GoldLink, releases his third studio album, HARAM!.

GoldLink, releases his third studio album, HARAM!.

GoldLink, one of the most innovative artists in hip-hop, releases his third studio album, HARAM!.

The album contains 15 tracks with features by Flo Milli, NLE Choppa, Santigold, Bibi Bourelly, Rich The Kid, emerging international act Fire! and more. Created over the last year during a reflective period while living abroad in London and Amsterdam, HARAM! represents the destruction and rebuilding of a new GoldLink. Joe Perez (Kanye West, Nicki Minaj, Pusha T) helmed the creative direction for the album. See below for full album tracklist.

HARAM! is the follow up to GoldLink’s critically acclaimed album Diaspora. Released June 2019, the album was recognized by Pitchfork as “the best music of his career,” and Highsnobiety declared "GoldLink can conceive of and execute his ideas better than most anyone in hip-hop today." Diaspora made several Best Albums of The Year lists including Complex, UpRoxx, Hot New Hip Hop and more, while standout track “Zulu Screams” ft. Maleek Berry and Bibi Bourelly made The New York Times “54 Best Songs of 2019” list, calling it “a supremely catchy international collaboration.”

HARAM! Tracklist:

01 Extra Clip feat. NLE Choppa

02 202

03 White Walls

04 Spit On It feat. Rizloski

05 Terrordome

06 Evian feat. PinkPantheresss, Rizloski & Rax

07 Raindrops feat. Flo Milli

08 Twin feat. Rich The Kid

09 Girl Pacino feat. Deji Okeze

10 Thump Chronicles Vol. 1 feat. Pressa & Digga

11 Culture Clash feat. Fire!

12 Wayne Perry feat. LukeyWorld

13 Wild and Lethal Trash! feat. Fire! & Santigold

14 Don’t Cry Over Spilled Milk feat. Jesse Boykins III

15 Cindy’s Daughter feat. Bibi Bourelly

About GoldLink:

Where the intersections of the DMV (DC, Maryland and Virginia) collide, GoldLink is a direct product. Washington, D.C., and the broader DMV area, have long been treated like a musical Rubik's cube. There are bursting, Technicolor patches of musical brilliance, but the component parts never line up in a way that made sense to those on the outside. GoldLink is not interested in spelling out all the nuances of his hometown; what he does aim to do is synthesize his environment's litany of influences and inspirations into something unique, singular, and all together his own.

With his debut studio album At What Cost (Squaaash Club/RCA) - helmed by the monstrous single "Crew" - released in March 2017, he's done just that. By merging the sensibilities of go-go with the African diaspora, he's done what hip-hop has done from its inception: repurpose what's available into something magical.

The success of At What Cost and now 4x Platinum single "Crew" saw GoldLink achieve a number of career firsts -- from his Grammy nomination for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration to the iHeartMedia Music Awards nomination for Best New Hip-Hop Artist to his BET Awards nomination for Best New Artist. Adding to his accomplishments was a Grammy Nomination for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration the following year with “Like I Do” with Christina Aguilera.

Following up in 2019 with Diaspora, GoldLink continued to show his sonic range and influences as shown on singles “Zulu Screams” ft. Maleek Berry and “Joke Ting” ft. AriPensmith.

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