Grieves

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Grieves released his first album, Irreversible, independently in 2007.{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/irreversible-r1293282 |title=Irreversible - Grieves | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |publisher=AllMusic |date= |accessdate=2014-02-08}} In 2008, Grieves teamed up with multi-instrumentalist and producer Budo, with whom he would release his next two albums: 88 Keys & Counting in 2010,{{cite web |url=http://www.fifthelementonline.com/grieves-88-keys-and-counting-cd.html |title=Grieves "88 Keys & Counting" CD + MP3 | Fifth Element |publisher=Fifthelementonline.com |accessdate=2014-02-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322032438/http://www.fifthelementonline.com/grieves-88-keys-and-counting-cd.html |archive-date=2012-03-22 |url-status=dead }} and Together/Apart in 2011.{{cite web|author=David Jeffries |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/togetherapart-r2194258 |title=Together/Apart - Grieves | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |publisher=AllMusic |date=2011-06-21 |accessdate=2014-02-08}} Together/Apart debuted at #112 in the Top 200 Album Sales, marking his first appearance in the Top 200.{{cite web |last=Jacobs |first=Allen |url=http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.15764/title.hip-hop-album-sales-the-week-ending-6-26-2011 |title=Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 6/26/2011 |publisher=HipHopDX |date=2011-06-29 |accessdate=2014-02-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110702195507/http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.15764/title.hip-hop-album-sales-the-week-ending-6-26-2011 |archive-date=2011-07-02 |url-status=dead }} Grieves, along with Budo, performed at South by Southwest 2011{{cite web|url=http://www.altpress.com/aptv/video/exclusive_grieves_budo_light_speed/ |title=Alternative Press |publisher=Altpress.com |date=2011-03-09 |accessdate=2014-02-08}} and also at Warped Tour 2011.{{Cite web|title=Bands / 2013 Vans Warped Tour / Date And Band Details Coming This Fall / Grieves With Budo |url=http://vanswarpedtour.com/band/grieves-with-budo |date=2012-08-26 |access-date=2016-02-24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120826211213/http://vanswarpedtour.com/band/grieves-with-budo |archivedate=August 26, 2012 }} His music has also been featured in Real Detroit Weekly,{{cite web|url=http://www.realdetroitweekly.com/detroit/grieves/Content?oid=1498982|title=Grieves|publisher=Real Detroit Weekly|first=Treasure|last=Groh|date=June 28, 2011|access-date=February 16, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222013802/http://www.realdetroitweekly.com/detroit/grieves/Content?oid=1498982|archive-date=February 22, 2014|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}} Seattle Weekly,{{Cite web|title = Valentine's Day Tunes: Malice & Mario Sweet, Sol, Grieves & Budo, and State of the Artist Hit the Full Spectrum of Love and Lust|url = http://blogs.seattleweekly.com/reverb/2011/02/malice_mario_sweet_grieves_bud.php|website = Seattle Weekly|access-date = 2016-02-24|url-status = dead|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20131206222223/http://blogs.seattleweekly.com/reverb/2011/02/malice_mario_sweet_grieves_bud.php|archivedate = 2013-12-06}} and The Washington Post.{{cite news|last=Stewart |first=Allison |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/click-track/post/singles-file-calvin-harris-f-kelis-eminem-and-royce-da-59/2011/05/03/AFyh7RgF_blog.html |title=Singles file: Calvin Harris f. Kelis, Eminem and Royce Da 5'9 - Click Track |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=2011-05-03 |accessdate=2014-02-08}} His fourth album, Winter & the Wolves, was released on March 25, 2014.{{cite web|url=http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.27378/title.grieves-winter-the-wolves-release-date-cover-art-tracklist/|title=Grieves "Winter & The Wolves" Release Date, Cover Art & Tracklist|publisher=HipHopDX|first=Andres|last=Tardio|date=February 6, 2014|accessdate=February 8, 2014}} It peaked at number 57 on the Billboard 200.{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/303159/grieves/chart|title=Grieves - Chart history|publisher=Billboard|accessdate=October 22, 2014}}

• Irreversible (2007)
• 88 Keys & Counting (2010) {{small|(with Budo)}}
• Together/Apart (2011)
• Winter & the Wolves (2014)
• Running Wild (2017)
• Canopy (2021)

• The Falling Off Your Shoes (2009) {{small|(with Budo and Macklemore)}}

• Every Hell Has Its Springtime (2005)
• My Girlfriend Beats Me EP (2008) {{small|(with Type, as Illegitimate Children)}}
• The Confessions of Mr. Modest (2010)
• The Collections of Mr. Nice Guy (2019)

• "Unedible" (2007)
• "Lightspeed" (2011)
• "Bloody Poetry" (2011)
• "On the Rocks" (2011)
• "Shreds" (2014)
• "Serpents" (2014)
• "Ain't Nothin'" (2014)
• "Cougar Catnip" (2015)
• "Back at Em" (2018)

• Unknown Prophets - "Hate Face" from Le System D (2009)
• Mac Lethal - "Hold Me Down" and "Fuck Mac Lethal" from Crown Prime Rib Mixtape (2009)
• CunninLynguists - "Close Your Eyes" from Strange Journey Volume Two (2009)
• Engineers in Your Ear - "Honest Microphone" from Till the Clouds Run Dry (2010)
• MC Lars - "#busbros" from Indie Rocket Science (2011)
• Eligh & AmpLive - "Beautiful Addiction" from Therapy at 3 (2011)
• Big Chocolate - "Hilion" from Hilion (2011)
• Transit - "Settled Smoke" from Stale (2012)
• Griff J - "To Each Their Own" from After the Starting Gun (2013)
• Horrorshow - "On the One Hand" from King Amongst Many (2013)
• The MC Type - "Meat Beater" from A Good Tattoo (2013)
• Soulcrate - "Shot in the Dark" from Welcome Back from Wherever You've Been (2013)
• CunninLynguists - "Drunk Dial" from Strange Journey Volume Three (2014)
• Fearce Vill - "Let It Be (Remix)" (2014)
• Atmosphere - "Fireflies" from Frida Kahlo vs. Ezra Pound (2016)
• Watsky - "Exquisite Corpse" from X Infinity (2016)
• Darenots - "911" from The Now Is Truth (2016)
• Spose - "Take You Home" (2017)
• Chris Webby - “Prayer Hands” (2020)
• The MC Type – "A Diss Track For Our Dead Friend" from Lucky Silverback (2024)
• COOLETHAN – "Make This" from You Can Never Go Back (2024)

• The MC Type – "Junk Punter" (2008)

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