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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	437
2	People Everyday full track	418
3	Mr. Wendal full track	365
4	Everyday People	202
5	Mama's Always On Stage full track	133
6	Fishin' 4 Religion full track	113
7	Natural full track	112
8	Blues Happy full track	109
9	Mr Wendal	103
10	Raining Revolution full track	101
10	Give A Man A Fish full track	101
12	Man's Final Frontier full track	96
13	U full track	86
14	Children Play With Earth full track	80
15	Ease My Mind full track	75

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thecolgateduck wrote:
18 hours ago

I just want my kids back.

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dim2192 wrote:
yesterday afternoon

judging by the shoutbox, looks like this band does not have many fans

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musicvictim672 wrote:
Tuesday morning

Pop Pop gets a Grisham?

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whoownsthesky wrote:
last week

We are legally obligated to make this distinction.

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ChrisCappello wrote:
last month

Daddy horny, Michael.

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bryacarifi wrote:
last month

NO TOUCHING!

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passedbourget wrote:
last month

darnit this isnt the arrested development i wanted, so into this rap shiz

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guthriepc wrote:
last month

pop pop gets a treat?

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DeanMurdoch13 wrote:
May 2009

Anyong

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cristobella wrote:
April 2009

i watched the tv show on my ipod and it scrobbled as this? oh well. you're gunna get some hop-on's.

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[deleted-user] wrote:
April 2009

Oh. I saw them the other day. Only song I remember was "Tennessee".
captain_needa wrote:
April 2009

Next thing I know, I'm running for my life. And all I could think was if something were to ever happen to me, how sad I'd be, you know?

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kristenwarncke wrote:
March 2009

loveee

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strawberryffuck wrote:
March 2009

ive made a huge mistake!

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LookingatPeace wrote:
February 2009

knoxville, alcore, mephis TN my fam

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solideogloria wrote:
February 2009

My friend and I only listen to this album when we're driving around. Perfect car jams.

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Pazas1917 wrote:
February 2009

The song that plays when you click on everyday people isn't everyday people. But yeah these guys were great!

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fat_killah wrote:
February 2009

this group sound awesome

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CrackRockBeat wrote:
February 2009

Excellent group, still releasing great records that get tragically overlooked.

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erin000 wrote:
February 2009

This band was way before the hilarious FOX television show... actually, the band sued the network in November of '03. The suit is referenced in the Arrested Development episodes "Public Relations", "Motherboy XXX" and "For British Eyes Only".

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