Filed under: Aural Pleasure | Tags: Arrested Development, Brand Nubian, mp3
I was all set to post up about something else, and then this song came back around to me. And it’s easy does it on this gem.
Brand Nubian – Don’t Let It Go To Your Head
Brand Nubian – Don’t Let It Go To Your Head (mp3 version. Plays in site but can’t download.)
The message reminds me a lot of that song on Blackalicous’ Nia album. Think it was called Don’t Let Money Change Ya or something like that. Had that illy dope voice doing the chorus.
I have no clue what happened to Brand Nubian as en entity, but have heard things now and again from Sadat X and Grand Puba – two from the group of three.
Continuing to ask that “What Ever Happened?” question, what the hell ever happened to Arrested Development?
No, I’m not talking about the sitcom everyone seems to like. I’m talking about that amazing group that blew up back in the early 90’s with their songs Tennessee, People Everyday, and Mr. Wendel. Their energy was a contagious, refreshing pop of joy in the midst of the ever growing “Gangsta” Rap. But then they seemed to sail off the map. Even my dad was bummin’, wondering “where’d those cats go?”
Well, it seems they just got sick of us (or we of them). Cause they been around, releasing some less popular (I guess everything is when its after a Grammy-nominated album), still solid poetics.
Here’s some juice from their latest album Since The Last Time.
Arrested Development – Since The Last Time
Came out in the 06, just not in the US.
Cause we’re haters.
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