What Happened To The Grammy Winning Arrested Development? Stunted Growth Music

[@stuntedgrowthmusic]

Another dope 90s rap group that fell to circumstances of rap groups in hip hop. Their initial album run was legendary though

[@KIDTV-qe2dm]

Mr. Wendell

[@BklynZu]

Being a teenager back then what happened to AD is there sound wentout of style by late '93 going into '94 here on the East Coast was The Hardcore Era l & on The West Coast was The G Funk Era so groups like them and PM Dawn was over it's sad that they couldn't survive because nobody was interested in their sound anymore

[@TYBO-xl1xz]

Their growth wasn’t stunted, they had Arrested Development 😮

[@shaundasmith7765]

I see what u did there 😂

[@thecosmicblueautie]

😆

[@mringram]

Damn

[@prymetyme501]

👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@russelladams7134]

You beat me to it.😀🙃😆😐😝

[@gregwhite7852]

I remember early B.E.T. with music like A.D. and Sounds of Blackness on the air waves. Great video! X CLAN or DAS EFX If you haven't cover them yet!

[@shay_lah]

never realized how sad the song Tennessee is until I got older. the hook was my favorite as a kid ❤ Everyday People is also a classic.

[@Roccofan]

This is why the Bon Jovi story is so fascinating. Jon was the owner of everything and everyone else were highly paid employees. Contracts signed, everyone understood what it was and the all went on to get filthy rich. Moral of the story: Put it all in writing.

[@jamesgibson3716]

This is what happens with most musical groups. There's one person who either wants more recognition, or feels that the group is holding them back from super stardom. Or 💰 issues.

[@Marvilloso]

yo stuntedgrowth, hope I get that pete rock and cl smooth soon

[@jamesgray6421]

Tennessee was (and still is) in rotation for me

[@808sirenz9]

"Everyday People" still slaps till this day

[@therealmarlonbellamy]

Arrested Development were ahead of their time. You should do Joe Public next.

[@ralphwiggum1982]

I haven’t heard that name in years I forgot about them

[@HarryClipzFilmz]

"You got to Live and Learn"

[@chadmoore3438]

Co-sign on Joe Public!

[@davidgerald133]

Not really....they were VERY much in their time

[@Craig-zq5oy]

They rode that early 90s alt rap wave along with groups like De La Soul and Disable Planets. I'd put Fugees in that category too. But the gangsta rap shift ended their run. Its sad cuz I love Arrested Development.

[@juelz713]

Speech is from Milwaukee

[@terucks]

Finally my wishes have come true!!! Thank you JC!

[@KIDTV-qe2dm]

Mr. Wendell.........That was my shit

[@saj8]

Arrested Development were like the cool kids in the lunch room. They never reached out to work with any other conscious hip-hop artists.

[@blakebrown84]

Arrested Development is the greatest hip hop group of all time. They made incredible music for everyone to listen to. People Everyday and Tennessee is still in my playlist.

[@thescatman5029]

And Afrocentric hip hop group with positive lyrics, a song about the rural South (Tennessee), a Sly Stone remake with a dope hip hop hook (People Everyday), and a Baba in the group (elder) gave Arrested Development both age and generational appeal.

[@MackTatum]

Y'all need to make more videos like this!

[@eugenedantzler4485]

They still make music and they still dope as ever!!!!

[@rachaad]

Love their new latest album !

[@iamme50]

I literally just listened to AD today at the gym lol I still love their music.

[@MRKSX]

They still make great albums and tour constantly!

[@twin78]

Speech was sing song rapping WAY before Drake made it popular. And he was a dope producer. I wasn't a fan, but I respect their music. "Ease My Mind" was a slapper.

[@lolabunny1157]

Their growth wasn’t stunted. People allowed negativity and ignorance to consume them. Nobody wanted to listen to positive music anymore.

[@davidgerald133]

B*llS*t.. they were WHACK. They were a one hit wonder. TENNESSEE was a classic, People Everyday was a hit because of the Sly Stone sample Everyday People so they got to pretend they were talented rapping over it. MR. Wendell was the beginning of the end because it signaled they were out of ideas and it was a HORRIBLEY corny song. That ZumawallaDingALing Album was GARBAGE. Plenty of positive Consciousness came after them. Common's whole career came after AD. So did The Fugees, Erykah Badu, Lauryn Hill, The Roots

[@lolabunny1157]

@ that’s YOUR opinion! Go have a manic episode somewhere else.

[@KhiryDoom]

Geto boys Westside connect Ying yang twins would be nice to cover. The game too would be nice

[@blackdragon6]

Another KZbin essayist called Todd In Shadows claims the group lacked empathy and understanding of poor black people. It's a criticism that's leveled at most "conscious" rappers. Especially the "hotep" and hotep adjacent rappers. Others say their sophomore album is a hidden jem. I personally think both points are true. But, come to your own conclusions 🤷🏾‍♂️.

[@Notorious_G.O.D_76]

Honestly....the "Zinggalamadunni" album production wise was great. But i think why it failed cuz after the group's success for the first album...if suffered what i call the "Svengali" or "Sophomore Jinx" People felt like that album was too conscious...too in your face....too preachy. One thing about our people....some of us dont want to be beaten over our heads with social & political narratives over dope beats. They just wish to bop their heads to the beat...sing the hooks & dance to the music.....so that album failed.....!!!!! 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@blackdragon6]

Their second album was legit good, but the preachy criticism was true tho. Another KZbin essayist Todd In Shadows said the group lacked empathy and understanding of poor black people. It's a criticism that's leveled at most "conscious" rappers. Especially the "hotep" and hotel adjacent rappers.

[@Notorious_G.O.D_76]

@blackdragon6 As conscious as they were. Listening to "Arrested Development" was still an awesome group which brought us dope beats & one helluva of a stage shows. I like how conscious they were... Rap doesn't always have to be "Braggadocios" or "Mafioso". Sometimes hearing a conscious song with some substance is all that we need to hear. 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@rachaad]

The latest " Bullets in The Chamber" is one of my top albums of this year 🔥🔥🔥

[@SargonSkilliams]

now that KA has died - can you finally do one on NATURAL ELEMENTS ?

[@samuelbryant7687]

I'M STILL WAITING FOR YOU TO DO COMPANY FLOW!!!!!!! (EL P'S FORMER GROUP)...

[@jaywitdaplay17]

Can you do Dababy his growth was stunned but he is making a comeback now

[@deelovesamy]

I hated this group with everything in my soul back in middle school to jr high 😂

[@quickwithit]

🔥🔥🔥

[@rayedmonds6108]

I always wondered what the old dude did in the group. And how much of the pie was he looking for for whatever his contributions were? 😂

[@LaCheleWallace]

I always use them (and Shai) as an example of music programming. Think about it. Everybody and they mama heard they debut LP. You definitely know the singles. This band was inescapable in '92. They sophomore effort came out 2 years later and...crickets. Don't nobody know it. Hell, I remember seeing the CD in stores and skipping right over it. Why is that? There is a reason to that. I do not believe in the notion of a "sophomore jinx" because I know for a fact that if the label wants yo' effort to succeed, they gon make it succeed. And it's as simple as that. Things moved slower decades ago so artists did not have to release music every other week due to low attention spans and burnout. The reason why nobody knows they sophomore effort is because the label was coo' on them. Man, the early '90s. All of that balance and variety we had. I could not live w/o music. Anyhow, I still have they debut LP on cassette tape in my vanity for sentimental reasons. It means the world to me. Just decades of sweet, warm memories.

[@davidgerald133]

They crossed the line from "conscious" to "pretentious" and the second Album was W H A C K

[@Iknowyoumadnow]

Take me to another place.....no seriously I hate it here.

[@divinedelaware7541]

Big collectives like this don't usually work. Odd future is a current example. Just too much diversity. Like Wu is deep like that but they have common ground. The movies, 5%ers and most of them from Staten island.

[@weirdLEXbutok]

speech was a narcissist … that’s what stunted their growth . just like q tip , which also stunted the growth of atcq

[@shaangroove9252]

THEY DID NOT SPARK SOUTHERN GROUPS! GETO BOYS DID!!! A REAL RAP GROUP

[@rayedmonds6108]

I agree with this. As a kid I had no idea A.D. were from the south. They weren't loud and proud about it the way groups from California and New York were. Groups like EPMD and NWA let it be known loud and proud where they were from.

[@notjuschickenproductions8010]

Thank You

[@warrenlewis3977]

The front man had a white woman.

[@Craig-zq5oy]

Yeah that's how alternate type black folk are. It's that weird factor.

[@warrenlewis3977]

@Craig-zq5oy look at the hairline lol

[@Iknowyoumadnow]

That why they were alternative foo, they got alterative women

[@warrenlewis3977]

@@Iknowyoumadnow Not when you profess "Pro Black".

[@warrenlewis3977]

@@Iknowyoumadnow Btw, "Alternative" has nothing to do with having a white woman.

[@shaangroove9252]

Ain't talk about sHit nobody wanted to Hear or nutn.

[@javonjohnson4723]

Its always money $$.. Hate to see it

[@Iknowyoumadnow]

Tf....you hate to see it? Are you from another planet

[@javonjohnson4723]

@Iknowyoumadnow ya I hate to a good group of people break up over money & clout

[@jordanflores5687]

The show ended up being better thats what happened

[@QueenImagoDei]

It was too many d@mn people in the group.

[@brianbenevento6594]

Speech was the problem 🙄 like always one guy has to ruin the band. Thinking he mick jagger 😆 🤣 they were good but he thought he was better than his bandmates

[@shaangroove9252]

THey were just straight up wacc. Let's be Honest.

[@lamontWatson]

HEY STUNTED GROWTH MUSIC DO U READ COMMENTS? IF SO CAN U HIT ME UP ? I GOT A REQUEST FOR U TO DO THANKS