Grim Reality (album)


Grim Reality is the debut album of American hip hop group Insane Poetry. Released on August 18, 1992, the album peaked at #98 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart 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."

Track listing

#TitleProducerPerformerTimeSamples
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
  • "Sing a Simple Song" by Sly & the Family Stone
  • "Breakthrough" by Isaac Hayes
  • "More Bounce to the Ounce" by Zapp
  • "Atomic Dog" by George Clinton
  • 4"The House that Dripped Blood"Insane PoetryCyco4:01
  • "Givin' Up Food for Funk" by The J.B.'s
  • "Apache" by Incredible Bongo Band
  • 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
  • "I Shot the Sheriff" by Eric Clapton
  • 9"The Horror Facts"Insane Poetry*Interlude*0:38
    10"Grim Reality"Insane PoetryCyco2:33
  • "Hook and Sling Part - I" by Eddie Bo
  • 11"Six in the Chamber"Insane PoetryCyco3:43
  • "Sing a Simple Song" by Sly & the Family Stone
  • "More Bounce to the Ounce" by Zapp
  • 12"Till Death Do Us Part"Insane PoetryCyco3:55
    13"One Careless Moment"Insane PoetryCyco1:44
    14"Raise the Devil"Insane PoetryCyco3:55
  • "Long Red" by Mountain
  • 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? "Insane PoetryCyco4:38

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