Arrested Development Greatest Hits Music Cd

Arrested Development - Arrested Development Greatest Hits

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Arrested Development - Greatest Hits      Artist : Arrested Development      List Price : $12.99 USD        Your Price : $12.99 USD      ProductGroup: Music      Release Date : 2001-05-21      Studio : EMI Europe Generic      Label : EMI Europe Generic      Avg. Customer Rating : (5 reviews)

Reviews Customer Reviews for Arrested Development Greatest Hits      The path not taken      Rating:      In the early 1990s, groups like Arrested Development, DeLa Soul, Digable Plants, Tribe Called Quest, and the sadly forgotten Gumbo could have revolutionized rap music. Their tunes were filled with jazzy instrumentation, melodic hooks and harmonic raps, and uplifting and intelligent lyrics. Sadly, rappers chose to go down the low road of ignorance, violence, and misogyny which is where it remains today. But AD and it's leader Speech put out some good stuff in its time. "People Everyday" (the superior remix, not the plodding album version) is included with it's funky tale of violence only being used as a last resort. "Mr. Wendal," a timely tale of sympathy for the homeless, "Tennessee" (need I say more? I listened to this repeatedly during the night of the Rodney King riots in 1992), the little known "Like Marvin Said What's Going on" which is one of the few rap songs I know of with an organ solo, and "Ease My Mid" (with a Pigmeat Markham sample-imagine that?). It is sad that one of rap's most creative and wonderful groups did not last, but at least you have this CD. Get it and enjoy to see the path rap unfortuantely did not take.     Customer Reviews for Arrested Development Greatest Hits Cd      wheat from the chaff      Rating:      This collection really separates the wheat from the chaff to produce a CD with no fillers!! "Tennessee" though it stands alone as a musical and lyrical wonder, will always remind me of Wallace Steven's poem "A Jar Stands in Tennessee." Trust me; read that poem and you'll swear the diction and rhythm inspired Arrested Development!! I feel AD was always underrated, like my other favorite band of this era, "Galliano," whose "In Pursuit of the 13th Note" is a great hip-hop-rap-melodic-pop companion to AFD's Greatist Hits. Editorial Reviews for Arrested Development Greatest Hits Audio Cd      Album Description      UK 'Best Of' for the alternative rap act & their frontman Speech. Part of the EMI Gold series. 18 tracks including the bonus cuts 'Natural'(unplugged) & 'People Everyday'(unplugged). 2001 release.