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Craft & Optics

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Craft & Optics

by Arrested Development

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#SPEECH 🔥🔥 A dream come true! We're rocking with Brandy and En Vogue! 🔥🔥 #greatmusic #arresteddevelopmemt #concert ADtheBand.com
#ARRESTEDDEVELOPMENT "if not yourself for the young ones, the children" - Revolution (Malcolm X film) #SpikeLee Pic: @atlasofhumanity.official ・・・ Young girl of the Daasanach Tribe. Omo Valley, Ethiopia © Steinar Sortland
#ARRESTEDDEVELOPMENT Go Baba Go Baba! "Elders have wisdom and the youth have energy- together there's progress" - Speech Pic: @atlasofhumanity.official ・・・ Salt worker in the Danakil desert, Ethiopia. Photo © Gaston Saldaña
#ARRESTEDDEVELOPMENT "There's a world out there, a world that needs to be highlighted, a world of truth, humanity and freedom" - Star Time (Changing The Narrative album) Available for FREE today at: ADtheBand.com Pic: @atlasofhumanity.official ・・・ Gypsy girl with red hair. Central County, Kerman, Iran © Eric Lafforgue #hiphop #classic #90s #3years5months
#ARRESTEDDEVELOPMENT Speech with @turnaroundartsnational ・・・ Oh happy day! Welcome to MLK @speech__ 💫 #artsforchange #mlk #richmond #rva #turnaroundartist 📸 @fletcher.kathy @kennedycenter
#ARRESTEDDEVELOPMENT JUST ANNOUNCED @citywinerydc ・・・ Arrested Development will be LIVE in our venue on March 8th for two shows! It’s been twenty five years since AD slammed the gangsta dominated world of hip hop with defiant lyrics of hope. Apparently the world was ready for the change as AD became the first ever hip-hop artist to receive the “best new artist” Grammy, (a distinction it still maintains today in that category). In addition, the group also received a Grammy award for “best rap single” for their anthemic prayer-like hit song, Tennessee. Click the link in our bio for tickets! . . . . #citywinerydc #livemusic #livemusicdc #musiclovers #igdc #discoverdc #liveshowdc #urbanwinerydc #dcnightlife #livemusicvenue #mydccool #dcwinelovers #dcwine #dcmusic #districtofcolumbia #streetmeetdc #washingtondc #concerts #arresteddevelopment #arresteddevelopmentmusic #hiphop #soul #rythmandblues
#ARRESTEDDEVELOPMENT Look who the cat dragged in. ❤️ The one and only @eshe2xgrammy stopped by @speech__ house to rehearse for upcoming MARCH 8th #ARRESTEDDEVELOPMENT LIVE CONCERT @citywinerydc TWO SHOWS SAME NIGHT!! 🙌🏽✊🏾 7 & 9pm show! GET TICKETS NOW! It's been 7 years since original member Eshe toured with the group. This is gonna be legendary! #GodIsGreat 🙏🏽 ##hiphop #90s #classichiphop #tennessee #peopleeveryday #mrwendal #revolution #ados #spikelee #citywinery #dc
#ARRESTEDDEVELOPMENT We are proud to present this POWERFUL film by our brother @Speech__ It's purpose isn't to "fire shots" at any artist, but instead to expose the active campaign to destroy Blacks and the deterioration of Black culture. Watch it now!
#ARRESTEDDEVELOPMENT Many don't know how much new music we give birth to. It's not a @speech__ Album in this case. Our new album "Craft & Optics" is now released. To hear fans say it's perfect means the world to us. ❤️❤️ available at: ADtheBand.com or iTunes, TIDAL, etc #craftandoptics
#ARRESTEDDEVELOPMENT #VICTORYSPOT Pic: @nif27x ・・・ Over the weekend, continuing on with @historybeforeus new documentary "The Other Side of the Coin", we had the pleasure to interview @speech__ at a school he, along with his wife, founded, @victoryspot__ . Can't wait to film even more!
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#ARRESTEDDEVELOPMENT Pic: @dreadytribe ・・・ @jawekanda 🐚🐚 Shout our to the fans - all the music lovers worldwide.
#ARRESTEDDEVELOPMENT pic from: @natureofexistence ・・・ The beauty of @natureofexistence 😍 Moonlight shadow in Sydney, Australia. Photo by @seasaltphotography #Natureofexistence
#ARRESTEDDEVELOPMENT #SouthAfrica #HipHop #Live
#ARRESTEDDEVELOPMENT #BlackHistoryMonth ❤️❤️❤️✊🏾#TheNiggaFactory the Amazing Mini Documentary by @speech__ Check out Episode 1 right here! 👏🏾👏🏾 Shout out to: @blackexistence for executive producing this and directed by @funkjazzkafe See whole series at BrotherSpeech.com #bhm #AmericanHistory #whitesupremacy #racism #ThomasJefferson #abrahamlincoln #hiphop #facts #unapologeticallyblack #hot
#ARRESTEDDEVELOPMENT #CRAFTANDOPTICS I think you need to catch up with the brilliance, no joking. It's the newest joint. However, don't listen unless you're open minded. Every song is dense and musical. @petespray On the first and last remixes. Sooo smooth! So many nice & ridiculous cuts on this! ❤️🙏🏽🙌🏽 #betterdays goes in LIVE! 🙌🏽 This whole album is crazy for real! #ADtheBand.com

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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.