Mental Releases

Mental Releases
Studio album by GRITS
Released	August 1, 1995
Genre	Christian hip hop, alternative hip hop, Southern hip hop, jazz rap
Label	Gotee
GRITS chronology
Mental Releases (1995) Factors of the Seven (1998)

Mental Releases is the hip hop duo GRITS' first album.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
CCM Magazine	Not 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

References

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