WHY YOU WAIT REVIEW 4.5/5

Why You Wait, an EP more intentional for the delorean than a 'Lac, delivers a futuristic epic that's ageless to the masses. The album was released 01.13.09 on the No Regard's blog, It's No Regard, where the album can also be purchased. The band has been hard at work preparing this installment, a 7-track EP that has been well worth the wait since their last release. The Virginia based group, No Regard brings a style incomparable to man. With rhymes part of their mechanics and beats flying out their hard-drives, there's no stopping them. The album might not have you moving like Kanye West's RoboCop, but at a much faster rate with more intensity and an incredible track lineup. There sound reckons above and beyond other cultural shocks like N.E.R.D., Kanye West, and The Cool Kids--genius in other words. However, this Virginia based group possesses a new trend. One that's built to firewall any generalizations with their synths and piano rolls. The Why You Wait EP has everything else on hiatus--stuck in the waiting room and is a must listen.

It's No Regard

The opening title to the Why You Wait EP invades your speakers, TV and car, literally. Harley enters with a list of demands that no one else can fulfill. And it isn't a dream, the takeover is in succession as him and Rosewell gives the world a transformation the autobots can't even prevent. But this epic opening battle sequence is the least bit deceptive, it's an at-ease broadcast letting the world know It's No Regard.

There's Nothing Wrong

Don't bug. Don't glitch. There's nothing wrong with a little spontaneousness. But there really is a message; is anyone out there? No, just Harley on a masquerading solo transmitting a love gone wrong. An airy blend of pianos clashing with drums and hi-hats create this masterpiece. A smooth and sophisticated daydream ruined by a nightmare leaving you with one final question; is there anyone out there? Because I'm looking for a connection, a little love fling.

Zooom

Mel B of No Regard takes off on Zooom--sending a blast of calm, melodic refreshment and vernacular rhymes through your eardrums. Spaceships come to a hault as the heart beat gets thrown into hyper-speed. Cause girls just want to have fun, but they love the fast lane and fast paced relationships even more. All Mel B and Jax ask is you to slow down, pump your breaks before you chant the L word through the microphone. This is a song for the lovers caught star gazing. Along with an oath for players that wake up next morning with a ring tied to their finger.

Spaceship

Screw your candy paint on that '65 throwback, 'I'm talkin' about my spaceship.' Synthesized guitars blare as the the Why You Wait EP enters back into the atmosphere with Harley and Rosewell's song, Spaceship. An autotune-riddled track conspiring originality, alienating everything you thought was in this year. Hands down, No Regard's Spaceship is well beyond The Beetle's Yellow Submarine.

Guitar

No Regard's heroism with their guitar has your girlfriend loving their star power. Quite the opposite of a Rick Rubin sample, Harley and Rosewell are back at it making everyone else look so ridiculous with this amplified classroom anthem. From the beginning all the way through the lunchroom cipher, Guitar goes well and beyond bragging rights. No Regard easily overcomes any school's band faster than Rodney Dangerfield did in the '80s movie, Back to School. But that's 'old and dusted,' No Regard is the new topic for discussion after this track.

Locker

Continuing with the School Daze, mind-rattling riffs open the song properly and proceed throughout the entire song as hi-hats and drums keep the melody steady. The smooth operators themselves hit you with a set of combinations that leads any girl to their locker, begging for a love note from yours truly, Harley & Rosewell, with love.

So You

The grand finale to the Why You Wait EP can't be justified as the ending. This conclusion is just the beginning of No Regard's ability to get an entire crowd going; an experiment with many more test subjects to come. From lunchroom tables to homecoming dances, there's a new hip-hop group from the South that's going well and beyond their alumni and brings a new phrase for the entire culture to chant; 'Why you gotta be so you????????????'

-Written by, Bob

of Speak Loud.