Arrested Development’s Speech On The New “For The FKN Love” Album, Future Plans & More

When it comes to boombap and classic rap, few artists come close to Arrested Development. The 2-time GRAMMY Award-winning hip-hop group was the first hip-hop group to ever receive the GRAMMY for “Best New Artist,” while also receiving one for “Best Rap Single.” Showing the widespread appeal of Arrested Development, its track “Tennessee” was later named by the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame as one of the “Top 500 Songs That Shaped Rock & Roll,” while the group was recognized at the Black Music Honors Awards in September 2019. Meanwhile, 1993’s Unplugged album was not only Gold-certified by the RIAA, but proved influential as one of the first hip-hop performances from the MTV institution.

“Vibe” is the latest single from Arrested Development, as featuring Big Daddy Kane, Cleveland P Jones and Tasha LaRae. Part of the new studio album For The FKN Love, “Vibe” was produced by British Production and boombap specialist Configa. Other contributors to For The FKN Love include The Sugar Hill Gang, Masta Ace, Freddie Foxxx, Monie Love, Kxng Crooked, G-Love & Special Sauce’s G-Love, Incognito’s Tony Momrelle, Dee-1 and Fatman Scoop. Configa had previously worked with Arrested Development on 2020’s acclaimed 16-track studio album Don’t Fight Your Demons.

On December 3, 2021, I had the pleasure of speaking with Arrested Development leader Speech via Zoom, as embedded below. Beyond For The FKN Love, we talked about Arrested Development’s 3 decades of international success, future plans for him in and out of the group, and Atlanta’s music scene. More on Speech and Arrested Development can be found by clicking here, here and here.

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