Brooklyn tough voice: Matthew

Brooklyn tough voice, gravelly, swaggering, and loyal

Prompt: A male voice of an old-school Brooklyn tough—gravelly, streetwise, and heavy with attitude, every word soaked in outer-borough swagger. The tone is low and rough, dropped R's, a wiseguy cadence that turns every statement into a verdict. There's a loyal, old-neighborhood warmth under the gruffness. It sounds like a voice that knows everybody on the block, settles disputes with a look, and never, ever forgets a favor.

Script: Ay! Ay, look who it is! Come 'ere, come 'ere, let me look at you. You're lookin' good, you're lookin' healthy, that's good, that's what I like to see. Listen! Anybody gives you a problem around here, anybody, you come to Sal, capiche? We take care of our own on this block, always have.