''Too Dirt For TV² – Niggas Is Men'' is a 2013 mixtape album by American rapper and producer

Quelle Chris Gavin Christopher Tennille (born October 19, 1984), known as Quelle Chris, is an American record producer, rapper and songwriter from Detroit, Michigan. He has released over 15 albums as a solo act and with his collaborative projects. He has bee ...

. It featured audio production handled by Messiah Musik, Sifu and Quelle himself, and guest appearances from Bwameeks, Cavalier, Chay,

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, DJ GroWeyez, Fresh Daily, Mosel, and Tanya Morgan.

Background

''Niggas Is Men'' is Quelle's debut full-length with

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-based

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Mello Music Group Mello Music Group (MMG) is an American independent record label based in Tucson, Arizona. Founded in 2007, Mello Music has released hip hop compilations and albums by producers and rappers such as Oddisee, Apollo Brown, Mr. Lif, Ghostface Killah ...

. Also it is the second album of Quelle's ongoing 'too dirt for TV' series, following up to his 2012 release of ''2Dirt4TV'' and preceding his 2015 release of ''

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.'' The record was released on March 19, 2013 for sale digitally, on April 30, 2013 on CD and

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, and distributed by Fat Beats.

Track listing

Notes *"Green Eyes" contains samples from "Soul Girl" by

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(1973) and "Treat 'Em Right" by

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(1990) *"In Retrograde" contains samples from "Spell" by Blue Magic (1974)

Personnel

* André Trenier – artwork * Chris Keys – guest vocals (track 14) *

– guest vocals (track 7) * Devon Callender – guest vocals (track 6) * Donald Freeman – guest vocals (track 6) * Gavin Christopher Tennille – main artist, executive producer, producer (tracks 1, 3-4, 7, 9, 11-12, 14) * Ilyas Nashid – guest vocals (track 6) * Michael Richardson – guest vocals (tracks 5-7) * Michael Tolle – executive producer * Bwameeks – guest vocals (track 4) * Cavalier – guest vocals (tracks 2-8, 10-11, 13) * Chay – guest vocals (track 5) * DJ Groweyez – guest vocals (track 1) * Messiah Musik – producer (tracks 2, 6, 8-10) * Mosel – guest vocals (track 11) * P.U.D.G.E. - guest vocals (track 14) * Sifu – producer (tracks 5, 13)

References

2013 mixtape albums Mello Music Group albums Albums produced by Quelle Chris {{2010s-hiphop-album-stub