funky Homosapien". Okayplayer . Archived from the original on April 15, 2011. Retrieved September 27, 2018.
  7. ↑ Harvell, Jess (April 29, 2011). "Del the Funky Homosapien: Golden Era". Pitchfork . Retrieved September 26, 2018.
  8. 1 2 3 Hauck, Kiel (July 12, 2011). "Del the Funky Homosapien: Golden Era". PopMatters . Retrieved September 26, 2018.
  9. ↑ Juon, Steve (March 22, 2011). "Del the Funky Homosapien :: Golden Era :: The Council". RapReviews. Retrieved September 26, 2018.
  10. ↑ Hanover, Nick (May 17, 2011). "Del the Funky Homosapien: The Golden Era". Spectrum Culture. Retrieved September 27, 2018.
  11. 1 2 "Del the Funky Homosapien: Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard . Retrieved September 26, 2018.
  12. 1 2 "Del the Funky Homosapien: Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard . Retrieved September 26, 2018.
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