Speech

About Speech

Speech is the first solo album by the American rapper Speech, released in 1996.

Overview

Speech is the first solo album by the American rapper Speech, released in 1996. The album's first single was "Like Marvin Gaye Said (What's Going On)". It first appeared on the Marvin Gaye tribute album Inner City Blues: The Music of Marvin Gaye. Production The album was produced by Speech, who also sang on some of the songs. He played most of the instruments on the album, and recorded it in his home studio. Speech contains guest appearances from Pappa Jon, Laurneá Wilkerson, and Foley. Critical reception

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Notable quotes

“Speak boldly, and speak truly, shame the devil.”
— Beaumont and Fletcher, Wit Without Money (c. 1614; 1639), Act IV, scene 4.
“A heart never created hatred; speech created hatred.”
— Sumerian proverb, Collection I at , .
“Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech.”
— II Corinthians, III. 12.
“It is never so difficult to speak as when we are ashamed of our silence.”
— François de La Rochefoucauld, Maxims. No. 178.
“Deus ille princeps, parens rerum fabricatorque mundi, nullo magis hominem separavit a ceteris, quæ quidem mortalia sunt, animalibus, quam dicendi facultate.”
— God, that all-powerful Creator of nature and Architect of the world, has impressed man with no character so proper to distinguish him from other animals, as by the faculty of speech.
“Il faut distinguer entre parler pour tromper et se taire pour être impénétrable.”
— We must distinguish between speaking to deceive and being silent to be reserved.

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