When Speak! gave us “Jen Ballera, I Love You (Since I Was 19)” on Valentine's Day, it had us cursing each passing night as we waited for the next special gift. The wait is over.
Speak!'s Beautiful Sounds for Beautiful People with Fantastic Taste is available for download on the Applebird blog, a low key L.A. label home to Verbs and Pheo. Speak! gets lovestruck all over this free EP. Jen Ballera is not the only girl who got under his skin, letting each one know she's his “favorite regret, even though we just met.” Besides Jen, there's Caitlin and some girl in Portland or Seattle that's vying for a piece of his heart, at least.
Speak! might not look the typical rapper part, but people said the same thing about Lushlife, then properly shut their mouths when he opened his. The comparison works for Speak!'s doo-wop samples, which give his beats a tender bounce proper for lamenting on the woes lasses bring.
Major props to Speak! shouting out 2-buck Chuck on “Larry, He Changed” – shit is essential to the boozer on a budget.
Download Beautiful Sounds for Beautiful People with Fantastic Taste here.
