| Artist | Handsome Boy Modeling School |
|---|---|
| Cover | So how's your girl.jpg |
| Released | October 19, 1999 |
| Genre | Hip-hop, trip hop[1][2] |
| Label | Tommy Boy, Warner Bros. Records |
| Producer | Dan the Automator, Prince Paul |
| Next year | 2004 |
So... How's Your Girl? is the debut studio album by Handsome Boy Modeling School.[3] It was released on Tommy Boy Records on October 19, 1999.[4] The band's name is taken from an episode of the sitcom Get A Life, where the star Chris Elliott attempts to become a model. Many tracks on the album sample this episode.
Reception
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, So... How's Your Girl? received an average score of 79 out of 100 based on 13 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[4]
It ranked at number 5 on Spin's "Top 20 Albums of the Year" list.[5]
Track listing
All songs produced by Dan the Automator and Prince Paul, except for "Waterworld" produced by Dan the Automator and "Holy Calamity (Bear Witness II)" produced by Dan the Automator, Prince Paul, and DJ Shadow.
Charts
| Chart (2022) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard 200[6] | 198 |
References
- ^ Hermes, Will (October 29, 1999). "So...How's Your Girl?". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved June 18, 2016.
- ^ Christgau, Robert (November 16, 1999). "African Connection II". The Village Voice. Retrieved January 22, 2014.
- ^ Diehl, Matt (November 11, 1999). "Handsome Boy Modeling School: Beauty and the Beats". Rolling Stone. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
- ^ "Reviews for So...How's Your Girl? by Handsome Boy Modeling School". Metacritic. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
- ^ Wolk, Douglas (January 2000). "The Top 20 Albums of the Year". Spin. Vol. 16, no. 1. p. 76.
- ^ "Billboard 200: Week of May 7, 2022". Billboard. Retrieved May 3, 2022.