Guns (Quelle Chris album)

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Guns
Quelle Chris Guns.jpg
Studio album by
Quelle Chris
ReleasedMarch 29, 2019 (2019-03-29)
Genre Hip hop
Length47:30
Label Mello Music Group
Producer
Quelle Chris chronology
Everything's Fine
(2018)		Guns
(2019)		 Innocent Country 2
(2020)

Guns is a solo studio album by American rapper and record producer Quelle Chris. It was released on March 29, 2019, through Mello Music Group with distribution via The Orchard. Production was handled by Chris Keys, Dane, and Quelle himself. It features guest appearances from Bilal Salaam, Cavalier, Denmark Vessey, Eldar Djangirov, James Acaster, Jean Grae, Jonathan Hoard, Mach-Hommy, and Ugly Boy Modeling.

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 81/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Exclaim! 7/10 [3]
HipHopDX 4/5 [4]
Pitchfork 7.7/10 [5]
Vice A− [6]

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 81, based on 4 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". [1]

Paul Simpson of AllMusic gave the album 4 stars out of 5, calling it Quelle Chris' "best, most enjoyable work." [2] Kyle Mullin of Exclaim! gave the album a 7 out of 10, writing, "While this is an album with no shortage of ambition, and one that will certainly make demands on its listeners, their patience will certainly be rewarded by the multitudes that Quelle brings forth on Guns." [3]

Track listing

No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."Spray and Pray"Dane1:38
2."Guns"Chris Keys3:12
3."Color of the Day" Quelle Chris 0:25
4."Mind Ya Bidness"Quelle Chris3:35
5."It's the Law/Farewell Goodbye Addio, Uncle Tom" (featuring Ugly Boy Modeling)Quelle Chris4:33
6."Wild Minks" (featuring Mach-Hommy)Quelle Chris4:51
7."Box of Wheaties V2" (featuring Denmark Vessey)Quelle Chris5:14
8."PSA Drugfest 2003/Sleeveless Minks"Quelle Chris4:28
9."Sunday Mass" (featuring Bilal Salaam)Quelle Chris0:52
10."Straight Shot" (featuring Cavalier, Bilal Salaam, Eldar Djangirov, and James Acaster)
  • Quelle Chris
  • Chris Keys (co.)
6:10
11."Obamacare"
  • Quelle Chris
  • Chris Keys (co.)
4:27
12."You, Me & Nobody Else" (featuring Jean Grae and Jonathan Hoard)Quelle Chris4:47
13."WYRM"Quelle Chris3:19
Total length:47:30

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Guns by Quelle Chris". Metacritic . Retrieved April 4, 2020.
  2. 1 2 Simpson, Paul. "Guns - Quelle Chris | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic . Retrieved April 4, 2020.
  3. 1 2 Mullin, Kyle (April 5, 2019). "Quelle Chris Guns". Exclaim! . Retrieved April 4, 2020.
  4. ↑ Draughorne, Kenan (April 29, 2019). "Review: Quelle Chris Paints Modern America's Stained Portrait On "Guns"". HipHopDX . Retrieved April 4, 2020.
  5. ↑ Moore, Marcus J. (April 1, 2019). "Quelle Chris: Guns". Pitchfork . Retrieved April 4, 2020.
  6. ↑ Christgau, Robert (May 17, 2019). "Robert Christgau Reviews Quelle Chris' Crisis Raps". Vice . Retrieved April 4, 2020.
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