People forget his was beefing with his own group when they blew up and nobody wanted to work with a speech for a while. The flavor flav of the group and his was clashing bad.
How come Arrested Development is just a footnote in alternative hip-hop?
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1. They didnt get the respect from hip-hop circles. Speech wasnt much of an emcee. They appealed more to the r&b crowd. Along with PM Dawn, they basically created this lane for others to reap the benefits later on.
2. But they still sold a ton of records. The 2nd album had no hits tho, and they weren't signed to a strong label, nor did they gave strong industry backing behind them. Back then, it was easy for alot of artists to dissappear as soon as they started to slip.
They were huge in 92-93 tho. Outkast in the 2000s basically had the run that they should've had. Hell, they're the reason outkast got signed to laface.
2. But they still sold a ton of records. The 2nd album had no hits tho, and they weren't signed to a strong label, nor did they gave strong industry backing behind them. Back then, it was easy for alot of artists to dissappear as soon as they started to slip.
They were huge in 92-93 tho. Outkast in the 2000s basically had the run that they should've had. Hell, they're the reason outkast got signed to laface.
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Speech was was the Terrence Trent Darby of rap on some βIβd like to thank meβ type stuff. Nobody had time for that back then.
Tennessee was a MONSTER hit back in the day. I remember seeing my pops off to Saudi Arabia for desert storm with that playing in the car in the background like a movie
Tennessee was a MONSTER hit back in the day. I remember seeing my pops off to Saudi Arabia for desert storm with that playing in the car in the background like a movie
I remember reading, years later that Speech was a dikkhead that not only rubbed the rest of the group the wrong way but also the industry didn't care for him.
