{"id":60393,"date":"2015-11-09T18:55:30","date_gmt":"2015-11-09T18:55:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wonderlandmagazine.com\/?p=60393"},"modified":"2017-03-01T11:47:29","modified_gmt":"2017-03-01T11:47:29","slug":"new-noise-goldlink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wonderlandmagazine.com\/2015\/11\/09\/new-noise-goldlink\/","title":{"rendered":"New Noise: Goldlink"},"content":{"rendered":"

With his debut album \u2018And After That, We Didn\u2019t Talk\u2019 having finally arrived, Wonderland sit down with rapper Goldlink to have a chat.<\/p>\n

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\u2018And After That, We Didn\u2019t Talk\u2019 has been a long time coming. For the past two years, 21-year-old Goldlink has been building a global reputation as a rapper with his own mind and his own sound, to the point where his debut album has widely been heralded as one of hip-hop\u2019s most exciting releases in 2015 \u2013 or even just one of music\u2019s most exciting releases. With a handful of features under his belt, including Christian Rich, ZHU and Bipolar Sunshine, Goldlink has only released one mixtape to date, the widely critically acclaimed \u2018The God Complex\u2019. Holding back on releasing two, maybe three mixtapes before an album, as some rappers tend to do in these days of instant SoundCloud uploads and DatPiff, has served to only heighten the thirst for his debut.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s important to note that it would be wrong to pigeonhole Goldlink to the rap world, however, as his sounds travel far wider. Having self labelled it \u201cfuture bounce\u201d, Goldlink\u2019s music encompasses hip-hop beats, trap sounds, wavy electronic synths, old school samples with a new school sheen, and an impeccable flow of sometimes jarringly-honest lyrics. With these elements and more blended together, Goldlink is serving some straight-up unique energy that\u2019s about to take over. Check out the album stream below, but not before you get to know the Washington-native a little better via our chat.<\/p>\n