Beard Syd

• 1 Walls 02:18
• 2 Callin (feat. Blu june) 02:34
• 3 Jasmin 17 04:02
• 4 My Love 04:30
• 5 Always Be Mine (feat. Jordan Ward) 03:42
• 6 Closet (feat. Cube) 02:09
• 7 Bad Guys 03:17
• 8 GMFU (feat. Big Sean) 03:17
• 9 Do Better 03:10
• 10 Any Time (feat. James Fauntleroy) 04:29
• 11 Water 04:23
• 12 2 Many Days 03:05
• Total Runtime 40:56

Info for Beard

Syd is back! Syd is releasing her new album "Beard". The album, co-produced by Syd, and featuring friends and collaborators Raphael Saadiq, Big Sean, Rodney Jerkins, James Fauntleroy, Van Hunt, Blu June, and Jordan Ward.

Says Syd about the record – “Beard is a coming of age album for me. It’s a snapshot of what my life looks like right now. The title was inspired by the peach fuzz on my upper lip that society has always taught me to hate. I fell in love with my peach fuzz and it made me rethink everything that was supposed to make me feel insecure. It allowed me to take my confidence into my own hands, and own everything that I am and everything I love about myself, regardless of what anyone else thinks. The title also represents the way I see myself in relation to my peers, especially in music. ‘The bearded lady.’ Not so much a spectacle in my case, but an anomaly and an outlier. Hard to compare. I’m owning that too. Taking things that were once insecurities and flipping them on their head has been extremely empowering.”

Syd

Syd
got her start at 14 making beats and doing sound engineering for neighborhood kids who rapped, including Odd Future, and eventually became the group’s official DJ. She began writing and co-producing with Odd Future’s Matt Martians, but only started singing when she couldn’t find people to hand her songs off to. From Time Magazine;

“When I started making music, I just wanted to be the producer who sang the hooks,” she says. “I wanted to be Pharrell, honestly, the one who made the beats and was in the music video with the girls.”…

Martians and Syd—who still put out albums on the Odd Future label, though the group has largely disbanded to pursue separate endeavors—originally intended to make their beats, write their songs and then hand them off to other artists to sing. But when they couldn’t find the right people, Syd tried singing them herself—and her voice is so achingly natural it sounds almost like breathing.”

Martians and Syd created The Internet in late 2011, adding three band mates and casting Syd as a reluctant lead singer. But despite her hesitance she emerged a clear star, with gorgeous, airy vocals and mesmerizing stage presence. Syd’s talent is unique among the current crop of budding R&B talent, including Kehlani, SZA and Tinashe. She is a triple threat — a musician who can sing, write and produce.

This album contains no booklet.