The opening song on Ester Dean’s new EP, Miss Ester Dean, is a jam about stealing a crap dude’s ex-girlfriend. “How he let a bad motherfucker like you go?” she wonders. It’s a good question. Not only is it bigging up a quote-unquote “cold ass bitch,” it’s also Ester showing off her mack prowess by floating off with his ex.
This flawless jack move ends with an aloof warning that if he comes around, his best course is to tread lightly. Also,”How he get mad when he see you in the Rolls Royce?/ All up in his feelings, want you back, man, we so ghost/ How he let a chick take his bitch? Man, I don’t know/ He must’ve got a bruise or a bump on his ego.”
It’s a cocky corrective to the aggression on a record like “Loyal,” as if Dean is snatching Karrueche from the krumping clutches of Chris Brown right after their 53rd breakup.
Not surprisingly, “Keeper” has the most plays on Ester’s SoundCloud page. She’s flexed just as casually as a songwriter on records like Rihanna’s “Rude Boy” and Beyoncé’s “Countdown.” (And Nicki Minaj’s “Pills N Potions.”) As an artist, Ester’s high-pitched, squealing vocals are a distinct trademark, though she’s toned it down a bit from her “Drop It Low” days.
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