Jean Grae & Quelle Chris Gold, Purple, Orange
Directed by Jean Grae
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Directed and animated by Quelle Chris
Rappers, Jean Grae and Quelle Chris are breaking molds and making gold on their latest collaboration, Everything's Fine, released on Mar.30th, 2018 on Mello Music Group. The album title sheds light on the habit of saying that "Everything is fine," when really, it's not. Perhaps it's a hollowed out conditioned response, a means to quickly dodge further having to explain ourselves and our circumstances, or it's an attempt to lie to ourselves.
Our current world is seemingly riddled with face-palm inducing news feeds and daily dystopian uncertainty with the occasional threat of war; but rather than succumbing to depression, cynicism or turning into misanthropes; Jean Grae & Quelle Chris make art that dissects social stereotypes, slings satire, and takes hip-hop far beyond its cliches, and instead moves into sonically adventurous realms.
The album is smart, experimental, and just really fun. I've used enough big words for today. Just listen to it.
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