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MojoFeb 11, 2014Haze's impetuosity may've harmed Dirty Gold's commercial prospects, but the purity of her intent speaks volumes. [Mar 2014, p.94]
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Jan 8, 2014It’s not a bad record by any stretch, albeit one where the turgid does bump ugly against the terrific.
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Jan 17, 2014Haze and her production team have creative ideas and the means to realise them on record. They simply distract themselves trying to turn a rapper into a pop star.
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Mar 5, 2014She's going for Nicki Minaj meets Eminem meets Rihanna on the Tyra show. It feels like a major missed opportunity.
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Jan 30, 2014[Angel Haze is] disappointing, misguided, flaccid.
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Jan 8, 2014A labored crossover grab that mistakes conviction for substance, Dirty Gold marks Haze as just the latest in a long line of promising mixtape rappers to whiff a major-label debut.
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Jan 8, 2014Haze's attempt to appear undefinable and resist categorization (as Dirty Gold's conversational interludes attest) is a laudable pursuit, but it leaves the record unfocused.
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Feb 4, 2014The production on Dirty Gold--generic, consistently uninspired, gauche--bears absolutely no relation to the album’s subject matter, and jars horribly with Haze’s dark forceful flow.
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Jan 10, 2014Dirty Gold‘s shortcomings overshadow the shining moments on the album as Haze struggles to find her identity, somewhere between underground rebel and mainstream player.
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Jan 9, 2014Haze is positioning herself as a top 40 infiltrator, which is fine, but she’s also diluted her uniqueness.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 25 out of 35
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Mixed: 7 out of 35
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Negative: 3 out of 35
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