Arrested Development
Is a Grammy Award winning American alternative hip hop group, founded by Speech and Headliner as a positive, Afrocentric alternative to the gangsta rap popular in the early 1990s.
Where are they now?
In March 2007 they toured Australia as part of a triple-bill show, along with Simple Minds and INXS and also released
"Since The Last Time" in the United States on October 30, 2007, on Vagabond Record & Tapes, Speech's label.
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Origin: Atlanta, Georgia
Member(s): Speech
Montsho Eshe
One Love
Nicha
Radason (aka Don Norris)
Baba Oje
JJ Boogie
Za
Labels: Chrysalis
Career years: 1988–1996, 2000–Present
Biography
It took the group three years, five months and two days to be offered a record deal, when Chrysalis Records sent A&R director Duff Marlowe to Atlanta's Bosstown Studios to meet with the group's manager Michael Mauldin.[citation needed] Arrested Development had already been offered a single deal for the song "Tennessee". 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 New Artist, and were also named Band of the Year by Rolling Stone magazine.
Reference/Source(s):
Arrested Development (group). (2008, June 14). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 01:08, June 29, 2008, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Arrested_Development_%28group%29&oldid=219264675
