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Craft & Optics

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Craft & Optics

by Arrested Development

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SHOW ALERT 🚨 DID YOU MISS OUT ON OUR TWO SOLD OUT SHOWS at City Winery? Well here's your chance! #UNIONCITY FREE SHOW October 12th 2019 Celebration of LIFE!!!! Mark your calendars! #HIPHOP #unioncity #atlanta #georgia #arresteddevelopment #90s #classic #rapmusic #conscious #hotmusic #atl #tribecalledquest #delasoul #theroots #pmdawn #familyevent #familyfriendly
#LIVE SHOW ALERT 🚨 ・・・ ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT + openers the reggae band DisNDat at The Chance Theater Poughkeepsie NY!!! Tomorrow night September 14th.. Get your tickets now at www.TheChanceTheater.com or by calling The Chance Box Office at (845)471-1966 via @joe_raap_promoter #hiphop #reggae #90s #classic #grammys #realhiphop
YO FAMILY 🙌🏽 - @speech__ 's film 16 BARS FINALLY COMES TO ATLANTA!!! OCTOBER 5th 5:00pm & FREE! 🔥🔥😍🔥 (while space allows) We're EXPECTING YALL TO SHOW UP AND SHOW OUT! 😃 FILL IT UP IN RECORD TIME! Go to the following link to reserve your seats TODAY! https://www.civilandhumanrights.org/event/16-bars/ #prisonreform #16barsthefilm #Prisonindustrialcomplex #hiphop #justice #privatizedprisons @16barsthefilm @resonantpictures @lightyearent @arresteddevelopment__ @ctr4chr BrotherSpeech.com
#ATLANTA THANK YOU FOR TWO SOLD OUT SHOWS! We appreciate y'all so much for sticking with us for almost 30 years! We hope you enjoyed the celebrations (shows), and please sign our mailing list for show, documentaries and music updates! ADtheBAND.com Much thanks again to: @sagekoii @jahah143 and @twanmack24 for rocking with us! And of course, original members guest appearances @rasadon and @eshe2xgrammy #hiphop #classic #90s #arresteddevelopment #tennessee #mrwendal #peopleeveryday #positive
#ARRESTEDDEVELIOMENT @official_jaden_f ・・・ Have a great weekend Insta Friends! ✌ Retro tee @arresteddevelopment__ . photo @jaytayphotography . .ADtheBAND.com for gear . #retro #vintagetee #musician #blackgirlsrock #blackactor #90s #80s #teenactress #NewOrleans #followyournola #editorial #endlessfaces #wlyg #atlanta #casting #atl #influencer #fbf #curls #curlyhair #allnaturalhair
#ARRESTEDDEVELOPMENT @tajajanel ・・・ you stuck dodging the devil the older you get youth grants grace growth grants grit - @mereba
#MUCHLOVE @hiphopgodsofficial ・・・ Arrested Development - Revolution #classic #hiphop #single #revolution #another #perspective #therevolution #broadcastin #on #the #airwaves #drums #of #change #instrumental #ripbabaoje #malcolmx #soundtrack #spikelee #cd #cassette #vinyl #chrysalis #records #arresteddevelopment #hiphopgods
#Repost @christopher_edmonstone ・・・ Throwing back to @celeboflight #ZFest when I got to have a chill hangout with one of the nicest guys around @speech__ who opened the show. He even threw in a classic from his band @arresteddevelopment__ #vancouver #atlanta #celebrationoflight #fireworks #concert #quickphotoshoot #quickportrait #grammywinner #grammyawardwinner #visualambassadors #portrait_vision #speech
#ARRESTEDDEVELOPMENT FEEL GOOD 😃❤️
#ARRESTEDDEVELOPMENT Let's celebrate our elders ADtheBand.com
#ARRESTEDDEVELOPMENT ❤️ Arguably the most quirky breakdown in the history of Hiphop. Courtesy of Aerle Taree challenging @djheadliner to a game of horseshoes in our hit song, #Tennessee 😊 #happysunday family! ADtheBand.com for details on who won... 🤪
#ARRESTEDDEVELOPMENT ❤️ Arguably the most quirky breakdown in the history of Hiphop. Courtesy of Aerle Taree challenging @djheadliner to a game of horseshoes in our hit song, #Tennessee 😊 #happysunday family! ADtheBand.com for details on who won... 🤪
#ARRESTEDDEVELOPMENT ❤️ Arguably the most quirky breakdown in the history of Hiphop. Courtesy of Aerle Taree challenging @djheadliner to a game of horseshoes in our hit song, #Tennessee 😊 #happysunday family! ADtheBand.com for details on who won... 🤪
🚨#ALERT #ARRESTEDDEVELOPMENT #LIVEINCONCERT #CITYWINERY #ATLANTA August 30th is already #SOLDOUT Get tickets TODAY for AUGUST 29th show! Wear your cultural clothing! 🙌🏽🙌🏽 #wakandaforever #classichiphop #mrwendal #tennessee #peopleeveryday #revolution #natural @citywineryatl adtheband.com
#ARRESTEDDEVELOPMENT still tours. In fact 4 continents just last year, half the year touring, numerous sold out shows! We're not powered by mainstream, we're powered by music lovers and God. Need refreshing? Come. Need HipHop? Come. Need a restart? Come. ADtheBand.com

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“We’re going to do a celebration,” frontman Speech told WTOP. “Celebrating the first album, celebrating the music of Arrested Development, but also the diversity and brilliance of hip-hop. … Come on out, it’s going to be an amazing two shows. … We have a new album called ‘Craft & Optics,’ we’re going to be doing three songs from that, so it’s going to be a fun show.”

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Arrested Development

 

True Hip-hop trailblazers since 1991, Arrested Development has been cultural champions of consciousness and empowerment across the planet. Their representation of eclectic and vibrant African sounds and clothing has produced a unique clash of rhythms and style that continue to contrast the expected look and sound of Hip-hop culture.

Arrested Development have been supporters of important groups and movements like the National Coalition of The Homeless, and the African National Congress (ANC).

With numerous album releases, and world tours, Arrested Development has been ground-breaking in Hip-hop culture. Their album, “3 Years, 5 Months and 2 Days in the Life of…”, earned them two Grammy awards for Best New Artist and Best Rap Single (Tennessee), 2 MTV awards, a Soul Train Music Award, and the NCAAP Image Award. Rolling Stone magazine named them Band of The Year in 1992, while VH-1 named them one of the greatest Hip-hop artists of all time! The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame even named the AD smash “Tennessee” one of the 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll. Sharing the stage with such important figures such as Nelson Mandela, Minister Louis Farrakhan, Hilary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama, AD are the categorical definition of legends. 

 

 

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