Maid of Gold

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Maid of Gold
Maid of Gold Villain Accelerate Album Cover.png
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 12, 2003 (2003-08-12)
Genre Instrumental hip hop
Length53:24
Label Mush Records
Producer Sixtoo
Stigg of the Dump
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Exclaim! favorable [2]
HipHopDX 6/10 [3]
The Milk Factory4.7/5 [4]
Splendid Magazinemixed [5]
Tiny Mix Tapes Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]

Maid of Gold is the debut, and only, album from Canadian instrumental hip hop duo Villain Accelerate, consisting of Sixtoo and Stigg of the Dump. It was released on Mush Records in 2003.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Table of Context"4:48
2."Maid of Gold"4:56
3."Things Told"5:24
4."Paper, Boxcutter, Rock"3:41
5."Postcards"5:01
6."Duppies"2:15
7."Cracktivity"4:04
8."Revisit"2:07
9."Herd Whispers"2:39
10."Rookie Card"2:12
11."Worried.Look"2:42
12."Laurels Canyon"3:24
13."Pitch.Control"2:11
14."Surgery"3:35
15."Verify"1:55
16."When I Was Your Age"2:20

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