Being You Is Great, I Wish I Could Be You More Often
About this Album
Released on February 10, 2017 through Mello Music Group, Being You Is Great, I Wish I Could Be You More Often is Quelle Chris's solo album following Innocent Country (2015). It runs seventeen tracks and features guests including Roc Marciano, Homeboy Sandman, Denmark Vessey, Jean Grae, and Elzhi, with production from Ayepee, Chris Keys, the Alchemist, Mndsgn, and others.[3]
Reviewers read the record as a concept album tracing Chris's inner life from false confidence to real self-affirmation, with humor persisting even on its darkest tracks.[2] Chris himself described it as an album about being human: being great, being flawed, being you.[1] Critical reception was generally favorable, including 3.5 out of 5 from AllMusic and 7.6 out of 10 from Pitchfork.[3]
Songs
References
- First Listen: Quelle Chris, Being You Is Great, I Wish I Could Be You More Often (NPR) — Review framing the album as a journey toward self-acceptance, with Quelle Chris describing it as being about being human, and a note on the jazzy bass loop and horn stabs.
- Rapper Quelle Chris balances humor and introspection (The Johns Hopkins News-Letter) — Student review describing Buddies as the opening self-love chant with blurred pronouns, and the album as a concept record moving from false confidence to self-affirmation.
- Being You Is Great, I Wish I Could Be You More Often (Wikipedia) — Release date, label, track listing, production credits for Buddies and critical reception.