However, due to countless music industry woes, she's largely remained a freelance artist since the late 2000s, digitally self-releasing the majority of her solo work.
A mainstay of the New York underground hip-hop scene since the mid-'90s, she began releasing solo material in 2002 and collaborated with artists such as the Roots, the Herbaliser, Talib Kweli, and many others. River (feat.Jean Grae is a highly acclaimed rapper and producer known for her dense, polysyllabic rhymes as well as her biting sense of humor. I don't think I've laughed this hard in any other session, ever."Įverything's Fine comes out March 30 via Mello Music Group.Ĥ. He wrote it all himself, and there were a lot of Jameson and gingers being had.
"We recorded it at our house, and I am still so proud of him for killing it. "Watching Hannibal write and record this song is one of my favorite memories from making this album, and favorite memories of him in general," Grae says of Buress, whom both she and Chris have worked with in the past. Produced entirely by Chris and Grae, Everything's Fine will have cameos from musical collaborators (Denmark Vessey, Anna Wise, Your Old Droog, Big Tone) and comedians who mirror their mix of inane intelligence (Michael Che, Nick Offerman, Ashok "Dap" Kondabolu and Burress).Īnd from the sounds of it, the making of "OhSh" was as fun as the finished product. "It's an important place to find - when you just really need to let go for a second and, more importantly, not feel guilty about it." "The silliness of 'OhSh' was such an important place to be able to get to in this album," Jean Grae tells NPR. "I'm lyin, I ain't got no f***** Merlot / I drink whiskey, but I do want a fur coat / This s*** is trippy."Ītop a jittery bassline and skittish sonics that lay the groundwork for the album's unpacking of that collective tendency to pretend "everything's fine" even when the world is crumbling around us, Chris and Grae talk plenty of hilarious ish. "I ain't got no fur coat / but I got a bookbag fulla Merlot," Buress raps. There's war, your kids may be sick, but if someone randomly asks 'how's it going?' most people will say 'fine.'"Īs the debut single, the aptly-titled "OhSh," produced by Chris, features comedian Hannibal Buress.
"Money is still a thing (I'm waiting for Star Trek life to start). "We have a d***head for a president, and before our eyes, racial, religious, and sexual identity rights are moving backwards," Chris states in the album announcement, breaking down the theme. And who better to provide it than the tag-team of satirical wit and left-field irony. Little did fans know at the time - while positively reacting to the couple's tweets announcing their commitment to tie the knot - that the longtime creative and romantic partners already had a bun of sorts in the oven.ĭue March 30 on Mello Music Group, their first full-length album, Everything's Fine, might be the soundtrack we've been awaiting to animate our national absurdity. Apparently, betrothal isn't the only thing Jean Grae and Quelle Chris were celebrating while on vacay in Barbados last month.
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