Unsung:Arrested Development

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Of course they did, to you, and that's what the mindset of folks (including the other ones who think they were too cheesy or whatnot) who think that "oh they think they're too this or that, so "elitist," trying to be above the rest of us nikkazz". No they thought they wanted to become something else other than "bytch, ho, riding in my 'lac, if you like cops, or any white person (hell a Republican on top of that) :bryan: than you're an uncle Tom", no they were just nostalgic but trying to reach a little closer to the mother land for guidance and leadership, not what was popular or on tv at that moment.

We already had PE, BDP, X-Clan, Paris(First album only) for that and not to mention Brand Nubian and PRT and they weren't getting played on Black Radio because they were considered too threatening, especially PE. As stated earlier, Arrested Development came out a good two years after the pro-black sound was out of style. The Summer of 92 was a transitional period for hip-hop at that point.
 
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full force never fell off though. They switched to writing and prod :ohhh:

They were already writing and producing when they first came out, but I get your point.

They already had something to fall back on, once their recording careers were on ice. A lot of other artists that were profiled didn't.

I was like :mindblown: when I found out they produced hits for The Backstreet Boys. I think they still produce to this day too.
 
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I did like Arrested Development's song from the "Malcolm X" movie with Denzel Washington.



PS: How the hell did Denzel not win Best Actor for this?
 
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There is some truth to that tho, Gangsta Rap really in the big picture, hasn't been that good for Hip-Hop.
 

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:laugh: @ hip hop killing Gerald Levert. This fukkin show I tell ya

:laff: @ Gerald's son looking like Kendrick Lamar

Crazy, isn't it?

When will TVOne admit that this is not the case at all? If Gerald wanted to blame somebody, he needed to blame Sylvia Rhone for trying to force him to make those crossover hits.
 

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i liked the first two albums.. and i just listened to them last september... i still jam out. whoever made the beats was pretty dope. speech messed it up a lil bit but i enjoyed the message and vibe
 

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opening line on the show:
"Arrested Development... one of the top 5 hip hop groups of all time"

:mjpls:

wtf
 
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