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Arrested Development is an afrocentric hip-hop group, founded by Speech and Headliner as a positive, alternative to the gangsta rap popular in the early 1990s.

It took the group three years, five months and two days to be offered a record deal. Hence the name of the first album was 3 Years, 5 Months & 2 Days in the Life Of…, which produced several hit tracks. These included “Tennessee”, “People Everyday”, and “Mr. Wendal”, which hit the top ten. The group won a Grammy Award for Best Rap Album and Best New Artist, and were also Band of the Year by Rolling Stone magazine. Their 1994 follow-up Zingalamaduni, which did very well with some critics but was panned by many others, sold poorly. After the group broke up in 1996, Speech released a solo album, but sales were poor. The group reunited in 2000 (sans Headliner) and has been touring and releasing records via Speech’s Vagabond Productions and Speech Music. While Arrested Development has struggled to regain a following in the U.S., they have met moderate, consistent success in Japan.

Although she was never an official member of the band (and frequently clashed with Speech), the haunting voice behind “Tennessee”, Dionne Farris, released a successful solo album in 1994, Wild Seed-Wild Flower. The album spawned the hit single, “I Know”.

In November 2003, the group sued the FOX network over their TV show Arrested Development. The suit is referenced in the Arrested Development episode “Motherboy XXX.”

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hip-hop, rap, hip hop, alternative rap, 90s
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1	Tennessee full track	508
2	People Everyday full track	381
3	Mr. Wendal full track	360
4	Everyday People	233
5	Mama's Always On Stage full track	151
6	Give A Man A Fish full track	134
7	Raining Revolution full track	133
8	Natural full track	131
9	Man's Final Frontier full track	117
10	Fishin' 4 Religion full track	112
11	Blues Happy full track	103
12	U full track	95
13	Mr Wendal full track	87
14	Eve of Reality full track	85
15	Washed Away full track	83

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gyash wrote:
Tuesday morning

great band. love their songs.

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timmyboy62 wrote:
17 days ago

bad ass song

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oWut wrote:
last month

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Mannequentin wrote:
September 2008

MR F

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Jay_Fiedler wrote:
September 2008

I don't care for Gob.

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WodkaLover wrote:
September 2008

unplugged for the win !

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TrafficHaze wrote:
September 2008

Even if it means me taking a chubby, I will suck it up.

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K-Pig wrote:
September 2008

I love how there are mostly quotes from the program. Gotta love both, though.

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__KAPOW wrote:
August 2008

people everyday or everyday people?

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duhhhitsjustin wrote:
August 2008

I wish there were more Hip Hop groups like you guys... ya'll are so amazing.<3

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natalekz wrote:
August 2008

świetny trik z deszczem na koncercie we Wroclawiu :) sam koncert rowniez

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don_polaczkos wrote:
July 2008

great show in Poland! hope to see you again next year!

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jazzWkieszeni wrote:
July 2008

i love them! i want see them one more time in poland <3!

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wjp4107 wrote:
July 2008

Take me to another place Take me to another land Make me forget all that hurts me Let me understand your plan...

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theminordents wrote:
July 2008

I saw this video where a globe repeatedly spun and the camera focused on Africa. Is that an arrested development video?

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xMuadibx wrote:
July 2008

so true, so clear, so necessary...

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gokanhan56 wrote:
June 2008

One of the best hip hop groups of all time.

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UncleGropey wrote:
June 2008

Why is George Micheal not credited for his involvement with this group?

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thecolgateduck wrote:
June 2008

I've made a huge mistake

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wolfnation wrote:
June 2008

This party is going to be off the hook!

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