GRITS

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GRITS

Coffee (left) and Bonafide
Background information
Origin Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Genres Christian hip hop,[1] Alternative hip hop,[2] Southern hip hop[2]
Years active 1995–present
Labels Revolution Art, Gotee, 5e, EMI
Associated acts DC Talk,[3] tobyMac[4]
Website revolution-art.com
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." GRITS is made up of Stacey "Coffee" Jones and Teron "Bonafide" Carter,[5] both of whom were DC Talk dancers.[6]

Their song "Ooh Ahh" has appeared on the MTV show My Super Sweet 16. It is also used as the theme song of The Buried Life 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. 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!.[7]

Background

The Christian hip hop duo began in 1995, with Teron David "Bonafide" Carter,[8] (born January 17,[9] 1971)[10] and Stacy Bernhard "Coffee" Jones,[11] (born September 8,[12] 1972),[13] forming the group together in Nashville, Tennessee.[1] GRITS is an acronym with a meaning of "Grammatical Revolution in the Spirit".[1][2] They both credited the inspiration for their rapping to hearing DC Talk, when the two first encountered each other in 1990.[3] This is the reason the duo signed with Gotee Records, a label founded by former DC Talk member, tobyMac, where they were one of his first signees.[4] They are also considered to be one of the pioneering groups in the Christian hip hop movement, while they eventually started their own record label, Revolution Art, in 2007, where it was first known as 5E Entertainment.[14][15][16] They explained it was like graduating from school by leaving Gotee Records, and founding their own label.[16]

Style

Mainly, their style is alternative hip hop and Southern rap, 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,[6] and have released seven albums with Gotee, with an eighth one released by Gotee and AudioGoat. In 2014, Gotee Records announced that the GRITS song "Ooh Ahh" was RIAA Digital Gold Certified, having surpassed 500,000 downloads.[17] 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.

Discography

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions[18]
US
Chr		 US
Gos		 US
Heat
Mental Releases – – –
Factors of the Seven – – –
Grammatical Revolution 39 – –
The Art of Translation 16[19] – –
Dichotomy A 12 – 14
Dichotomy B 24 – 38
7 (Seven) 49 17 –
Redemption – 13 –
Reiterate – 16 –
Quarantine – 37 –

EPs

Album information
Ooh Ahh EP
  • Released: 2003
  • Label: Gotee
  • single: four versions of one song
Heeyy EP
  • Released: 2006
  • Label: Gotee
  • Three tracks: two remixes and one preview

Remix albums

Album information
The Art of Transformation
  • Released: January 1, 2004
  • Label: Gotee/AudioGoat

Singles

As lead artist

Year Title Peak chart positions Album
US[20] US Christian US Heat
1995 "Set Ya Mind At Ease" — — — Mental Releases
1998 "What Be Goin' Down" — — — Factors of the Seven
"Alcoholic Plagiarism" — — —
"Hopes & Dreams"
(featuring Joy Danille Kimmey and Knowdaverbs)		 — — —
1999 "They All Fall Down" — — — Grammatical Revolution
2002 "Here We Go" — — — The Art of Translation
"Ooh Ahh"
(featuring TobyMac)		 — — —
2004 "Hittin' Curves" — — — Dichotomy A
"High" — — —
2004 "We Don't Play"
(featuring Manchild)		 — — — Dichotomy B
2006 "If I..." — — — GRITS 7
2006 "We Workin" — — — Redemption
"Heeyy" — — —
"Ambitions"
(featuring Canibus)		 — — —
"You Said"
(featuring Pigeon John and Btwice)		 — — —
"Open Bar"
(featuring Pigeon John)		 — — —
2008 "Fly Away"
(featuring Mac Powell)		 — — — Reiterate
"Beautiful Morning"
(featuring Pigeon John)		 — — —
"Say Goodbye"
(featuring TobyMac and Jade)		 — — —
2010 "Different Drum"
(featuring Verbs)		 — — — Quarantine

Other songs

Vinyl

Guest Artists

Awards

GMA Dove Awards

They have received several Gospel Music Association Dove Awards throughout their career. Their first award was for a song about plagiarism ("Plagiarism" from their album Factors of the Seven). For this, they received the best "Rap/Hip Hop Song" award.[21][22] The next year they took the same award for "They All Fall Down", from Grammatical Revolution.[23] In 2003 The Art Of Translation won the award for "Rap/Hip Hop Album",[24] 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.[25]

Year Award Result
2005 Rap/Hip-Hop Recorded Song of the Year ("Hittin' Curves") Won
2006 Rap/Hip-Hop Recorded Song of the Year ("We Don't Play") Nominated
Rap/Hip-Hop Album of the Year (Dichotomy B) Nominated
2008 Rap/Hip-Hop Recorded Song of the Year ("Open Bar") Nominated
Rap/Hip-Hop Album of the Year (Redemption) Nominated
2009 Rap/Hip-Hop Recorded Song of the Year ("Beautiful Morning") Nominated
Rap/Hip-Hop Album of the Year (Reiterate) Nominated
2010 Rap/Hip-Hop Album of the Year (Reiterate) Nominated

Other Awards

They were nominated for Rap/Hip Hop Performer of the Year at the 2009 Visionary Awards Show (held at the First Baptist Church in Frisco, Texas). However, instead, the award went to the Christian rap duo "Word of Mouth"[26]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Huey, Steve. "GRITS : Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 DiBiase, John. "GRITS discography". Jesus Freak Hideout. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
  3. 1 2 Cummings, Tony (October 1, 1996). "Grits: The dc Talk sidekicks are grammatically correct". Cross Rhythms. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
  4. 1 2 Cummings, Tony (March 5, 2003). "Grits: The hip-hop duo with album number four". Cross Rhythms. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Grits | Listen and Stream Free Music, Albums, New Releases, Photos, Videos". Myspace.com. Retrieved June 19, 2014.
  6. 1 2 Powell, Mark Allan (2002). Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music (First printing ed.). Peabody, Massachusetts: Hendrickson Publishers. pp. 391–392. ISBN 1-56563-679-1.
  7. ↑ Boutwell, Josh (May 29, 2009). "Impact Results - 5/28/09". WrestleView. Retrieved February 24, 2010.
  8. ↑ Broadcast Music, Inc. "Songwriter/Composer: CARTER TERON DAVID". Broadcast Music, Inc. Retrieved February 1, 2015.
  9. ↑ OfficialGrits (OfficialGrits) (January 17, 2016). "Today is Bonafide's birthday!!…". Twitter. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
  10. ↑ "Teron D Carter in Nashville, TN". Intelius. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
  11. ↑ Broadcast Music, Inc. "Songwriter/Composer: JONES STACY BERNARD". Broadcast Music, Inc. Retrieved February 1, 2015.
  12. ↑ OfficialGrits (OfficialGrits) (September 8, 2011). "It's Coffee's Birthday today!!!!". Twitter. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
  13. ↑ "Stacy B Jones in Old Hickory, TN". Intelius. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
  14. ↑ Rimmer, Mike (January 6, 2010). "Grits: The hip-hop duo now running the Revolution Art label". Cross Rhythms. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
  15. ↑ Boreanaz, James (November 1, 2006). "The Road to Redemption" (PDF). CCM Magazine. pp. 40–1. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
  16. 1 2 Black, Beau (October 1, 2007). "Graduation Speech" (PDF). CCM Magazine. pp. 30–1. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
  17. ↑ "email : Webview : Gotee Records Celebrates 20th Anniversary; Co-Founder TobyMac shares why he loves being involved". T.e2ma.net. Retrieved June 19, 2014.
  18. ↑ Billboard. "GRITS : Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
  19. ↑ Search for "The Art of Translation" on Christian Albums at billboard.com/biz
  20. ↑ "TobyMac Song & Chart History". Billboard Magazine. Retrieved January 27, 2013.
  21. ↑ "Dove Award Recipients for 1999". Published by the Gospel Music Association. Retrieved February 5, 2007.
  22. ↑ "N.W.A Twitter Updates". Published by Peso_3Stackz. Retrieved December 27, 2010.
  23. ↑ "Dove Award Recipients for 2000". Published by the Gospel Music Association. Retrieved February 5, 2007.
  24. ↑ "Dove Award Recipients for 2003". Published by the Gospel Music Association. Retrieved February 5, 2007.
  25. ↑ "Dove Award Recipients for 2004". Published by the Gospel Music Association. Retrieved February 5, 2007.
  26. ↑ "Christian Music Hall of Fame Visionary Awards Show information page"

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