Goldlink Quotes

Goldlink

Profession : Rapper

Birth : May 17, 1993

I'm into literally all types of music man. I love music.

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More people should rap about reality.

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I just simply rap about my life.

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Go-go is so drum and Congo based. It's almost like music from Africa. The drums like on 'Planet Paradise' are deeply African-rooted. It's really bouncy and the same speed as go-go music. That's an example of the influence go-go had on me.

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I grew up with go-go music. We wasn't really hip-hop fans.

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I started rapping when I was 18-19.

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I'm from the DMV. I grew up in Maryland my whole life and I was born in Washington D.C.

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Beck's 'Hell Yes' was the most game changing video ever.

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I don't have a hip-hop goal but I want to headline Bonnaroo one day.

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I'm real sexy and I make sexy music so I'm going to be Prince meets Nelson Mandela.

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Believe it or not, at concerts some records go off more than 'Crew' does.

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I love meeting people, I love seeing faces.

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You know, Slick Rick was tight at telling stories.

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I just wanna make more music, legit music as opposed to keeping the same constant thing. I wanna show growth in the music, pretty much.

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I guess rap has such a bad name, because everybody can do it now, and that's probably why people don't want to be considered as rappers anymore, they're not taken seriously anymore. But yeah, rap is definitely the core of what I want to do. But I'm also an artist so I try to do as many things as I can, but I always keep rap in the equation.

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I'm very complex and complicated. I like a lot, a lot.

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There's more to music than just words over tracks.

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I'm not really a big Internet fan.

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I'm gonna find creative ways to connect with people that actually matter and exist. That's kinda like my goal, like, how can we creatively do things in a different way so that we can actually get people and talk to them?

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I create vibe-y dance music.

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