Golden Era (Del the Funky Homosapien album)
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| Golden Era | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | April 19, 2011[1] | |||
| Genre | Hip-hop | |||
| Length | 41:54 | |||
| Label | The Council[1] | |||
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| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 76/100[2] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| The A.V. Club | C+[4] |
| Robert Christgau |  [5] |
| Okayplayer | 89/100[6] |
| Pitchfork | 7.0/10[7] |
| PopMatters | [8] |
| RapReviews | 7/10[9] |
| Spectrum Culture | 3.6/5[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]
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. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
