Quran Goodman

Quran Goodman is a 26-year-old hip hop/r&b/pop music producer/artist/writer from West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

Biography

Quran "Q.G." Goodman started his career in music at the young age of 11 years old in the rap group "Da Youngsta's" with brother Taji & cousin Tarik. Da Youngstas released 4 albums titled "Somethin 4 Da Youngstas", "The Aftermath" (which was produced by big names such as Naughty By Nature, Pete Rock, DJ Premier, The Beatnuts, Marley Marl, & Lawrence Goodman), "No Mercy", and "I'll Make U Famous" on Eastwest/Atlantic Records which resulted to them engraving their mark in the hip hop world and is widely recognized as the best/hardest young teenage rap group ever.

Quran eventually moved on to producing from being raised in a household of music. His father "Lawrence Goodman" (who also taught Q how to produce) started the first rap label in Philadelphia history named "Pop Art Records" and "Hilltop Hustlers" and is responsible for discovering,producing,and releasing records on mega talents "Will Smith, Salt & Pepa, Biz Markie, Roxanne Shante', Galaxy, Cool C, Steady B, and 3x Dope".

Quran was destined to be great in music. At the age of 18 Quran's production skills captured the ears of multi-platinum production duo Poke & Tone better known as "Trackmasters" after meeting them in a Miami studio session with Nas & Dr. Dre. Quran's first song he produced under the Trackmasters umbrella was the smash hit Method Man feat. D'Angelo single titled "Break Ups 2 Make Ups" off of the 2x platinum album "". Goodman also got his shine by co-starring alongside Method Man & 50 Cent in the "Hype Williams" directed video. Quran also captured the attention of music mogul/icon "Babyface and Tracy Edmonds" and was given a six figure co-publishing deal with Edmonds Music Publishing based in Los Angeles. Goodman additionally did a six figure 10 song deal and a production company deal for his company "Face Off Entertainment" with Sony/BMG to sign,develop,and release music on his artists.As to date,Quran has produced records for numerous huge names such as "50 Cent,Missy Elliott,Mary J. Blige,Ludacris,Nas,Amerie,Will Smith,Method Man,Juelz Santana,Ghostface,Beanie Siegal,State Property,Jim Jones,Daddy Yankee,A.Z.,Freeway,Slick Rick,Kurupt,Charli Baltimore,Kobe Bryant,Keith Murray,Mobb Deep,Purple City,Peedi Peedi,Black Thought (The Roots),Freck Billionaire,Slim (112),Vita,Un Kasa,Grand Puba,Carmine Gotti,Ali Vegas,Ram Squad,Konfidential" and a host of others.

Currently Q.G. is working with R&B singer Amerie and produced the song titled "Some Like It" on the album Because I Love It,Juelz Santana,and also produced "My Struggles" feat. Mary J. Blige and Grand Puba on Missy Elliott's "The Cookbook" album that is now certified gold in the U.S. and has sold over 1 million copies worldwide.

External links

* [http://www.myspace.com/qurangoodman Quran Goodman] at MySpace