Dirty Gold
No one will come away from New York-via-Detroit rapper Angel Haze's major label debut doubting her natural talent, but Dirty Gold lacks the spark and distinct personality of a proper coming-out.
Angel Haze isn’t the first rap act to self-leak an album. That distinction goes to Death Grips, who notoriously kamikazed their contract with Epic Records by slapping a penis on the cover of 2012’s No Love Deep Web and tossing it to the Internet, ensuring the label would never make a dime from it. Haze’s leak of Di…
A disappointing record that offers only fleeting glimpses of the excellence Angel Haze is capable of.
Album review: Angel Haze's 'Dirty Gold' isn't quite the debut that the New York rapper might have hoped for, but it's certainly strong in places...
Angel Haze may have scuppered her debut's commercial chances by forcing its launch, but it still deserves to be heard, writes <strong>Alexis Petridis</strong>