GRITS

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GRITS

Coffee (left) and Bonafide
Background information
Origin United States
Genres Christian hip hop
Years active 1995—present
Labels Revolution Art
Gotee Records
5e
EMI
Website www.myspace.com/officialgrits
Members
Stacy "Coffee" Jones
Teron "Bonafide" Carter

GRITS, also known as G.R.I.T.S., is a Christian hip hop group from Nashville, Tennessee. Their name is an acronym, which stands for "Grammatical Revolution In The Spirit", hence the name of the third album (Grammatical Revolution). GRITS is made up of Stacy "Coffee" Jones and Teron "Bonafide" Carter, both of whom were dc Talk dancers.[1]

Their song "Ooh Aah" has appeared on the MTV show My Super Sweet Sixteen and on the soundtracks to The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift and Big Momma's House 2. Their song "Tennessee Bwoys" was used on the popular television show, Pimp My Ride, on MTV. GRITS were also recently involved in !Hero The Rock Opera. GRITS recorded a remix of professional wrestler A.J. Styles' entrance music and performed it on the May 28, 2009, episode of TNA Impact!. GRITS official web site is no longer active. If you go to their personal web site it's nothing but a Japaneese web site. However, their MySpace site is still available.

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[edit] Style

Mainly, their style is alternative and Southern, while several of their songs have pop influences, thus an occasional pop-rap sound, and their song "We don't play" has a Jamaican influence complete with steel drums. They were one of the first acts signed to Gotee Records,[1] and have released seven albums with Gotee, with an eighth one released by Gotee and AudioGoat. They have appeared at Cornerstone Festival and Rock the Universe. In addition their song "Bobbin Bouncin'" was added to the track list in the video-game Project Gotham Racing 4.

[edit] Dove Awards

They have received several Gospel Music Association Dove Awards throughout their career. Their first was "Rap/Hip Hop Song" for "Plagiarism", from Factors of the Seven.[2] The next year they took the same award for "They All Fall Down", from Grammatical Revolution.[3] In 2003 The Art Of Translation won the award for "Rap/Hip Hop Album",[4] and the following year their song "Believe" from the same album took "Rap/Hip Hop Song". They also shared in the "Special Event Album" that year, for their contribution to !Hero The Rock Opera.[5]

[edit] Honors

They have been nominated for Rap/Hip Hop Performer of the Year at this year's Visionary Awards Show. The winner of the Visionary Awards will be announced live on November 14, 2009 during the show at the First Baptist Church in Frisco, Texas. Both artists will be attending this event. The Visionary Awards are part of the Christian Music Hall of Fame.[6]

[edit] Discography

[edit] Studio albums

[edit] LPs

Album information
Mental Releases
  • Released: 1995
  • Label: Gotee
  • Videos: "Set Ya Mind At Ease"
Factors of the Seven
  • Released: 1998
  • Label:Gotee
  • Videos: "Hopes and Dreams / What Be Goin Down"
Grammatical Revolution
  • Released: 1999
  • Label:Gotee
  • Videos: "They All Fall Down"
The Art of Translation
  • Released: 2002
  • Singles: "Ooh, Ahh"
  • Videos: "Here We Go"
The Art of Transformation
  • Released: 2004
  • Label:Gotee
Dichotomy A
  • Released: 2004
  • Label:Gotee
  • Videos: "Hittin' Curves"
Dichotomy B
  • Released: 2004
  • Label: Gotee
7
  • Released: 2006
  • Label: Gotee
  • Videos: "High / If I"
Redemption
  • Released: 2006
  • Label: Gotee/5E
  • Singles: "Open Bar", "Heeyy", "We Workin'"
  • Videos: "Open Bar / Tight Wit These"
The Greatest Hits
  • Released: 2007
  • Label: Gotee
Reiterate
From Scratch
Album information
Ooh Ahh EP
  • Released: 2003
  • Label: Gotee
Heeyy EP
  • Released: 2006
  • Label: Gotee

[edit] Remix albums

Album information
The Art of Transformation
  • Released: 2004
  • Label: Gotee/AudioGoat

[edit] Other Songs

[edit] Music videos

[edit] Vinyl

[edit] Guest Artists

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Powell, Mark Allan (2002). Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music (First printing ed.). Peabody, Massachusetts: Hendrickson Publishers. pp. 391–392. ISBN 1-56563-679-1. 
  2. ^ "Dove Award Recipients for 1999". Published by the Gospel Music Association. Retrieved 2007-02-05.
  3. ^ "Dove Award Recipients for 2000". Published by the Gospel Music Association. Retrieved 2007-02-05.
  4. ^ "Dove Award Recipients for 2003". Published by the Gospel Music Association. Retrieved 2007-02-05.
  5. ^ "Dove Award Recipients for 2004". Published by the Gospel Music Association. Retrieved 2007-02-05.
  6. ^ "Christian Music Hall of Fame Visionary Awards Show information page"

[edit] External links

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