Golden Rules: Golden Ticket | Album Review

Golden Rules are London producer Paul White, who has worked with Danny Brown and Homeboy Sandman, and Florida rapper and singer Eric Biddines.

While both have clocked up ear-catching work on their own, this fascinating meeting of the minds really hits the jackpot. White turns out slinky, funky, bluesy, heat-hazed grooves, while Biddines’s laid-back Dirty South drawl sketches an array of rhymes and stories.

The stack of tracks will remind you of OutKast and Arrested Development at their best.

These jams ooze class, casual confidence and lotsa style. It's Over is a wistful mediation on ending a relationship. The broody downtempo drama of Never Die benefits from the contribution of Yasiin Bey/Mos Def. And the title track neatly encapsulates the natural interplay between White and Biddines.

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