Son of Goldie is an epiphany of brilliance; and is built on the essence of a young man’s life, his encounters, his dreams but mostly importantly of his ambitions. The 17 – tracked compilation in its entity is impeccable. Quincy takes us through the intrinsic parts of his birth, relationships, family and of his one way trip to Hollywood in hopes to reaching his dreams.  The mixtape which includes five continuous narrative interludes starts off with an Intro of his birth, The Son of Goldie  being born on January 9th in Philly,  dedicates the album titling it “Son of Goldie”, Goldie being his mother and his birth representing the day of ambition. 

 

‘Looking Up’ is the second track of the mixtape. Quincy lays a meaningful message over a cryptic beat; where he talks about pursuing  his aspirations of becoming a rapper but oddly being discovered in Hollywood on some modeling and acting type gigs first, he further goes in to rap on how he has always been the opposite of basic and how everything is looking up now.

 

The Songs ‘So Long’ and ‘Gifted’ are immediate standouts of the mixtape. Qunicy revisits the hard, long, road it took to get where he is at now, with thoughts of having a grand child for his mother, but he has to continue grinding, as he continues working as a barber and chasing his dreams. On ‘Gifted’ Quincy quotes himself as being the chosen one and verbally emphasizes that these other rappers used to rap about real matters in life, nowadays it’s just all gimmicks; seeing himself as the one able to move the culture forward.

 

‘Tell me what you see’ is the perfect track, explaining exactly who Quincy is and how far he has come. The catchy beat instantly has you in a trance, questioning what you see, well the MC  tells it all in 16 bars.

 

‘How did I get Here’ and ‘Metronome’ are  probably the most epic tracks , both emotional but instinctively uplifting. The Son Of Goldie opens up about not seeing his mother in five years and bearing the loss of his nephew through a mis-carriage that his sister had to endure. His living situation wasn’t good at a time, his life was unclear; but from it all realizing that God was on his side. ‘How did I get here’ carried the title of the track as the hook, where Quincy talked about “dank” and about his parents’ divorce, his love for basketball at the time, and the cracks he fell through growing up. On tracks three, seven, nine, twelve and fifteen were filled with the (narrative). Quincy speaks on each track about believing in a higher power, learning his true potential, topics of religion and on being born to do great things. He further went on to mention that he's here telling his story and of what his mother thought of his raps.

 

‘Closer’,  is a more sensual vibe, he verbalizes having a tatt of this ‘bad’ chick, who his other hoes wanted to be, he never really knew what she did for the paper, but she always was rocking designer. Ultimately, thinking he was in love and her quickly leaving him heartbroken. Now she’s see him doing good and wants to get Closer.

 

‘Think of Me’ falls as the sixteenth track of the compilation, a song every one could relate to, with the thought of ‘Do you ever think of me, cause I think of you all the time’. A story of catching someone's attention.

 

Conclusively, each track cohesively delivers a settled fulfilling message and is wildly creative; with beats that are beautifully hypontic . The mixtape was a success in conveying The Son Of Goldie' inner thoughts and feeling in height of reaching his full God Given Potential. I highly push every one to listen to this mixtpe and be on the lookout for whats to come next from Quincy Todd.

                                                                                             - Sarah  Alston

                                                                                                                    1/30/15