GRITS
Reiterate
(Revolution Art)
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Eight albums into its boundary-breaking career, GRITS continues to give fans a reason to come back for more, starting with a record label switch from Gotee to the group’s very own Revolution Art.
Though members Teron “Bonafide” Carter and Stacy “Coffee” Jones always stuck to their artistic guns, this emancipation of sorts finds the pair coloring a little outside the usual lines, but not at the expense of the chemistry and confidence they’ve steadily built since rising up alongside the rap days of dcTalk.
Though several cuts feature collaborations with yet-to-be discovered artists, there are also plenty of familiar faces that make Reiterate fall in conceptual lines with Santana’s duets project, Supernatural.
They offer R&B romp, hip-hop merged with acoustic rock, urban groove, and even the soulful appearance of worship leader Martha Munizzi—all sure to widen GRITS’ already fervent audience.
