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{{Infobox album
{{Infobox Album <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
| Name = Mental Releases
| name = Mental Releases
| Type = [[Album]]
| type = studio
| Artist = [[GRITS]]
| artist = [[GRITS]]
| Cover =
| cover = mentalreleases.jpg
| Released = 1995
| alt =
| Recorded =
| released = August 1, 1995
| recorded =
| Genre = [[Jazz hip hop]]
| Length =
| venue =
| Label = Gotee Records
| studio =
| genre = [[Christian hip hop]], [[alternative hip hop]], [[Southern hip hop]], [[jazz rap]]
| Producer =
| Reviews =
| length =
| label = [[Gotee Records|Gotee]]
| Last album =
| producer =
| This album = Mental Releases
| prev_title =
⚫
| Next album = [[Factors of the Seven]]
| prev_year =
⚫
| next_title = [[Factors of the Seven]]
| next_year = 1998
}}
}}


'''Mental Releases''' is the [[Hip Hop]] duo [[GRITS]]' first album.
'''''Mental Releases''''' is the debut album of [[Christian hip hop]] duo [[GRITS]].
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==Critical reception==
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# Cataclysmic Circles / World Is Round
{{Album ratings
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# Weigh A Buck 50
| rev1 = ''[[CCM Magazine]]''
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# Set Ya Mind At Ease
| rev1score = Not rated<ref name="CCM_18_2">{{cite journal |last=Rake |first=Jamie Lee |date=August 1996 |title=Reviews / ''Mental Releases'' |journal=[[CCM Magazine]] |volume=18 |issue=2 |pages=79 }}</ref>
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# 10-A-Cee
| rev2 = ''[[Cross Rhythms (magazine)|Cross Rhythms]]''
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# Universal and Worldwide / Don't Bring Me Down
| rev2Score = {{rating|8|10|full=U+25A0.svg|empty=Solid white borderedS.svg|rating=square}}<ref name="CR">{{cite journal |first=Tony |last=Cummings |title=Review: Mental Releases - Grits |url=http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/products/Grits/Mental_Releases/2721/ |journal=[[Cross Rhythms (magazine)|Cross Rhythms]] |accessdate=February 2, 2016 |date=August 1, 1995}}</ref>
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# Gettin' Ready
| rev3 = Jesus Freak Hideout
⚫
# Screen Door
| rev3Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref name="JFH">{{cite web |first=Patrick |last=Anderson |title=Grits, "Mental Releases" Review |url=http://www.jesusfreakhideout.com/cdreviews/MentalReleases.asp |publisher=Jesus Freak Hideout |accessdate=February 2, 2016 |date=October 1, 2007}}</ref>
⚫
# Jazz
}}
⚫
# Temptations

⚫
# Kickin' Mo' Rhymes
Awarding the album an eight out of ten from [[Cross Rhythms]], Tony Cummings states, "A truly original band pushing back the hip hop boundaries."<ref name="CR"/> 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".<ref name="JFH"/>
⚫
# Get the Picture / Grammatical Revolution

⚫
# Forgive Me
==Track listing==
⚫
# Why Battle Me (feat. Liquid Man)
⚫
# Cataclysmic Circles / World Is Round - 5:21
⚫
# Everybody Wants On
⚫
# Weigh a Buck 50 - 3:28
⚫
# The Outro
⚫
# 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==
<references/>

{{GRITS}}


{{Authority control}}

[[Category:1995 debut albums]]
[[Category:GRITS albums]]
[[Category:Gotee Records albums]]


{{Christian-album-stub}}
{{1990s-hiphop-album-stub}}

Latest revision as of 02:17, 19 January 2021

Mental Releases
Studio album by
GRITS
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.



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