Album Of The Day: The Art of Translation by GRITS

Album Art of GRITS's The Art of Translation album - With a thick white border, a photo of two black men sitting in blue padded benches of what looks like a very standard American diner. The wall behind them is dark red tile, and the table is white. There is a Nickelodeon, a machine to request songs from the jukebox, on the wall next to the table, and a few condiments as well on the table. The two people are sitting on opposite sides of the table and are not looking towards the camera. On the beige wall era above the tile, the group name is printed in red in a blocky text. And below it in a script font is the album name.

"My life be like, ooh-aah, ooh." Released 23 years ago today, this is the fourth album from this hip-hop duo and it's my favorite album of theirs. They bring the energetic raps right from the start with "Here We Go", and keep it going with "Ooh Ahh", "Tennessee Bwoys", "Believe", and "Make Room". Labelmate Jennifer Knapp provides vocals on one song, and label owner and artist TobyMac makes an appearance as well, among others. It's solid beats with good raps from Bonfide and Coffee, two rappers who perform as GRITS. The lyrical content is at least somewhat spiritual, but also pokes fun at hip-hop culture, how much they love their city of Nashville, Tennessee and that "Gospel rap" is not their preferred way of being labeled as a duo.

Release Year: 2002
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