I just tear up STILL...I remember seeing this video when it first came out and I was moving and grooving to the beat, but when those words about 'climbing the trees my forefathers hung from' and seeing those pictures...I kinda just had a reflective moment, you know.
Thanks for the love! I’m an original member of Arrested Development. Lol! I appreciate you guys checking out Arrested Development! Tennessee was a prayer. Speech (lead vocalist) grandma and brother passed within around the same time. Speech would spend time in Tennessee during the summers. Just a little history. 🙏🏾❤️ Blessings.
@@EsheAfroSoul I hope one day I meet a Queen who knows real music like Arrested Development. And if I challenge her to game of horseshoes and she don't repeat "A GAME OF HORSEHOES" then she's not the one 🤣🤣🤣🤣
This was one of the most important groups to come out of the 90's. They blended many entities perfectly. The group consisted of people of all ages. Their music was just that good, that they were able to socially educate their audiences without overwhelming them with rhetoric. Not too many artist can make you think and dance at the same time. Brilliantly done AD. Excellent choice of song!
Well said. This was definitely one of those songs that spanned difference races. Brought a lot of non rap fans to the genre, or at least helped make them pay attention. I was only in middle school and I was heavy into gangster rap, but back then being a white kid, it just wasn't something you'd share with your parents. This was one of the first songs that I really liked, and my mom liked too. And I'm not saying she or anyone else was racist or anything, it's just at age 12 I'm not gonna listen to The Chronic with my parents. This song I could listen with anyone. If you were around you know I guess
YOU LISTENED! Hooray, can't wait for this! Edit: you missed one of the most powerful and painful lines **Walked the roads my forefathers walked Climbed the trees my forefathers hung from I asked those trees for all their wisdom They tell me my ears are so young**
It's important to hear the song in context, too. This song came out in 1992, during the crushing crack epidemic, a period of heightened gang violence and inner city poverty, And the same year that the end of a trial in which members of the LAPD were acquitted triggered the Rodney King riots. It was George Floyd 1.0, as that had been the first time the country saw amateur footage of blue on black violence, followed by a total failure of accountability, which sparked an outraged response that consumed whole blocks, and some of the same neighborhoods and infrastructure that POC lived in and needed. Years of misunderstanding, fear, anger between Black and Korean Americans in SoCal also came to a head in all this. 1992 was Rodney King movingly asking, "can't we all just get along?" And whole sections of our society screaming back "no!" There was a lot of pain, suffering, fear, rage, a lot of chickens coming home to roost, but outside of the arts and entertainment, not very much hope for change or growth. Thank God for the arts. Sometimes, they carry us through when there is little human consolation to be found. In context, the lyrics of Tennessee are even more profound.
Oh man this was and still is my joint. Love Arrested Development. Love the song Mr. Wendel as well. I just love how all their songs always had great messages behind them.
Fishing For Religion is my fave track,, and MrWendell got that funk to it. They spoke truth, and it was a different time then, but what they sing about was an even earlier time... Unfortunately, today people have elevated these thoughts, and weaponized them for a different agenda. I have family scattered throughout TN, NC, SC and, they all seem to coexist very well. It's not such an issue in rural life... The negativity seems to be spawned in metro areas. It is sad, that people cannot see the light, and love one another, for who they are, instead of the ideology that is perpetuated. ✌️ And, not sure, but this band only made 2 album releases,, not sure what happened to them in the later 90s and beyond ? 🤔
Rap of the 90’s had a message, it would tell a story about real life. The rap of today is all about getting rich and having sex with women. I am not black, but I went to a high school that was at least half black and I listened to all these songs during the 90’s with my black, hispanic, and white friends. We were more united back then, we didn’t stress about race, we joked with each other and were good friends. These songs were positive and educational. I remember even doing something reading about the deeper history of slavery after hearing this song.
That line about climbing the trees my forefathers hung from STOPPED all of us when this song came out. You cannot hear this song and not feel heartsick.
They have another banger called People Everyday. This group was so different from all the other artists back then. You should watch their episode of Unsung on TVOne- it’s very interesting.
FYI, this wasn't far "back in the day" as you guys are thinking. This wasn't the time of Jim Crow and lynchings when they made this song, but the song itself is referencing that though Jim Crow had long since passed, black people were still feeling the after effects of it. Jim Crow and the lynching era began about 1870, and lasted all the way up to the 1960s. This group, Arrested Development, and the song "Tennessee" came out in the early 1990s. Yet, even to this day (2020s), American society still is unequal in many respects, especially when in come to law and order, and the judicial system. So, don't let your guards down, Tim and Fred, thinking that things are so light and airy today, and that systemic racism no longer exists. Under the right set of circumstances, this society will remind you of just how black you are, and what that means in the face of white privilege.
Honestly, the time this song was out, I feel like things were better than today, by a lot. Back then, I still had the false idea that progress was linear. when that is definitely not the case. This song sparked an interest in me to really study the Reconstructio era. I have always viewed that era as a huge mistake, a wasted opportunity to set the stage to actually become the great country it claims to be, but is far from it. This country has never been great to me, and never will be until they atone for all the sins, and the torture they have heaped on God's chosen people. If only the USA had kept up in good faith, all of the changes that helped African Americans of the time, to make great strides in such a relatively short time., we would be so much closer to ideal of a great free nation. They didn't keep their word of course, and was frightened and jealous by how fast Black Americans were making a way for themselves. A people who are truly superior has no need or want to oppress others, and to stack the deck against others. So here we are in 2021 and experiencing and seeing the worst racism I have ever seen in my lifetime. I was born in the mid 70’s NYC. Our generation was of the first to benefit from the Civil Rights Movement. My Jamaican parents came here for education and opportunity. Every time I go to Jamaica I understand but then I don't understand why they left such a beautiful place. IfJamaica kept all their talented citizens, the country would be amazing. Some of the brightest and best Jamaicans are improving the nations they have migrated to for opportunities. My people doing great things all across the globe. By the time I was 10 they had become citizens, owned our home, my father one his second station. My sister and I were always at the top of our classes. I loved them for the great example they set for us, if they could do all that, in such a short time,then we could too. No they never re eived any handouts from the government like a lot of Americans like to say, to make excuses for limited progress after being in the USA several generations back. No disrespect to my Black American family, after living here long enough and researching the history. I know of all the program s your ancestors were denied, the redlining of neighborhoods, exclusion from GIbills, and racists attacks and theft of what is legally yours. Even after my husband and I finished our undergrad studies. An elder asked me what our career plans were. I wanted to t help abused children in a child protection and he wanted to become a detective to help clean up his neighbor. Srtptrangely she was appalled by my answer, saying you are such good people why on earth would you want to do those jobs? We were stumped, and trying to figure out how that was not a positive thing, lol. Well, now I understand where she was co ing from. But I still believe it is most important to infiltrate into every space that affts us. Change from the inside, was my you g naive thought. agencies like the police department, child protection, welfare, health are fingers on the same hand they use to try and slap us into submission. They all work together. Research when and why these agencies we're created and the reason I the older black woman was upset. We both come from immigrant families, we were not privy to all of this history and how it is used to opress and divide, while targeting the poor, black, and non white Americans.
Well said, indeed. Tim and Fred, thank you for playing this one. I also worry about you as young black men and the challenges you do and will face. I immediately went to my CD collection to find my original copy of the 1992 album which contains this song, so that I can give it another listen after too many years.
I wanted to yell at the screen when Fred started talking and y’all missed the line “walked the roads my forefathers walked, climbed the trees my forefathers hung from” 😩! It’s one of the deepest lyrics in hip hop history.
Do you know it’s actually deep is that this song is just as relevant 30 years later, today, then when it was released. Arrested development was one of the few hip-hop concert I love because they were singing something. They’re based out of Atlanta Georgia-one of the first southern hip-hop groups of the early 90s. You need to check out their TV one unsung episode so you can really get where the heart was. The song is still painful to hear because nothing has changed much in 30 years. They had another song called I am every day people. The young lady singing, Dionne Faris, went on to become a solo artist. She did more like Afro punk rock but it was Really dope.
I played Dionne Faris's debut album over and over when it came out back in the mid-90s. I worked at a record store during the early to mid-90s, during college, and we played her album a lot in the store.
Too bad you missed out bcuz Arrested Development was phenomenal! You should check out People Everyday (my favorite from them) and Mr. Wendel! You should also check out the lead singer Dionne Farris! 🙂👍🏾
@@johnreighard9731: They were very well known throughout the 90s! They were very unique and couldn’t be duplicated! Their songs were on the radio and videos were on Jukebox/The Box and BET. 🙂
@@johnreighard9731 They were well known in the '90s. Especially the songs that @Salwa Shabazz mentioned. Now, I need to go hear People Everyday again. :) I'm in an Arrested Development mood.
MAMA is ALWAYS on STAAAGE! Boys, you need to listen to that. I was a clueless young mama myself when that came out. Kept that cassette tape in my car all the time.
So glad you guys did this review. And I could tell you understood the seriousness of the song. Arrested Development was so ahead of time. Oh and ya'll gotta learn how to play horse shoes. Lol.
I was so blessed to see them two years ago in hometown. It was such an amazing evening; cant`t even discribe it. It was my wish for ever to be at a live concert of Arrested Development and my dream came true..
React to Arrested Development- 1) People Everyday 2) Mr. Wendal Keep this groups music alive by reacting to their other hits. Their message is so important.
You should check “Rebirth of Slick” (or Cool Like Dat) by Digable Planets. The song tells the history and influence of Hip Hop, from jazz to rap. It’s an incredible song to chill to.
So grateful to have grown up in the 90s - ain’t nobody touching the hip-hop and r&b that came out from like 1986-2001. Arguably best 15 years of both genres. This song was my jammmmm 🤗
You shoulda grew up when every band that came on the scene in the 70’s were sooo distinctive! I mean when a song played on the radio you knew who it was if you had heard them before. EVERYONE had THEIR own sound!! Rarely, did anyone copy someone else’s work back then! Just so uniquely talented and gifted...
This song was the ish back in the day, the 90's. Their lyrics were thought provoking but the beat was bangin (turn it up loud in ur ride). They were unique. Speech the leader literally gave speeches through his music. This is when r&b artists merged w/rappers 2 create even more bangin hits. 💘 AR they were the ish. Check out "People Everyday and Mr. Wendall". Good 1 fellas.
This whole song is a prayer, and it is simultaneously both tragic and beautiful. It has me blowing my nose sobbing, because it's all too real. I'd only heard Mr. Wendel before, and I hate that I once assumed Arrested Development was some one hit wonder, because the radio only ever played a single song, then forgot about them, so many years back.
Maybe your radio only played one song! 😁 Arrested Development had multiple songs on the radio and music videos! 💙Too bad you missed out back then! 🤷🏾♀️✌🏾🙂
@@salwashabazz7329 grew up in rural Midwest region. I'm sure the program directors of the local radio stations here had some _opinions_ on what local demographics were interested in. I know they certainly got more airplay in other regions... But here in the sticks... Yeah...
Thanks to Prince for hisTennessee Vocal Sample from his song Alphabet Street...This is a classic song by a group that should be considered legend..They began to go their separate ways soon after this mega hit 1st album..I was sorry to hear that back in tha day.. Tennessee and Mr.Wendell were 🔥. Speech had knowledge for dayz...He should be among the MJs of History and political conscious hip hop..Facts!!!! The group name was genius as they were quite the contrary.of their name....but attempting to overcome Arrested Development abroad.
Refreshing one thing about the 80’s and 90’s you had your pick of good music and all different kinds of hip hop…this was Hip Hop I can listen to with my parents, it had meaning it was creative, they showed respect…just all around good music!!! And this was Hip Hop back then it didn’t all sound the same yeah you had your raw explicit lyrics that came in the early to mid 90’s but you also had this as well so you had your pick. consciousness you had them, KRS One, XClan, Public Enemy, Most Def, Da Roots, Hardcore you had Eric B & Rakim, EPMD, Mc Lyte, Party/dance Jungle Brothers, Rob Bass, Kwame, we all know the Hippies of Hip Hop De La Soul, Story telling Slick Rick, Pharcyde, I can go on on on….the point is you can listen to the whole song with your children &. they can sing along and appreciate Hip Hop as well!
My child was mentally handicap but loved music. I downloaded her Sound of Blackness, Will & DJ Jeff Summertime & Pharrell Happy. Gospel also.
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Indeed! Conscious lyrics & Roots music. When Hip Hop was a total field of creation: Graph, Dance, Scratch & Rap. And in those times, here in France, Hip Hop wasn't a Black thing: all shades of skin were in: NTM ua-cam.com/video/Y4uOM7s38XA/v-deo.html or IAM ua-cam.com/video/7ceNf9qJjgc/v-deo.html
I loved that I grew up with such variety too.. I loved De La, PE, but I also loved NWA and 2 Live Crew. it wasn't all the same thing over and over again.
I was in college at Ole Miss and about 19 years old when this song came out. We all LOVED this song and turned it up loud!🙌 Now, at 45, I'm realizing what my young mind back then didn't even hear. The words are so moving ❤🙏
I had the pleasure of seeing them live in the summer of 2019. A GREAT show! Tennessee is def one of my all time favorites. People Everyday and Mr. Wendell are a couple of others you should check out!
I wish her part went bit longer think it ends abruptly,I compare it to the way jewell sang on dre day for the outright she kept on going and taking it up a notch
SPEECH!! SPEECH!!! Love Speech! Love the whole group! They are awesome! Speech became a member of a church I attended a while back and he gave a free concert for all the college students. They were amazing!!
Yeeeeessssss! Thanks Twins. This song tore the club up back in the day. The message is just as powerful today as back then. Keep reacting and spreading joy Twins.😘😘😘😘
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“Climb the trees my forefathers hung from” is one of the most chilling bars in hip hop history
I got a chill looking at this video. I'm sad I was not told about my own ancestors. Their is no one for me to ask now 😔.
I didn't even catch that because of the music in the song.. That is deep.
Speech is an unsung genius.
I just tear up STILL...I remember seeing this video when it first came out and I was moving and grooving to the beat, but when those words about 'climbing the trees my forefathers hung from' and seeing those pictures...I kinda just had a reflective moment, you know.
One of the most powerful lines in musical history in general. Such an important group. Sad that so many have never heard of them.
Thanks for the love! I’m an original member of Arrested Development. Lol! I appreciate you guys checking out Arrested Development! Tennessee was a prayer. Speech (lead vocalist) grandma and brother passed within around the same time. Speech would spend time in Tennessee during the summers. Just a little history. 🙏🏾❤️ Blessings.
I'm a big fan and I respect y'all for the conscious uplifting music which is still relevant today. One Love!
@@judahasante Thanks so much!! Blessings and love I send to you!❤️🫶🏾
@@EsheAfroSoul I hope one day I meet a Queen who knows real music like Arrested Development. And if I challenge her to game of horseshoes and she don't repeat "A GAME OF HORSEHOES" then she's not the one 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@judahasante I hope that for you too!🫶🏾❤️ Lol! Yes! 🤗
What did you do in the group?
Everyday People was a great song by them. And so was Mr. Wendell
Yeah, a sorta tribute to the Sly & The Family Stone cover / remix. Great message, as always with A.D.
Mr. Wendell the jam
I love Mr Wendell
Yes, I was going to recommend both 👍🏼
Great songs!
This was one of the most important groups to come out of the 90's. They blended many entities perfectly. The group consisted of people of all ages. Their music was just that good, that they were able to socially educate their audiences without overwhelming them with rhetoric. Not too many artist can make you think and dance at the same time. Brilliantly done AD. Excellent choice of song!
Exactly this.
Well said. This was definitely one of those songs that spanned difference races. Brought a lot of non rap fans to the genre, or at least helped make them pay attention. I was only in middle school and I was heavy into gangster rap, but back then being a white kid, it just wasn't something you'd share with your parents. This was one of the first songs that I really liked, and my mom liked too. And I'm not saying she or anyone else was racist or anything, it's just at age 12 I'm not gonna listen to The Chronic with my parents. This song I could listen with anyone.
If you were around you know I guess
YOU LISTENED! Hooray, can't wait for this!
Edit: you missed one of the most powerful and painful lines
**Walked the roads my forefathers walked
Climbed the trees my forefathers hung from
I asked those trees for all their wisdom
They tell me my ears are so young**
I know! I wanted to cry! Please listen again, guys. :(
@@jancw me too. I was so bum they missed that line. So powerful.
It's important to hear the song in context, too.
This song came out in 1992, during the crushing crack epidemic,
a period of heightened gang violence and inner city poverty,
And the same year that the end of a trial in which members of the LAPD were acquitted triggered the Rodney King riots.
It was George Floyd 1.0, as that had been the first time the country saw amateur footage of blue on black violence, followed by a total failure of accountability, which sparked an outraged response that consumed whole blocks, and some of the same neighborhoods and infrastructure that POC lived in and needed.
Years of misunderstanding, fear, anger between Black and Korean Americans in SoCal also came to a head in all this.
1992 was Rodney King movingly asking, "can't we all just get along?" And whole sections of our society screaming back "no!"
There was a lot of pain, suffering, fear, rage, a lot of chickens coming home to roost, but outside of the arts and entertainment, not very much hope for change or growth.
Thank God for the arts.
Sometimes, they carry us through when there is little human consolation to be found.
In context, the lyrics of Tennessee are even more profound.
@@melissasaint3283 I hope they read your response and listen to the song again.
Yeah, they did, the most impactful verse in the song.
Tennessee is a hip hop song on another level. Arrested Development did something that cannot easily be copied or replicated.
Well put!🙂
Oh man this was and still is my joint. Love Arrested Development. Love the song Mr. Wendel as well. I just love how all their songs always had great messages behind them.
Fishing For Religion
is my fave track,, and MrWendell got that funk to it.
They spoke truth, and it was a different time then, but what they sing about was an even earlier time... Unfortunately, today people have elevated these thoughts, and weaponized them for a different agenda. I have family scattered throughout TN, NC, SC and, they all seem to coexist very well. It's not such an issue in rural life... The negativity seems to be spawned in metro areas. It is sad, that people cannot see the light, and love one another, for who they are, instead of the ideology that is perpetuated.
✌️
And, not sure, but this band only made 2 album releases,, not sure what happened to them in the later 90s and beyond ? 🤔
Classic 🔥🔥🔥🇺🇸✊🏾
Mr Windle is my absolute favourite of theirs.
Rap of the 90’s had a message, it would tell a story about real life. The rap of today is all about getting rich and having sex with women. I am not black, but I went to a high school that was at least half black and I listened to all these songs during the 90’s with my black, hispanic, and white friends. We were more united back then, we didn’t stress about race, we joked with each other and were good friends. These songs were positive and educational. I remember even doing something reading about the deeper history of slavery after hearing this song.
Those early 90s slinky beats were the best.
This won a Grammy in 1993. The rapper is Speech, he's from Milwaukee.
My hometown!!!
Really? My city!!!
That line about climbing the trees my forefathers hung from STOPPED all of us when this song came out. You cannot hear this song and not feel heartsick.
They have another banger called People Everyday. This group was so different from all the other artists back then. You should watch their episode of Unsung on TVOne- it’s very interesting.
Everyday People is such a great jam!
@@lauracockett6352 Also Mr. Wendal!
Yeah it was
That whole CD was a complete jam.
Mamas Always on Stage! and Dawn of the dreads, too
FYI, this wasn't far "back in the day" as you guys are thinking. This wasn't the time of Jim Crow and lynchings when they made this song, but the song itself is referencing that though Jim Crow had long since passed, black people were still feeling the after effects of it. Jim Crow and the lynching era began about 1870, and lasted all the way up to the 1960s. This group, Arrested Development, and the song "Tennessee" came out in the early 1990s. Yet, even to this day (2020s), American society still is unequal in many respects, especially when in come to law and order, and the judicial system. So, don't let your guards down, Tim and Fred, thinking that things are so light and airy today, and that systemic racism no longer exists. Under the right set of circumstances, this society will remind you of just how black you are, and what that means in the face of white privilege.
Perfectly said
Honestly, the time this song was out, I feel like things were better than today, by a lot. Back then, I still had the false idea that progress was linear. when that is definitely not the case. This song sparked an interest in me to really study the Reconstructio era. I have always viewed that era as a huge mistake, a wasted opportunity to set the stage to actually become the great country it claims to be, but is far from it. This country has never been great to me, and never will be until they atone for all the sins, and the torture they have heaped on God's chosen people. If only the USA had kept up in good faith, all of the changes that helped African Americans of the time, to make great strides in such a relatively short time., we would be so much closer to ideal of a great free nation. They didn't keep their word of course, and was frightened and jealous by how fast Black Americans were making a way for themselves. A people who are truly superior has no need or want to oppress others, and to stack the deck against others. So here we are in 2021 and experiencing and seeing the worst racism I have ever seen in my lifetime. I was born in the mid 70’s NYC. Our generation was of the first to benefit from the Civil Rights Movement. My Jamaican parents came here for education and opportunity. Every time I go to Jamaica I understand but then I don't understand why they left such a beautiful place. IfJamaica kept all their talented citizens, the country would be amazing. Some of the brightest and best Jamaicans are improving the nations they have migrated to for opportunities. My people doing great things all across the globe. By the time I was 10 they had become citizens, owned our home, my father one his second station. My sister and I were always at the top of our classes. I loved them for the great example they set for us, if they could do all that, in such a short time,then we could too. No they never re eived any handouts from the government like a lot of Americans like to say, to make excuses for limited progress after being in the USA several generations back. No disrespect to my Black American family, after living here long enough and researching the history. I know of all the program s your ancestors were denied, the redlining of neighborhoods, exclusion from GIbills, and racists attacks and theft of what is legally yours. Even after my husband and I finished our undergrad studies. An elder asked me what our career plans were. I wanted to t help abused children in a child protection and he wanted to become a detective to help clean up his neighbor. Srtptrangely she was appalled by my answer, saying you are such good people why on earth would you want to do those jobs? We were stumped, and trying to figure out how that was not a positive thing, lol. Well, now I understand where she was co ing from. But I still believe it is most important to infiltrate into every space that affts us. Change from the inside, was my you g naive thought. agencies like the police department, child protection, welfare, health are fingers on the same hand they use to try and slap us into submission. They all work together. Research when and why these agencies we're created and the reason I the older black woman was upset. We both come from immigrant families, we were not privy to all of this history and how it is used to opress and divide, while targeting the poor, black, and non white Americans.
Yes, I was thinking, not much has changed. And I must admit, I worry for their safety.
Well said, indeed.
Tim and Fred, thank you for playing this one. I also worry about you as young black men and the challenges you do and will face. I immediately went to my CD collection to find my original copy of the 1992 album which contains this song, so that I can give it another listen after too many years.
And you're president Joe Biden voted for Jim Crowe but y'all aren't supposed to know that.
This was a vibe back then and still is! The whole song is a prayer 🙏🏽
Yes!
Amen!!
This was what we vibed to back in the day. This whole album was fire.
Facts 🗣🥰🇺🇸✊🏾
@@StacyTlaughitinandlaughitout Mr. Wendell was it!
@@TheWriterNW All day!🤗
I wanted to yell at the screen when Fred started talking and y’all missed the line “walked the roads my forefathers walked, climbed the trees my forefathers hung from” 😩! It’s one of the deepest lyrics in hip hop history.
I thought the same thing they missed that part
Do you know it’s actually deep is that this song is just as relevant 30 years later, today, then when it was released. Arrested development was one of the few hip-hop concert I love because they were singing something. They’re based out of Atlanta Georgia-one of the first southern hip-hop groups of the early 90s. You need to check out their TV one unsung episode so you can really get where the heart was. The song is still painful to hear because nothing has changed much in 30 years. They had another song called I am every day people. The young lady singing, Dionne Faris, went on to become a solo artist. She did more like Afro punk rock but it was Really dope.
I got to see Speech speak in NYC in '94 or '95 at CMJ college music journal
I played Dionne Faris's debut album over and over when it came out back in the mid-90s. I worked at a record store during the early to mid-90s, during college, and we played her album a lot in the store.
Yes!! Still relevant to this day even more so! Young kings learn about OUR history & go past slavery….we are amazing as a people ❤️❤️
That's BULLSHIT. If racism existed today, they wouldn't have this many subscribers. MANY people of other races love these guys. It's not about race.
So, the woman singing is Dionne Farris. Listen to her song "I Know". It's a whole mood/vibe!
I was going to suggest the same song!👍
Yesss, "I Know" is just a great, feel-good song!!! Dionne has a beautiful voice!!!
I'm going listen now!
Dionne is also the mother of the singer/rapper/producer Yung Baby Tate. She’s amazing, too✨
and I'll add the song "Hopeless".
Not only is this one of my favorite songs, it's one of the best I've ever heard. The artwork at the end is haunting.
I like "Tennessee". But, "People Everyday" is my jam.
Man... That song still give me chills..
Wow haven’t heard that song in soooo long 😍 funny how our brain remembers every word of a song!
Ikr! I can't remember most of my passwords. Put on a Prince song from 1983....I'll recite every damn word.
@@mztweety1374 😂
This song was deep. I've never heard of Arrested Development or this song.
Thank you for playing this.
They weren't well known back in the days, but I was hooked when I bought their CD.
Too bad you missed out bcuz Arrested Development was phenomenal! You should check out People Everyday (my favorite from them) and Mr. Wendel! You should also check out the lead singer Dionne Farris! 🙂👍🏾
@@johnreighard9731: They were very well known throughout the 90s! They were very unique and couldn’t be duplicated! Their songs were on the radio and videos were on Jukebox/The Box and BET. 🙂
@@johnreighard9731 They were well known in the '90s. Especially the songs that @Salwa Shabazz mentioned. Now, I need to go hear People Everyday again. :) I'm in an Arrested Development mood.
Lol pardon my isolation and countryside upbringing. Did I mention that I used to listen to them all the time and have their CD? Lmbo Thanks anyway.
You should check out this entire album. My favorites are Mr. Wendall & Mama's Always On Stage, but the entire album is 🔥🔥🔥
MAMA is ALWAYS on STAAAGE! Boys, you need to listen to that.
I was a clueless young mama myself when that came out. Kept that cassette tape in my car all the time.
Mama's Always on Stage!!!! The bomb!
The beat was so infectious I didn't get it when he I was young
So glad you guys did this review. And I could tell you understood the seriousness of the song. Arrested Development was so ahead of time. Oh and ya'll gotta learn how to play horse shoes. Lol.
a game of horseshoes!
Ikr...they be asking 'what is horseshoes?' Love it!
The killer vocals at the end was by band member Dianne Farris. As a solo artist, she sang a beautiful song " Hopeless ".
Her name is Dionne, not Dianne.
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This was huge; very important. Whole CD is great. We of all colors listened to this, got it, and danced as well.
Oh man this brings me back to when it came out…I was 17/18. I loved this jam.
This was the first single from their debut album and it was FIYAH !!! A socially conscious MASTERPIECE !!! Priceless.
A certified "Classic"!
I had forgotten about this song! Mr. Wendal & People Everyday are also good Arrested Development songs ❤
Tribe Called Quest Scenario is a classic. You should review that one.
They did. ✊ Check this link to see the reaction 👍: ua-cam.com/video/C61jLO_xgy0/v-deo.html
This group had a message in their songs very informative and deep.
I was so blessed to see them two years ago in hometown. It was such an amazing evening; cant`t even discribe it. It was my wish for ever to be at a live concert of Arrested Development and my dream came true..
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React to Arrested Development-
1) People Everyday
2) Mr. Wendal
Keep this groups music alive by reacting to their other hits. Their message is so important.
You should check “Rebirth of Slick” (or Cool Like Dat) by Digable Planets. The song tells the history and influence of Hip Hop, from jazz to rap. It’s an incredible song to chill to.
That. Whole. Album.
Genius.
Amazing group, glad you picked them. Their songs are all deep and thought provoking. Their song Mr Wendel is one of my all time favourites
So grateful to have grown up in the 90s - ain’t nobody touching the hip-hop and r&b that came out from like 1986-2001. Arguably best 15 years of both genres.
This song was my jammmmm 🤗
You shoulda grew up when every band that came on the scene in the 70’s were sooo distinctive! I mean when a song played on the radio you knew who it was if you had heard them before. EVERYONE had THEIR own sound!! Rarely, did anyone copy someone else’s work back then! Just so uniquely talented and gifted...
Pleeeaasseee do People Everyday! My dad took my mom to one of Arrested Development concerts when she was pregnant with me. I love them.
We were waiting for you to do this. SO GOOD. Thank you!
Horseshoes, what's that?? Y'all kill me sometimes and make me feel hella old 🤣🤣🤣
Ikr A Game of HORSESHOES!!!
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I love this song so much. ❤
Sly and the Family Stone are the original group that sing Every day People,look up that group.Im old school all the way.Take care.😊😊😊
This song was the ish back in the day, the 90's. Their lyrics were thought provoking but the beat was bangin (turn it up loud in ur ride). They were unique. Speech the leader literally gave speeches through his music. This is when r&b artists merged w/rappers 2 create even more bangin hits. 💘 AR they were the ish. Check out "People Everyday and Mr. Wendall". Good 1 fellas.
This whole song is a prayer, and it is simultaneously both tragic and beautiful.
It has me blowing my nose sobbing, because it's all too real.
I'd only heard Mr. Wendel before, and I hate that I once assumed Arrested Development was some one hit wonder, because the radio only ever played a single song, then forgot about them, so many years back.
Maybe your radio only played one song! 😁 Arrested Development had multiple songs on the radio and music videos! 💙Too bad you missed out back then! 🤷🏾♀️✌🏾🙂
@@salwashabazz7329 grew up in rural Midwest region. I'm sure the program directors of the local radio stations here had some _opinions_ on what local demographics were interested in. I know they certainly got more airplay in other regions... But here in the sticks... Yeah...
This song sends a great message so deep.
One of the most Socially Conscious groups to ever grace our Ears!....Mr. Wendall is NEXT!
An arrested development/rage against the machine collab!! The two most woke bands of the 90’s
You have to throw Public Enemy in there too!
@@sugarbaby685 Yes! They definitely need to react to Public Enemy's Fight the Power.
Ain't a 'woke' party w/o "X Clan" ~ 'Grand verbalizer, WHAT TIME IS IT?!!'
I used to know every word of this song. Having a hard time remembering them all these days, haven’t heard this in YEARS!!! Another really good song!
Yep....a BANGER..for sure!!! Story telling... Keep them coming...❤.
Thanks to Prince for hisTennessee Vocal Sample from his song Alphabet Street...This is a classic song by a group that should be considered legend..They began to go their separate ways soon after this mega hit 1st album..I was sorry to hear that back in tha day.. Tennessee and Mr.Wendell were 🔥. Speech had knowledge for dayz...He should be among the MJs of History and political conscious hip hop..Facts!!!! The group name was genius as they were quite the contrary.of their name....but attempting to overcome Arrested Development abroad.
Yes, let's not forget that! 💜💜💜
Right! Speech is a big Prince fan, just like Terrance Prince Darby. Prince is/was a very influencial artist. 💜
One of my favorite songs ever 💖
Refreshing one thing about the 80’s and 90’s you had your pick of good music and all different kinds of hip hop…this was Hip Hop I can listen to with my parents, it had meaning it was creative, they showed respect…just all around good music!!! And this was Hip Hop back then it didn’t all sound the same yeah you had your raw explicit lyrics that came in the early to mid 90’s but you also had this as well so you had your pick. consciousness you had them, KRS One, XClan, Public Enemy, Most Def, Da Roots, Hardcore you had Eric B & Rakim, EPMD, Mc Lyte, Party/dance Jungle Brothers, Rob Bass, Kwame, we all know the Hippies of Hip Hop De La Soul, Story telling Slick Rick, Pharcyde, I can go on on on….the point is you can listen to the whole song with your children &. they can sing along and appreciate Hip Hop as well!
My child was mentally handicap but loved music. I downloaded her Sound of Blackness, Will & DJ Jeff Summertime & Pharrell Happy. Gospel also.
Indeed! Conscious lyrics & Roots music. When Hip Hop was a total field of creation: Graph, Dance, Scratch & Rap. And in those times, here in France, Hip Hop wasn't a Black thing: all shades of skin were in: NTM ua-cam.com/video/Y4uOM7s38XA/v-deo.html or IAM ua-cam.com/video/7ceNf9qJjgc/v-deo.html
I loved that I grew up with such variety too.. I loved De La, PE, but I also loved NWA and 2 Live Crew. it wasn't all the same thing over and over again.
Please DO NOT ALLOW anyone to SABOTAGE YOU! PEOPLE ARE JEALOUS OF YOU!!
This always brings a tear to my eye.
Great reaction guys. 👏
I was in my Afrocentric , disciplined bag when this song…. 90’s music
African medallions, Malcolm X hat/clothes. I went thru that phase too. My daddy called me a "militant midget". 😂
Loved this era. X Clan was deeep! Needs to make a comeback. God Lord...
@@msbrandymo reading the Autobiography of Malcolm X in college changed my life! He was and still is one of the most incredible human beings.
Wow, thank you for reviewing this.
This song always gives me goosebumps. So glad you did this one 💖
Amen. FINALLY and Thank You!
Thanks for doing this one. I haven't listened to the song in years and it was listening with fresh ears on.
I didn’t listen to much hip hop growing up, but this song hit my heart, it’s special.
"Revolution" is a banger... and "People Everyday"
Fred speaking Facts: "embrace it, learn from it"
I was in college at Ole Miss and about 19 years old when this song came out. We all LOVED this song and turned it up loud!🙌 Now, at 45, I'm realizing what my young mind back then didn't even hear. The words are so moving ❤🙏
Saw them live ten years ago and they were great.
Love it
God bless you guy's
Such a great song. ❤
it's been years I haven't seen the video. very good!
Saw these guys in concert years ago it was a great concert
I’ve been waiting so long for this one!!!
I had the pleasure of seeing them live in the summer of 2019. A GREAT show! Tennessee is def one of my all time favorites. People Everyday and Mr. Wendell are a couple of others you should check out!
I was about your age when this came out. This hit and Mr. Wendell were on the radio all the time. I love the deep lyrics. This is poetry.
An awesome song!! "Everyday People" and "Mr. Wendell" were other hits by this dynamic Hip-Hop group!! 🎶
I notice you both were feeling the lady blowing at the end of the song "Dionne Farris" check out her jam "I Know" great song!⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
I wish her part went bit longer think it ends abruptly,I compare it to the way jewell sang on dre day for the outright she kept on going and taking it up a notch
Riding the hard beat with socially conscious bars. They were refreshing in the 90's.
Oh WOW, it's been SO LONG since I heard this one. Such a great song.
Saw the song, said "YESSS" and hit like before I even hit play. :D
criminally underrated song and writer. worth watching again with the lyrics.
Underatted? It was number 1 on billboard
One of my favourite groups growing up. This one hurts that you didn't know them lol! Glad you found em!
AWESOME!!! Finally.!! Asked a while back! Knew you’d make the stank FACE!! 🎤
Love this song! I really liked the older gentleman in the video and who would appear on stage during performances.
YAAASS!! I suggested this one a few weeks ago! So glad you guys are checking it out.
Love, love, love, ya'lls reactions! Keep 'em comin!
Burned a hole in this cd
I still have it. 😀
I was a 12 year old immigrant in Canada just learned the English language and this was one of my favourite songs/groups
Still Relevant
Thank you for reviewing
Much love 💖
She got beautiful voice😎🙏
"climbed the trees my forefathers hung from..." im 45 and that line has always stuck with me since the first time i heard this back in like 91
Timeless music!❤🙂 Hip Hop legends! Salute!🫡💐🎤🎶Arrested Development!
Such deep, powerful poetry in these songs. The images in the end make me cry, every time.
One of my favorite groups. Miss hearing them. 😢
R V 🤣😂😅 thanks for the persistence 💜. Arrested Development gives a lesson in their message ✊🏽💯. Thanks
Yes I remember that request, video to video. 👍 I like it, first time hearing. ✊
One of my all time favorite hip-hop songs.
Oh I've been waiting for this one. Thank you Twins!
SPEECH!! SPEECH!!! Love Speech! Love the whole group! They are awesome! Speech became a member of a church I attended a while back and he gave a free concert for all the college students. They were amazing!!
Y'all are making remember songs and now I've been added them to my music playist. Thanks!
Saw them in concert a few years back in Woodstock NY. They were great!!
Classic. Bringing me back. This was the first album I ever bought. 10yrs old. 🍻
Yaas! Thank you. Arrested development came and went to quickly. Great band
So thankful my mom had this group on rotation on the stereo growing up in the 90s. I was 6 when this came out!
Yeeeeessssss! Thanks Twins. This song tore the club up back in the day. The message is just as powerful today as back then. Keep reacting and spreading joy Twins.😘😘😘😘
"Mr. Wendel" and "People Everyday" are another couple of great songs from them. I have this CD. 👍
🙌🏾 dope group right there....my fave cd when I was in college! Good job guys!
Aahhh!!! Another of my suggestions. This group wasn’t the biggest, but it was super influential.