Golden - Twenty Five Eight

Artist: Golden

Album: Twenty Five Eight

Producers: JD Riggz, Wavy Jones, Gnyce, others

The city of Rochester has musical talent coming out and making a name for itself. Passionately but debatable labeled the 6th borough, many artists spit the infinite bars and provide the solid production skills. This includes a female emcee name Golden, who is not new to this. Golden made her name stand out performing shows across  various cities including Camaradas to working with top name artists and producers. Her catalogs speak for itself with various projects including working with producer Kidd Called Quest. Golden is ready to pull no punches. Now, she puts the No Days Off mentality to the test with an enhanced project "Twenty Five Eight."

The fourteen track project is what heads expect to hear. Album starts off with Golden's lyrical swiftness with the hard hitting "Bruce Wayne". Continue to express lyrical prowess and grind with "This Is All I Know" and the fast paced "Drippin Ambition" when Golden emphasizes laziness is never an option" My work ethic speaks for itself/nigga can't see me, my motor is on stealth/championship, I don't need no belt/Just to check in, I don't need no help.

Midway through the album, she keeps the momentum with the single "Talk To You" when she candidly addresses her daily grind, learn from the mistakes and keep it pushing. The bouncy "Pump Fake" takes it trap but still maintain the lyrical flow that blends well while Two Fucks" pushes the aggressive hunger flow bar by bar making it one of the stand out tracks: Stay ahead of the lanes, blue cross me like the professor/flexing is my profession, I'm building shit like its Tetris.

The JD Riggz solid foundation on "So What" connects well with Golden's lyrical cadence as she all about the coins like Luigi brother while "Something to See" has the smooth jazzy production with the positive vibe to it. "Make it Count" is a personal track about the hardships with Wavy Jones applying the deep somber production behind it: You know about pain, I didn't think you felt the hardships/I had to struggle to the point it turned to the monster/The decisions that you make, start eating at your conscious/target on ya back they wanna leave you unresponsive. The title track proves you can end the album the right way production handled by Gnyce as Golden reps the Roc while adding an extra day and hour while planning bigger things currently trying to sit next to Mark Zuckerberg: I've been on my grind, I've been on my grind/Hours in a day feel like twenty five/eight days a week when you hustle hard/Out here doing what I want screaming fuck em all.

Twenty Five Eight is a well balanced album consists of fire bars and solid production. Golden stays consistent in utilizing the right bars and picks solid production well to complement her flow. With so many stand out tracks, there's no reason to change the formula. That is what Golden applies to. It's not bad grinding twenty five eight without rest when putting solid work.

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