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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.”
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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Tennessee
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People Everyday
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Mr. Wendal
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Mr Wendal
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Mama's Always On Stage
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Fishin' 4 Religion
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Raining Revolution
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Give A Man A Fish
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Natural
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U
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Washed Away
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Blues Happy
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Man's Final Frontier
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Dawn Of The Dreads
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Shoutbox
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Jay_Fiedler wrote:
bees?
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analogpark wrote:
There are just so many poorly chosen words in that sentence, Rudy_Rules.
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dufrenois wrote:
Hello, I'd like to introduce to you this great afrogroove band, BANTUNANI:http://www.lastfm.fr/music/Bantunani best regards.
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wennEsAnfaengt wrote:
The first records I've ever bought was 3 Years... A LONG time ago :)
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mytwistedwords wrote:
OH MY GOD WE'RE HAVING A FIRE...sale.
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Rudy_Rules wrote:
I'm afraid I prematurely shot my wad on what was supposed to be a dry run, if you will, and now I have something of a mess on my hands.
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wilbsor wrote:
one of my favourite bands. it sucks that the majority of the bands will probably never give live performances near my country. anyways, thumbs up to arrested development :). that s what i call music. i like when i can hear lyrics which arent about fucking hoes, money making and so on.
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el_yucatan wrote:
Just watched them yesterday! So happy that I really could watch their live, LIVE! : )
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jonpwnsu wrote:
the show is amazing. i'll see if i end up liking these guys. sure i will
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MassiveKill wrote:
I still like that TV show more than these guys.
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kristenwarncke wrote:
favorites!
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squiggins wrote:
I still like these guys more than that TV show.
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MassiveKill wrote:
Even if it means me taking a chubby, I will suck it up!
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RnB_Gentleman wrote:
i love this group =)
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kasiablekiewicz wrote:
Love them!
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staytooned wrote:
!!!
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infinite93 wrote:
We're Not Here To Talk Nonsense To Bob Loblaw.
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fwqhgads wrote:
I love how this page is littered with quotes from the show. I am impressed.
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kasa408 wrote:
i remember being a kid and my uncle bumping tennesse
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TrafficHaze wrote:
Lindsay and I are planning a night of heterosexual intercourse.
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