The Gold Album: 18th Dynasty
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| Studio album by Tyga | ||||
| Released | June 23, 2015 | |||
| Recorded | 2014–15 | |||
| Genre | Hip hop | |||
| Length | 44:33 | |||
| Label | Last Kings | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 45/100 |
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| HipHopDX |   |
| Pitchfork Media | 3.9/10 |
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| XXL | L (3/5) |
The Gold Album: 18th Dynasty is the fourth studio album by American rapper Tyga. It premiered exclusively on Spotify on June 23, 2015. The album serves as his first release on his independent record label Last Kings Records. The project has received mixed to negative reviews from critics.
On May 1, 2014, Tyga made a tweet, stating that the project would be executively produced by Kanye West. The production on the album would be provided by Mike Dean, alongside his frequent collaborator Jess Jackson.
On October 22, 2013, Tyga released a track, called "Wait for a Minute", as the album's promotional single. The track features a duet between Tyga and a Canadian recording artist Justin Bieber, with the production that was handled by Maejor.
On April 9, 2014, Tyga released a track, called "Hookah", as the project's second promotional single. The song features guest vocals from a fellow American rapper Young Thug, with the production that was provided by London on da Track.
On January 8, 2015, the project was availably made for the pre-order on iTunes, including two promotional singles: "Make It Work" and "40 Mill" (with the production handled by West and Mike Dean). As of June 2015, these pre-order tracks were removed, however, and were not included in the album's final track listing. The mixtape differs from other Tyga projects as it was not released physically by CD or vinyl pressings, which could've contributed to the mixtape's lackluster commercial performance. In addition to that, some songs that Tyga intended to have on this project had to be removed: "Hookah" featuring Young Thug, "Wait for a Minute" featuring Justin Bieber, "Erryday", "40 Mill", "Real Deal", "Make It Work", and some unreleased collaborations with Future, Drake and Chris Brown were all not present on the album. The reason being Tyga's previous label was not allowing him to release them as they had ownership of the songs. This is why the track list was short and concise in terms of amount of songs. To date, the project is only available on streaming formats.
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