Quelle Chris

          Quelle Chris is a Detroit MC who was first introduced in the infamous Detroit hip hop group Wasted Youth which was also an extension of the group Elzhi and Ta’Raach were in at the time called the Breakfast Club. After experimenting in different aspects of music including the electronic and indie rock scene, he returned to Detroit with a hip hop heavyweight by the name of House Shoes and shortly thereafter released Blue Mondays. He swiftly changed focus again and released two albums with his electronic group Awesome in Outer Space, and an album with his new group Crown Nation called “Slutbag Edition”. Elzhi (Detroit MC) referred to this album as “One of his favorite albums of 2009” and was also referred to as being one of Detroit’s classic albums. This album led to numerous collaborations stemming from Guilty Simpson, and Danny Brown. After leading the production on Danny Brown’s album “The Hybrid”, he decided to go back to his traditional ways of being an MC.
          His most widely acclaimed and my favorite album “Shotgun and Sleek Rifle” was a project that exemplified both the skills and motivation of a Detroit MC, and the roots of his past that Quelle Chris as an artist has always held close to his heart. The album has features on it including Danny Brown, Roc Marciano, and the group that helped him start it all, Wasted Youth. The album represents a mix of rock and his deep founded love for hip hop. It also pulls from his roots in soul and grunge music which makes for the album to be a smooth, yet hard hitting album. The album is one of my favorites because I feel as if it is the artist’s true show of skill, and the homage that he pays his hometown the city of Detroit. The song Nubeginning4 featuring Machine represents the changes that Quelle as an artist has been through and where he is at now in his career. He also produces most of his music so this track not only featured him as an MC, but as a producer of the track as well. Overall, Quelle Chris is on his way to becoming one of the faces that you see when Detroit hip hop is mentioned in conversation or anywhere for that matter.