Figure of Speech.

What Magazine | September 1, 1999| | Copyright

Speech has always been a unique figure within the hip hop world. From the time he found huge success fronting alternative rap band Arrested Development to his more recent genre-bending solo projects, Speech has stuck to his own path.

When Arrested Development dropped their breakthrough 3 Years, 5 Months & 2 Days in the Life of... in 1993, their folksy, down-south stylings seemed to come out of nowhere. While most rap artists of that period mirrored either the dominant sounds of Dr. Dre's G-Funk or the increasingly gritty New York rhymers, AD prospered by just doing ...

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