GRITS' Stacy "Coffee" Jones (left) and Teron "Bonafide" Carter (right) show off their acting chops on the set of their new music video, "Fly Away," filmed June 14-15, 2009 in Atlanta. Produced by Dust, the video, which will release to national video outlets next month, features a guest appearance by hip hop producer Diamond D.
(NASHVILLE, Tenn.) Feb. 23, 2009– Five-time Dove Award-winning, two-time GRAMMY nominated rap duo GRITS received two 2009 GMA Dove Award nominations, announced during a press conference held Friday, Feb. 20, 2009 at Nashville Convention & Visitors Bureau Visitor Information Center. The nominations mark Revolution Art’s first honors as a label.
GRITS was recognized in the category of Rap/Hip Hop Album for Reiterate (2008), the debut project from its new label Revolution Art. The duo’s current radio single, “Beautiful Morning,” was also nominated for Rap/Hip Hop Recorded Song.
“GRITS is nothing but grateful to be a part of the Dove Awards,” says Coffee of GRITS. “It’s truly a blessing to have achieved this on our first project on our own record label, Revolution Art.”
Bonafide agrees, “It’s always humbling to be honored by your peers. We appreciate everyone who is a part of the process, the GMA for its support, and most of all our fans.”
The GMA Dove Awards, gospel music’s biggest night of the year, will be broadcast nationwide live on the Gospel Music Channel from 8 – 10 p.m. (ET/PT) on Thursday, April 23, 2009. For a complete list of this year’s nominees, visit: www.gospelmusic.org.
The highest-grossing rap group in Christian music, with more than 500,000 career sales, GRITS has achieved unprecedented success in its 14-year career, including two GRAMMY nominations, five Dove Awards, a Billboard Music Video award, and song placement on primetime television as well as in multiple major motion pictures. The duo’s eighth studio record, Reiterate, released Sept. 30, 2008. Reiterate boasts guest appearances by CCM favorites Mac Powell of Third Day, Jars of Clay’s Dan Haseltine, Martha Munizzi, and Pigeon John, who is featured on the debut multi-format radio single “Beautiful Morning,” currently at Christian Rock. The album has been hailed by ChristianityToday.com as “the freshest, freest effort that GRITS has released this decade,” while CCMMagazine.com applauded the twosome for its willingness to “colo[r] a little outside the usual lines.” Reiterate also prompted a front page feature on MySpace Music, new music video for “Beautiful Morning,” and major market tour this spring.
For more information on GRITS, visit: www.myspace.com/officialGRITS
Five-time Dove Award-winning, two-time GRAMMY nominated rap duo GRITS celebrates the successful launch of its new label, Revolution Art. Making its debut on the Christian music scene last fall, Revolution Art has quickly become the buzzword among industry circles.
The brainchild of Teron “Bonafide” Carter and Stacy “Coffee” Jones along with business partner Mo Henderson, Revolution Art, according to its mission statement, aims “to usher in the next generation of artists, musicians and executives, reaching beyond standard formulas to change the landscape of music and redefine a culture.”
The new label put this mission into motion with its first release, GRITS’ Reiterate, last September. In addition to being called by ChristianityToday.com “the freshest, freest effort that GRITS has released this decade,” CCMMagazine.com applauded the twosome for its willingness to “colo[r] a little outside the usual lines.”
Revolution Art will continue to operate under its boundary-breaking philosophy with the release of projects by new artists Stefan the Scientist and female phenom Jade Harrell in 2009. In the meantime, the label is backed by industrywide support, including former label home Gotee Records.
“My hope is GRITS becomes part of the new wave of leadership in this industry,” says Joey Elwood, president of Gotee and longtime friend of the duo. “Nothing would make me happier for them than to see the future being developed by their thoughts and ideas. They’ve been shaping the future as artists for some time; now it’s time for them to take the next step, and I know they will do it.”
Elwood’s associate, Toby “tobyMac” McKeehan, agrees, “GRITS has changed the face of positive and spiritual hip-hop. They are relevant and have a knack for discovering talent that stretches our industry to places I love seeing it go.”
“The entire Provident-Integrity Distribution team is excited to welcome GRITS and the Revolution Art family of artists,” says Randy Davis, vice president of sales for Provident-Integrity Distribution. “Retailers across the world have come to know and trust the ministry of GRITS. We look forward to great things within this growing genre for years to come.”
The highest-grossing rap group in Christian music, with more than 500,000 career sales, GRITS has achieved unprecedented success in its 14-year career, including two GRAMMY nominations, five Dove Awards, a Billboard Music Video award, and song placement on primetime television as well as in multiple major motion pictures. The duo’s eighth studio project, Reiterate, released Sept. 30, 2008. Reiterate boasts guest appearances by CCM favorites Mac Powell of Third Day, Jars of Clay’s Dan Haseltine, Martha Munizzi, and Pigeon John, who is featured on the debut multi-format radio single “Beautiful Morning,” currently at Christian Rock.
The present buzz around Reiterate, evidenced by a recent front page feature on MySpace Music, has prompted a new music video to release late January and major market tour this spring. GRITS also recently wrote the theme song for Nashville’s new ABA (American Basketball Association) team, the Broncs, and has been tapped by TNA Wrestling to do the same for three-time TNA Triple Crown Champion AJ Styles. For more information on GRITS, visit: www.myspace.com/officialGRITS
Catch the debut of Grits' New Music Video, "Beautiful Morning" from its latest release, Reiterate.
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(NASHVILLE, Tenn.) May 5th, 2008 – Hip-hop emcees GRITS will release their eighth full-length album, Reiterate, July 29th, a debut of sorts on their own newly launched Revolution Art label. Major distribution to retail for this album and the ensuing label releases will go through the Provident–Integrity Distribution arm, a division of Sony-BMG.
In support of their Reiterate release GRITS will go out on the road for the 30 Day Tour, which will take them nationwide mid-July through mid-August. They also will be hitting the summer festival circuit including Agape Fest, Ichthus Festival, Crossover Festival, Rock The Desert, Spirit West Coast, and the NewSong Festival. Plans for the Art Attack tour are also underway for September where GRITS will be joined by other Revolution Art music acts.
Toby “TobyMac” McKeehan, one of their biggest champions says, “GRITS has changed the face of positive and spiritual hip-hop. They are relevant and have a knack for discovering talent that stretches our industry to places I love seeing it go.”
5-time Dove Award winners and 2-time GRAMMY nominated act GRITS has cracked MTV2’s Top 10 Most Requested and Top 5 Handpicked and received favorable media coverage in the pages of XXL, Spin, Vibe, Billboard, The Source, URB and other major publications and media. Over the course of their ten-year plus career, GRITS has sold over 500,000 albums and shared the stage with the likes of OutKast, Jay-Z, Ice Cube, Skillet, A Tribe Called Quest, and Monica.
The GRITS song “Ooh Ahh” remains a hot commodity as a digital single and has sold over 160,000 downloads to date. The song, from their 2006 release simply titled 7, was also used on the big screen in both “The Fast And The Furious: Toyko Drift,” and “Big Momma’s House 2” featuring comedian actor Martin Lawrence. Rappers Coffee and Bonafide have seen their music grace the movies before with the single “Here We Go” featured in “Something’s Gotta Give” starring Jack Nicholson and Diane Keaton, as well as music used in independent films including “Devious Beings”, “Lockdown”, and “Road Dogz”. GRITS’ songs have also been used extensively on television including shows like “MTV CRIBS”, “The Real World”, “Pimp My Ride”, “Tough Enough”, and “Boston Public”.
Double Disc Features 11 Previously Unreleased Songs
On September 28th, Gotee Records will release the definitive GRITS double-disc collection, Greatest Hits, with 30 songs by the hip-hop duo, 11 of which are previously unreleased tracks.
Fans can anticipate GRITS featured for the first time ever in their 10-year career as the cover story of CCM Magazine’s October issue. The rappers also recently interviewed with ccmmagazine.com for a podcast, which will be online in September.
While their first three albums established GRITS as underground icons, it was their breakthrough fourth album Art Of Translation that solidified the group's assent as one of hip-hop's hottest new rising stars. GRITS cracked MTV2’s Top 10 Most Requested and Top 5 Handpicked and received favorable media coverage in the pages of XXL, Spin, Vibe, Billboard, The Source, URB and other major publications and media. Over the course of their career, GRITS has shared the stage with OutKast, Jay-Z, Nappy Roots, Ice Cube, DJ Shadow, De La Soul, A Tribe Called Quest, Goodie Mob, and Monica. They have a Billboard Video Award, 3 Dove Awards, and 2 GRAMMY nods to their credit.
The GRITS song “Ooh Ahh” remains a hot commodity as a digital single and has sold over 150,000 downloads to date. The song, from their 2006 release simply titled 7, was also used on the big screen in both “The Fast And The Furious: Toyko Drift,” and “Big Momma’s House 2” featuring comedian actor Martin Lawrence. Rappers Coffee and Bonafide have seen their music grace the movies before with the single “Here We Go” featured in “Something’s Gotta Give” starring Jack Nicholson and Diane Keaton, as well as music used in independent films including “Devious Beings”, “Lockdown”, and “Road Dogz”. GRITS’ songs have also been used extensively on television including shows like “MTV CRIBS”, “The Real World”, “Pimp My Ride”, “Tough Enough”, and “Boston Public”.
(Nashville, Tenn.) October 9th, 2006 - Gotee hip-hop duo GRITS has
captured the latest musical chapter of their decade-long career with
Redemption, set to release November 21st.
The 12-song album, co-produced by GRITS and a host of collaborators,
features titles including "We Workin", "Holla At Ya", "Heyyy", "Not The
Same", "Tight Wit These", "Soul Cry", "Ambitions", "You Said", "We
Ride", as well as "Memories", "Open Bar", and "Right Back". The album
also features special appearances by Pigeon John, bTwice, Antonio Neal
and Can-I-bus.
"This album is what hip-hop is meant to be and what it means to be a
voice of and for the people," says Bonafide, "Redemption, the rise of a
new era, songs of freedom."
Coffee echoes the excitement and describes the album as, "Grits in its
rawest form... Passion unraveled and unrivaled, can't wait to see what
the industry does with this!"
While their first three albums established GRITS as underground icons,
it was their breakthrough fourth album Art Of Translation that
solidified the group's assent as one of hip-hop's hottest new rising
stars. GRITS cracked MTV2's Top 10 Most Requested and Top 5 Handpicked
and received favorable media coverage in the pages of XXL, Spin, Vibe,
Billboard, The Source, URB and other major publications and media.
Over the course of their career, GRITS has shared the stage with
OutKast, Jay-Z, Nappy Roots, Ice Cube, DJ Shadow, De La Soul, A Tribe
Called Quest, Goodie Mob, and Monica. They have a Billboard Video Award,
3 Dove Awards, and 2 GRAMMY nods to their credit. Their music has been
showcased in multiple big screen movies including this year's "The Fast
AndThe Furious: Toyko Drift," and "Big Momma's House 2", as well as on
television shows like "MTV CRIBS", "The Real World", "Pimp My Ride",
"Tough Enough", and "Boston Public".
(Nashville, Tenn.) July 6th, 2006 – Gotee records’ GRITS has landed the big screen as their hit song “Ooh Ahh” (2006’s 7) is being used in both “The Fast And The Furious: Toyko Drift,” as well as “Big Momma’s House 2” featuring comedian actor Martin Lawrence.
GRITS’ music has graced the movies before with the single “Here We Go” featured in “Something’s Gotta Give” starring Jack Nicholson and Diane Keaton, as well as music used in independent films including “Devious Beings”, “Lockdown”, and “Road Dogz”. Their songs have also been used extensively on television including shows like “MTV CRIBS”, “The Real World”, “Pimp My Ride”, “Tough Enough”, and “Boston Public”.
The duo’s most recent album is simply titled 7 and marks a decade in the music industry. The album features 13 of the group’s breakthrough tracks, as well as three new songs plus the “Jay Mumbles- Mega Mix” as a special bonus track.
While their first three albums established GRITS as underground icons it was their breakthrough fourth album Art Of Translation that solidified the group's assent as one of hip-hop's hottest new rising stars. GRITS cracked MTV2’s Top 10 Most Requested and Top 5 Handpicked and received favorable media coverage in the pages of XXL, Spin, Vibe, Billboard, The Source, URB and other major publications and media. Over the course of their career, GRITS has shared the stage with OutKast, Jay-Z, Nappy Roots, Ice Cube, DJ Shadow, De La Soul, A Tribe Called Quest, Goodie Mob, and Monica. They have a Billboard Video Award, 3 Dove Awards, and 2 GRAMMY nods to their credit.
