Mental Releases | ||||
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Released | August 1, 1995 | |||
Genre | Christian hip hop, alternative hip hop, Southern hip hop, jazz rap | |||
Label | Gotee | |||
GRITS chronology | ||||
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Mental Releases is the debut album of Christian hip hop duo GRITS.
Critical reception
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Source | Rating |
CCM Magazine | Not rated[1] |
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Awarding the album an eight out of ten from Cross Rhythms, Tony Cummings states, "A truly original band pushing back the hip hop boundaries."[2] Patrick Anderson, rating the album two and a half stars at Jesus Freak Hideout, writes, "so don't expect it to be a solid modern rap album".[3]
Track listing
[edit]- Cataclysmic Circles / World Is Round - 5:21
- Weigh a Buck 50 - 3:28
- Set Ya Mind At Ease - 4:26
- 10-A-Cee - 4:10
- Universal and Worldwide / Don't Bring Me Down - 4:57
- Gettin' Ready - 4:13
- Screen Door - 4:08
- Jazz - 3:57
- Temptations - 4:35
- Kickin' Mo' Rhymes - 4:55
- Get the Picture / Grammatical Revolution - 4:34
- Forgive Me - 3:59
- Why Battle Me (featuring Liquid Man) - 4:49
- Everybody Wants On - 4:15
- The Outro - 2:08
References
[edit]- ^ Rake, Jamie Lee (August 1996). "Reviews / Mental Releases". CCM Magazine. 18 (2): 79.
- ^ a b Cummings, Tony (August 1, 1995). "Review: Mental Releases - Grits". Cross Rhythms. Retrieved February 2, 2016.
- ^ a b Anderson, Patrick (October 1, 2007). "Grits, "Mental Releases" Review". Jesus Freak Hideout. Retrieved February 2, 2016.