Grim Reality (album)

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Grim Reality
Insane Poetry Grim Reality.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 18, 1992 [1]
Genre Hardcore hip hop
Horrorcore
G-funk
Length55:38
Label Nastymix/Ichiban Records
NMR 7108
Producer Insane Poetry
Joe Cooley
Insane Poetry chronology
Grim Reality
(1992)
Blacc Plague
(1996)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
RapReviews.com(8/10) [3]
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Grim Reality is the debut album of American hip hop group Insane Poetry. Released on August 18, 1992, [1] the album peaked at #98 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart [4] and managed to sell 35,000 copies without any support or promotion. Allmusic reviewer Alex Henderson wrote, "Sounding like a cross between a horror movie and an audio documentary on societal breakdown...a CD this graphic isn't for everyone, but those who aren't turned off by all of the violent, shocking imagery will find Grim Reality to be compelling." [5]

Contents

Track listing

#TitleProducer(s)Performer(s)TimeSamples
1"Welcome to the Grim Side"Insane Poetry*Interlude*1:13
2"Angel of Death"Insane PoetryCyco2:47
3"How Ya Gonna Reason with a Psycho"Insane PoetryCyco4:30
4"The House that Dripped Blood"Insane PoetryCyco4:01
5"Choppin' up a Body"Insane PoetryCyco1:18
6"If Rhymes Could Kill"Joe CooleyCyco, Em Dee2:50
7"Bring Ya Daughter to the Slaughter"Insane PoetryCyco5:12
8"Stalkin' with the Nitebreed"Insane Poetry
  • Cyco
  • Death BLO
  • Joe Cooley
  • Kaotic Minds Corruptin'
  • Shakespeare the One-Man Riot
6:13
  • "Strictly Business" by EPMD
9"The Horror Facts"Insane Poetry*Interlude*0:38
10"Grim Reality"Insane PoetryCyco2:33
11"Six in the Chamber"Insane PoetryCyco3:43
12"Till Death Do Us Part"Insane PoetryCyco3:55
13"One Careless Moment"Insane PoetryCyco1:44
14"Raise the Devil"Insane PoetryCyco3:55
15"Manic Depressive"Joe CooleyCyco5:40
  • "You and Your Folks, Me and My Folks" by Funkadelic
16"Exit Reality Side"Insane Poetry*Interlude*0:55
17"How Ya Gonna Reason With a Psycho? (Psycho Mix)"Insane PoetryCyco4:38

Singles

Single information
"How Ya Gonna Reason with a Psycho?"
  • Released: 1992
  • B-Side: "If Rhymes Could Kill"

Charts

Chart (1992)Peak
position
Top R&B Albums [4] 98

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References

  1. 1 2 "Grim Reality". Amazon.
  2. Henderson. Grim Reality at AllMusic
  3. RapReviews review
  4. 1 2 "Charts and awards for Grim Reality". Allmusic . Retrieved 12 November 2008.
  5. Henderson, Alex. "Review of Grim Reality". Allmusic . Retrieved 12 November 2008.