Quran Goodman

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Quran Goodman is a 26 year old hip hop producer from Philadelphia, PA, USA.

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Hailing from West Philly, Quran started his career in music at the young age of 11 years old in the rap group "Da Youngstas" 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.

Quran eventually moved on to producing from being raised in a house hold of music.His father "Lawrence Goodman" (who also taught Quran 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 mega production duo Poke & Tone better known as "Trackmasters" after meeting them in a Miami studio session with Nas & Dr. Dre. With Poke & Tone believing in him opportunities were endless, Goodman wanted to prove to the world he has what it takes to be a "great" music icon.Quran's first song he produced was the smash hit Method Man feat. D'Angelo single titled "Break Ups 2 Make Ups" off of the 2x platinum album "Tical 2000: Judgement Day". Goodman also got his shine by co-starring alongside Method Man 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.