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"Tennessee" is a song by American hip hop group Arrested Development, released in March 1992 by Chrysalis and Cooltempo as the first single from their debut album, 3 Years, 5 Months & 2 Days in the Life Of... (1992). The song was produced by group member Speech and contains a sample of Prince's 1988 hit "Alphabet St.".
The album's chart success ignited the popularization of Southern hip hop. Named after the length of time it took the group to get a record contract, 3 Years, 5 Months and 2 Days in the Life Of... starkly contrasted the gangsta rap that ruled the hip hop charts in 1992 (such as Dr. Dre 's The Chronic ), focusing on spirituality , peace and love.
Arrested Development was formed in 1988 by rapper and producer Todd Thomas ("Speech") and turntablist Timothy Barnwell (known as Headliner).The group's debut album 3 Years, 5 Months and 2 Days in the Life Of... was the number-one album in the Village Voice ' s 1992 Pazz and Jop Critic's Poll [2] and in The Wire ' s 1992 Critic's choice. [3]
This year's festival includes a notable musical act: Arrested Development, the Afrocentric Southern hip-hop group that had a Top 10 single in 1992 with "Tennessee." Here's what you need to know ...
In the early 1990s, she was featured on the hip hop group Arrested Development's hit single "Tennessee" (1992). Farris found success with the release of her debut album, Wild Seed – Wild Flower (1994) on Columbia Records. The album featured the US top ten single, "I Know" (1995). The music video earned Farris the Billboard Music Video Awards ...
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Walter had already had a long and storied career before being cast in Arrested Development, including a lead role in Clint Eastwood’s 1971 directorial debut, Play Misty For Me.But her indelible ...
It should only contain pages that are Arrested Development (group) songs or lists of Arrested Development (group) songs, as well as subcategories containing those things (themselves set categories). Topics about Arrested Development (group) songs in general should be placed in relevant topic categories .