Mental Releases

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Mental Releases
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 1, 1995
GenreChristian hip hop, alternative hip hop, Southern hip hop, jazz rap
LabelGotee
GRITS chronology
Mental Releases
(1995)
Factors of the Seven
(1998)

Mental Releases is the debut album of Christian hip hop duo GRITS.

Critical reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
CCM MagazineNot rated[1]
Cross Rhythms[2]
Jesus Freak Hideout[3]

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]

  1. Cataclysmic Circles / World Is Round - 5:21
  2. Weigh a Buck 50 - 3:28
  3. Set Ya Mind At Ease - 4:26
  4. 10-A-Cee - 4:10
  5. Universal and Worldwide / Don't Bring Me Down - 4:57
  6. Gettin' Ready - 4:13
  7. Screen Door - 4:08
  8. Jazz - 3:57
  9. Temptations - 4:35
  10. Kickin' Mo' Rhymes - 4:55
  11. Get the Picture / Grammatical Revolution - 4:34
  12. Forgive Me - 3:59
  13. Why Battle Me (featuring Liquid Man) - 4:49
  14. Everybody Wants On - 4:15
  15. The Outro - 2:08

References[edit]

  1. ^ Rake, Jamie Lee (August 1996). "Reviews / Mental Releases". CCM Magazine. 18 (2): 79.
  2. ^ a b Cummings, Tony (August 1, 1995). "Review: Mental Releases - Grits". Cross Rhythms. Retrieved February 2, 2016.
  3. ^ a b Anderson, Patrick (October 1, 2007). "Grits, "Mental Releases" Review". Jesus Freak Hideout. Retrieved February 2, 2016.