Out of the DMV, a star as tangy and sweet as mumbo sauce is on the rise, and that star is Goldlink. It’s hard for anything or anyone to be original in the 21st century, and it seems like we have found comfort in our constant use of recycled ideas, but I see something in Goldlink that I haven’t seen in other hip-hop artists.

The 23 year old, D’Anthony Carlos who found his name after watching the documentary American Pimp , possess a slight raspy tone with a nice harmonious melodic singing voice on top of that. Goldlink infuses the high energy and go go driven vibe of the DMV in his instrumental choice. Goldlink music sounds like a simpler summer filled with teenage angst and everything that we love about love. Accompanying the musical composition is conscious lyrics that entail life experiences delivered in a breakneck cadence.

Goldlink gives us a necessary and a relaxing balance in our music. Listening to him, we feel all of life emotions and are taken on different rides in each song. We are in time where most rappers feel like growing out the hair and then dying it shows that they are different and musical outcast, without actually producing music that equates to their exterior. Goldlink is different in a unconventional millennial way and that is seen within his music and appearance.

Link possesses an ambiguity that I appreciate because in the era where everybody wants to be seen, he is someone who just wants to make great music.

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I met Goldlink through the release of his freshman debut, The God Complex, in 2014 which garnered mixed reviews like much of his music does, but I loved it. The Men in Black sampled single, Ay Ay on that project was my favorite. The song, Sober Thoughts, was a popular one.

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His album,And After That,We Didn’t talk is an amazing story about love filled with great musical instrumentation and nice lyrics.

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His latest single, Fall in Love, has received a lot of lately and has more of a r&b appeal than a lot of his music.