Mental Releases

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

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)

Critical reception

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

  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
gollark: They were clearly not against violence.
gollark: Anyway, you should try Omniquantism, the belief that an ominpotent god can make all religions true simultaneously.
gollark: What?
gollark: IIRC the Old Testament actually contains recordings of commands by god to kill specific groups.
gollark: Not all religions say "be peaceful and not mean to each other", though?

References

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