Grieves is forever amazing me with his poetic nature.  I swear back in the day when I was in high school looking at all these skater looking skinny ass white boys I never in my life would have thought they possessed the type of thought that Grieves has.  High five to him for breaking some of my own bullshit stereotypes.  Anyways this album brings some wowness factor to the table.  I think people sometimes forget of the poetic nature of hip hop.  I mean that is what rap is…just sped up poetry.  And this concept is oh so apparent with this album with metaphors and subject matter that are golden indeed.  This is Grieves first ever album and to be honest there are a couple of tracks that show his inexperience but the dope tracks make up for the more lackluster offerings.  Some of the topics on this album are pretty dark and somber but you know life isn’t always rainbows and teddy bears so you take the bad with the good.  All I know is if you are a fan of Atmosphere, Sage Francis, Aesop and etc then you will probably be down with Grieves.

Features:  Helen Chance, Kublakai, Mad Son, Mr. Lif, P. Smoov, Rik Rude, Symmetry, Type

Label:  Black Clover

Full Preview:  Irreversible

Website:  http://www.myspace.com/grieves

Grieves – ‘ Scar Gardens’