Speech on Headliner Suing for 50% Ownership of Arrested Development, Dionne Farris Quitting (Part 4)

[@rodneychassagne7243]

Speech has a refreshing energy and he's down to earth. I miss those days when hip hop was exciting and cool to be diverse

[@omegawicked1]

Me too

[@NQuiz52]

Dude is MAAAAADDDDD Honest! Real Shit!

[@marcuscarr123]

I miss those days. You had everything in the 80s till the early 90s if you were into socially conscious rap you had xXclan,public Enemy ,Queen Latifa,Sista Souljah,Krs -1 ,if you wanted gangsta rap you had NWA, DJ Quik,Ice Cube,SCC,Kid Frost,Booya Tribe to name a few. If you wanted positive and dancing hiphop you had the Fat boys, DjJazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince,Kid n Play,Heavy d and the boys,Tribe called Quest ,MC hammer, if you wanted raunchy rap you had Too short,HWA,2 Live Crew, 2nd to None. And many I forgot to mention. After that meeting by the elites gangsta rap was promoted exclusively and hurted society and almost destroyed hiphop.

[@rodneychassagne7243]

@@marcuscarr123 man you said it Marcus. I couldn't agree with you any more!

[@charles25jones30]

Well said! So true....

[@coachb2766]

Great that Speech and Dionne apologized to each other. Life is too precious and short to live with grudges.

[@dewrite504]

Speech's recollection of events is so crystal clear, it's almost as if he's reliving it as he tells the story!💯💯💯💯💯

[@lisavee4670]

Love Dionne Farris... I know and Hopeless are the joints...

[@nlee4566]

She is a real dope singer.

[@Yuuurp75]

I concur

[@jmezi404]

@Lisa Vee you kind of look like her 🤩🤩👀

[@lisavee4670]

@@jmezi404 Really, thanks...

[@shereenlovelace6217]

I love her song, "Passion"

[@beyondbeleef1013]

I respect dudes honesty. United front was a dope song too

[@nlee4566]

Real talk!! Not many men admit to abortions and mistakes like that.

[@floydbenson6081]

@@nlee4566 n

[@pohunta]

Super Dope! I loved that 2nd album

[@castleofsong9620]

I loved the first Arrested Development album. I was a rock fan in a flat in Dublin, Ireland but their positive vibes rang a bell and were the perfect antidote to the darker, grungy stuff I was listening to. Speech deserves a lot of respect!

[@JrtheKing91]

Why did Denzel have to be crooked before he took it? - Kiss

[@pappagetti]

I thought of this line as soon as they mentioned Denzel as Malcolm.

[@discjunkiesDGT]

Speech always real and honest! Respect from LA

[@imperiusrex7693]

Damn!!!Vlad is so petty!!!..this guy is speaking and telling history and Vlad is googling to prove him wrong in the middle of the interview??? And his comeback is McLemore and Ryan lewis?? GTFOH!!!!

[@TeddyStrongBear]

I love these longer segments!! Hopefully this will continue for the entire interview!

[@Ktown4500]

It look like he may have requested it this way cause all of them been 10 min or better

[@dawolf856]

Agreed

[@tonym9227]

And Speech is speaking stuff/telling stories worth listening to.

[@theDavidChannel1]

At the time Arrested Development was not really seen as a true hip-hop group like A Tribe Called Quest or De La Soul. They were seen more as pop, mainly because they got so big and accepted by the mainstream so quick. So when they won the Grammy it was more of a "White People Love Them" award. The rap world didn't really care. They never got the inclusion or respect of other rap groups that were also popping at the time. Now of course 28 years later everybody likes to pretend that was not the case.

[@tonym9227]

I disagree with that. Mainly because they never got any verbal backlash at that time, like MC Hammer and other artists got. AD didn't travel in the same circles as other artists...posse cuts, guest spots on other artists' records. They were a self-contained posse. 😉 But I never got the "white people's choice" or sellout vibe from them or toward them. I don't think they were ever looked at as a pop group. Speech rapped on every song.

[@ScarlettFevers]

@@tonym9227 U made their point for them. My nana loved them... never thought they were a “rapper group”. Ur also correct. They were definitely hip hop.

[@theDavidChannel1]

@@tonym9227 I didn't mean they were viewed as sellouts because what they were doing was very Afrocentric, but their songs caught on so much with the mainstream they were immediately viewed as pop. I remember even here in LA, they got more radio play on the alternative rock station and top 40 station than on the rap stations lol. They definitely drew a larger "mellow coffee shop" white audience than other rap groups at the time. And awards organizations like the Grammys were always shunning the real artists like Wu Tang, Tribe, Snoop, etc. but they loved them some Arrested Development because it was nice and friendly.

[@iamhim5635]

They are still the only group to win that award. Macklemore and his producer ain’t no damn group. Who has ever said Macklemore is in a group? So is 40 and Drake a group? Is 21 savage and metro boomin a group?

[@MrWrightNowTV]

Vald was right Macklemore and Ryan Lewis is a group for that album that won the Grammy if you search that album the artist says Macklemore and Ryan Lewis so for that 1 album they were a group Vlad was right

[@rcfresh4345]

@@MrWrightNowTV C'mon now..the paperwork might say whatever but Macklemore is a solo artist. He shouldn't have won a Grammy for that shit anyway..who really listens to Macklemore?

[@omegawicked1]

No

[@MrWrightNowTV]

@@rcfresh4345 but that's not the point take emotions out of it and just stick to facts then tell me if I'm right or wrong.

[@ckaiborbor]

21 and Metro, yeah

[@S.C.-wo8hq]

He should've challenged headliner to a game of horseshoes for ownership.

[@HectorQuien]

HORSESHOE!!!

[@blackamerican40]

However, Best New Artist Grammy can be a curse. Some singers and groups never bounce back musically after that win.

[@ScarlettFevers]

Facts. People till cry about Macklemore beating out Kendrick, but in reality, Mack never really bounced back, Kendrick has gone on to win hella Grammy awards, a Pulitzer Prize, acting roles etc..

[@YNTFAB]

ONE OF MY FAVORITE GROUPS. LISTEN TO MUSIC THIS DAY

[@brandonwhitner4104]

I would see this dude and Dallas Austin around Atlanta and I swear they look like brothers

[@MsHumbleStar25]

Now you got me looking into that...you are right, definitely could be kin folk

[@martyrmane]

funny ..Just seen Dallas at City Bar B que in Sandy Springs...but SPEECH is a cool dude..i remember just randomly sittin down with him in lenox food court havin a good convo with him wayy back in the day..after the fame, when he was droppin solo chit

[@brooksjerald9]

I really respect this guy and how honest he is being. Much respect

[@DaytimeNitemare]

Dione Ferris very underrated

[@wcorowitz]

Macklemore & Hip-hop don't belong in the same sentence. Nor is he in the same league as Arrested Development. This doesn't have to be explained to most REAL Hip-hop fans.

[@BigGucciAli]

More pop than rap

[@malcolmjosephmilliner705]

A MANS CONCEPTION OF HIMSELF DETERMINES THE KIND OF WORLD IN WHICH HE LIVES...

[@bosshoggish1]

Wow...he brushed Patrice Rushen off?!?!?!?

[@dr.heathcliffhuxtable9843]

He must of really been cocky

[@tashagotit7747]

Who is that?

[@youtubecommenter1000]

@@tashagotit7747 A legend

[@tashagotit7747]

@@youtubecommenter1000 details

[@youtubecommenter1000]

@@tashagotit7747 Google her, it’s too much to put in a comment.

[@slick1hit]

What? You played off Patrice Rushen? She is a fucking legend! She such a underrated writer, producer, and pianist. I would regret that too.

[@KtotheG]

Dude's head was gassed.

[@loveone8073]

When he said that he played Patrice Rushen,I was like 😬😬😬

[@daxtonedwards]

Speech is super cool. I got to dance with him at his house in Georgia. He was filming a documentary type video

[@LaCheleWallace]

I must admit, the _Grammy's_ are sorta boring to me. Labels can purchase awards, etcetera beforehand. It's all a game. Not taking any credit away from Arrested Development, but I've acquired so much knowledge over the years. Whatever these executives and labels want the general public to hear, that's what we'll hear, period. Whatever these executives and labels don't want the general public to hear, we won't hear, period. It's their label - their call. Labels lose interest in artists because they're always looking and booking ahead. Why do we know and love Shai's hit singles from they first LP and have no idea about they sophomore LP? There's a reason to that. Soon as R. Kelly's music started to fizzle out, he started getting into super trouble. Why wasn't he getting into super trouble when his music was hot? There's a reason to that as well. Anyhow, it was highly disrespectful for the _Grammy's_ to not air the rap/hip-hop category along w/ the other categories. By that time, hip-hop was a legit money-maker. They done gave rappers all kinds of bad deals, done jacked and jerked them all around, financially and they _cain't_ even have the common courtesy of being shown receiving they awards. That's some cold business. But alas, hip-hop was a fad that wouldn't last - so they said. It ended up being the most popular art form in the doggon world. What are the odds? My ex-husband, Treach from Naughty by Nature *DEFINITELY* deserved to win all of the awards. He was so ill on that microphone and he was obviously easy on the eyes. So much soul and flavor. Just good music. Mr. Denzel Washington deserved an award for _Malcolm X_ through and through. I enjoyed the soundtrack as well. Love the record you did for it, Todd. That was my jam.

[@codybrowder3100]

Love from Tennessee 🤞🏽💙💯

[@dropsixteentvtv4149]

Mfs can't stay united for nothing. After one album they're fighting and suing each other.

[@stacistaci6657]

So true. More bands should have been like the group Sade. Sade and usually one of the guy's wrote the songs but everything among the group all songwriting, producing, royalties, etc are shared equally among all of them. I think that's why they never broke up. Sade is not greedy. She said she doesn't need a lot of money to be happy.

[@adukeakinola5097]

First of all, why are you looking up something while your guest is talking and, why do you always feel the need to prove your guests wrong?!

[@baldman2011]

Facts matter. No disrespect intended.

[@marcusfarris423]

Dionne is my older cousin and I never heard this story lol dope to hear about her on vlad!

[@Etcher]

Speech's first solo album. FIRE. Check it out if you haven't already.

[@nicholeramsay4682]

*Black Klansman was Denzel Washington's son Vlad not Denzel himself

[@Slappysan]

Took me off guard at first but he was talking about Spike Lee getting the Oscar for that, not Malcolm X.

[@billyjacc]

It was about Spike... vlad just throws out one run-on sentence after the other.

[@JUMPMANFROMCLUBHOUSE]

Vlad be googling as he talks he don't do the real research

[@nicholeramsay4682]

@Jemal Rankin that's not what he said 🤷🏽 I'm going by the name he kept throwing out & I was just saying that it was the son & not the father. If that's what he meant let him clear it up, not you or anyone else. 🤔 Finding it funny how many people can't stand him but are breaking their necks to "clarify" what he said......smells sus to me, IJS!

[@nicholeramsay4682]

@Jemal Rankin bitch shut your dumb ass up

[@Divinely_ProtectedAse]

I love you Speech !! Keep doing ya thang !!

[@MsLacy707]

I'm glad he tries to RIGHT his WRONGS💯 People get the EMOTION of the LIMELIGHT they want that to be payment. Fk that.

[@ngomaibinda]

Another great interview

[@voiceofreason70X7]

His songs were so conscious but his actions and decisions were very unconscious. 😒

[@tyjones1385]

Come thru with the Legendary interviews Vlad

[@Co-D31]

Vlad: There's another RAP group that won that award, Macklemore 😂😂😂

[@benm38]

Nice actually good sized clips. Well done Glad

[@rodan5052]

The black community gave Denzel the Oscar ✊🏽

[@micahhayes8770]

12:38....I always thought that song "I know" was by Tracy Chapman. Good to know.

[@vg4life]

Nope!

[@ScarlettFevers]

Tracy Chapman doesn’t make music like that.

[@vg4life]

@@ScarlettFevers they did have similar singing voices tho. However, Farris was more pop oriented.

[@prettyrickeyc6966]

I listened to their new album because of one of these interviews and the album was really good.

[@Configa]

Thanks fam!! I’m the Co-Exec Producer on the album 👊👊💯💯

[@prettyrickeyc6966]

@@Configa y’all did good work

[@Configa]

Bless Up, bro!! 👊👊👊💯💯💯

[@santosdelarosa11143]

Come on Vlad get it together. Denzel was not in Blacklansmam smh

[@adofominka8767]

He was talking about Spike Lee getting an Oscar for Black Klansman, not Denzel.

[@patienceISavirtue75]

Wait hold up! You dismissed Patrice Rushen! Really?

[@tonym9227]

I need to look this person up, 'cause I have no idea who they are.

[@tonym9227]

@nauticadon thank you.

[@youtubecommenter1000]

@@tonym9227 She's a legend & heavily influenced hip hop, a lot of hip hop artists sampled her music.

[@blackamerican40]

You could say the same thing about Al Pacino who won the Oscar over Denzel in 1992. It was a career Oscar.

[@edeck889]

+Anthony Ogans You're right Al Pacino should have won Oscar for Best Actor for "The Godfather II" in 1974

[@newartistspotlight_]

Speech was a dirty person. He said Headline was his best friend and was apart of the group at the beginning and he wouldn’t even split 50/50. smh

[@Grainraiser]

If you watch Speech interview on Unsung he said he had 80-20 split on the profits and he could not understand why the group was unhappy with him. He felt it was fair because he did most of the work.

[@kisha4040]

@@Grainraiser He did not do all of the work..

[@wgliam]

@@Grainraiser he did little of the work. Headliner and rasa don are family friends of mine, and they have confirmed time and time again what he did. he was not a good person who took all of the money.

[@terryscott7307]

Wow Bruh......you tossed the legend Patrice Rushen to the side!!!!! Horrible decision!! You gotta be kicking yourself about that one.

[@zealousjay1993]

If nothing else .. i appreciate vlad for interviewing the well know and obscure hip hop legends.... these people won't be here long and i wanna get to know em ... i know and love there music but i wanna knkw there history.... that smooth B interview still hittin 💯

[@thehottake8197]

Vlad wanted to see if Speech was cappin at 12:36 and asked him the name of the song 😂

[@TheJuarezG]

I'm was born and raised in Chattanooga Tennessee

[@augustknight3483]

YO!! Who farted?!!! @8:58 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@hevyonez97]

😂🤣

[@MusicJunkiePlus]

🤣🤣🤣 how did I not hear that until I came across this comment. I’m dying 🤣🤣🤣

[@Chitterqueen]

and 9:48 as well lol😂 dying

[@thrapadoh]

Best hip-hop voice ever: still love AD.

[@ianbaldwin8279]

Why is KZbin advertising Arrested Development tv show under this clip? Didn’t Arrested Development sue that damn show for using their name? This is Hip Hop KZbin. Shame on ya’ll 🤬😡

[@malcolmjosephmilliner705]

THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT MESSAGE YOU CAN EVER GIVE ANYONE IS SOUL EXIST BECAUSE OF GODS LOVE FOR IT...1 800 LOVE GOD AND 1 888 I SING HU

[@lamarcraven2314]

I hate to say this but when you become successful, there’s always some people in Hollywood that clap and hug the whole group but later on that day they’re in each one of everybody’s here saying you don’t need this person or you don’t need that person when you all came up together so you guys got a have to always learn to stick together F Hollywood do what got you in Hollywood and what made people love you. This is why so many groups have broken up arrested development you guys were above and way beyond your time and we need music like yours again

[@radrew684]

Vlad do your research please

[@jesushateswood]

I saw Arrested Development on the TV One docu-series UNSUNG. He's right. He was beefing with more people than Headliner and Dionne Farris.

[@MFgabesylar3030]

Speech, seems like a good dude. I still gotta listen to his solo shit

[@byronchannells4517]

His solo stuff is awesome have a listen, do ya self a favour!!

[@MFgabesylar3030]

@@byronchannells4517 will do! Thank you G

[@byronchannells4517]

@@MFgabesylar3030 all good brother, loved arrested development back in 90's an was lucky enough to see them way over here in Australia with Ziggy Marley in 2008! Was a good day! Wish I could find my speech (cd) haha

[@seanlamar29]

Denzel also got a Oscar for glory

[@thesolefritonetwork6291]

"It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools." Ecclesiastes 7:5

[@pache7216]

who was the old black man that used to be in the videos just sitting there

[@Supremmo]

His name was Baba Oje. He passed away sometime ago

[@rahdream]

Lol I was thinking same thing

[@davidhill7071]

He passed almost 2yrs ago. 26 Oct 2018.

[@HectorQuien]

@Jemal Rankin Baba Oje! Listen to Zingalamaduni, their second and also their absolute best album. He does some amazing African chanting on there. He was a father figure and integral, not a leech you lame.

[@ashahagood5556]

wow. very candid

[@christopherharper9818]

I'm here for Speech and Arrested Development.... Vlad... Meh...

[@kevinsummers6129]

Gotta give them a second listen.

[@donpido6023]

This guy Vlad hates being wrong...

[@swipejones5754]

Real nigga much respect

[@kevinx9225]

I met her once but didn't know who she was. We danced to that song. She said, that's my song! I said, yes, I like it too. We all know what happened after that. This clown.

[@shivon.shines]

Black Klansman is a good movie though! Definitely deserved an Oscar but I love Malcolm X too

[@dnachistatrax1029]

It's crazy how they're, advertising the show "Arrested Development" under, each part of this interview!

[@JulianPerez-zv6os]

Speech on Zingalamaduni: "I have made a huge mistake...."

[@svanablak]

spike lee won an oscar for best adapted screenplay not director!

[@esseen100]

Outkast won a Grammy for Album Of The Year.

[@wcorowitz]

They were just talking about BEST NEW ARTIST, but that Outkast win was a BIG DEAL!!!

[@jmezi404]

This interview is good

[@Blackman20102011]

Denzel Washington was not in Black Klansman.

[@darrylnelson05]

Speech didn't want to share the money.

[@kelleybrown815]

How is MR WENDALL

[@vashonberry1597]

Busta Rhymes is just the guest appearance Don

[@christianrapper]

What kind of interview is this? He talks a lot through it.

[@adrina911]

That was Denzel son who starred in that movie.

[@bookerforte]

f that put me on the BET Áwards and Showtime at the Apollo

[@ptahsabaqrayay8816]

Digable planets! Did it!!

[@vg4life]

Damn speech @ 3:55 I didn’t know you were doing all that knocking up bitches left and right and paying for their abortions.

[@MrEhu3]

I don't get it, if ya'll best friends & ya'll started the group together why not 50-50 split.

[@Rockscissorspaper]

They became best friends after Headliner answered the flyer for the group Speech was starting.

[@MrEhu3]

@@Rockscissorspaper Oh I get it; so, they were never really "best" friends

[@HectorQuien]

Speech was doing most of the writing and production to begin with... Not a 50/50 split on that alone. Arrested Development was a Speech thing from jump.

[@MrEhu3]

@@HectorQuien yeah I can dig it but he gave his word so the other Brotha expected Speech to submit to his commitment but the compromise in the end of 60-40 is good.

[@johngist3761]

Vlad is a terrible listener. 🤦🏿‍♂️

[@ChillinWithDoloMane]

Him and spike lee look like they could be brothers

[@JheriCurlJankins]

Best New Artist Grammy is considered to be a curse.

[@187nellybelly]

Speech didn’t thank DJ for mansplaining The Grammys Best new artist category to him.

[@SilverWealth_Draper_Mint]

First Feminine Rap

[@DAY2DAYY]

Glad " oooh i meant"😒😂😂😂

[@lorenzohayes4742]

I thought bone did it for crossroads?

[@cervantesmonroe9102]

You should have gave her the $100

[@kylechristian7232]

Wasn't BlackKlansman Denzel Washington's Son

[@agmcroom2374]

1:06 speech made glad look stupid

[@al-jameljohnson8805]

Arrested Development was just ok. One hit wonders at best.

[@eurobubble7068]

3 gold singles

[@ddh540]

😂 Mr. Wendell, everyday people, Tennessee (that’s 3 right there)

[@steve-hm1wn]

a one album wonder, not one hit wonders

[@Slappysan]

Last sentence is factually incorrect....

[@velleione]

Vlad from the bottom of my heart and I mean this sincerely but the Grammys can really f*** off with that Macklemore and Lewis winning a Grammy in a rap category , they lost all credibility after that one I have never watched a Grammy show ever again after that and probably never ever will just my opinion

[@ShantiForever]

❤️❤️

[@mickeyrat3369]

I like the TV show more than the band

[@vashonberry1597]

Tip music means something .

[@MrKingrahjordan]

He looks like kat William's righteous side

[@ethiopianeyes]

Money is the root of all evil.

[@pappagetti]

Homer threw a Grammy in the trash. Just reminding you guys that they were kind of a joke in the 90's.

[@deshaundozier]

Great interview, but I hated this group as a kid