Arrested Development
Arrested Development
Arrested Development is an alternative hip-hop group, founded by rapper Speech and deejay Headliner. Their goal was to make music in contrast to the growing popularity of gangsta rap of the early 1990s.
It took the group three years, five months and two days to be offered a recording contract, when Chrysalis Records sent A&R director Duff Marlowe to Atlanta’s Bosstown Studios to meet with the group’s manager Michael Mauldin. The name of their first album was inspired by how long it took to get signed.
The album was an immediate international success, producing hits around the world including three top 10s in the US with “Tennessee”, “People Everyday (Metamorphosis Mix)” and “Mr. Wendal”. The album won a Grammy and AD was named Band Of The Year by Rolling Stone magazine.