作为一支融合Soul、Blues以及Hip Hop并深受Sly and the Family Stone影响的另类说唱团体，Arrested Development在1992年创造了Hip Hop在主流乐坛的又一个成功典范。团体成立于80年代晚期，组成团体的两名成员Speech与DJ Headliner，受到Public Enemy的影响而将Afrocentric的思想融入音乐风格之中。团体首张专辑的名字正是来自他们从组团到取得一纸专辑和约所用的时间--3年5个月零两天。其中的单曲“Tennessee”打入了排行帮的前十，专辑也在其激励下大卖400万张，并获得了莱美最佳说唱专辑奖，同时位列滚石杂志的年度最佳团体。但正当团体发表第二张专辑并被预言将主导整个未来Hip Hop发展之时，团体解散，团体的领袖Speech做个人发展，但再也未有影响力的作品问世。 　　Arrested Development is an American alternative hip hop group that formed in Atlanta in 1988. It was founded by Speech and his former friend Headliner as a positive, Afrocentric alternative to the gangsta rap popular in the early 1990s. 　　Arrested Development was formed in 1988 by rap vocalist Todd Thomas ("Speech") and turntablist Timothy Barnwell ("Headliner"). The group's debut album, 3 Years, 5 Months and 2 Days in the Life Of..., was the number-one album in the Village Voice's 1992 Pazz and Jop Critic's Poll and in The Wire's 1992 Critic's choice. The group won two Grammy Awards in 1993 for Best New Artist and Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group, and were also named Band of the Year by Rolling Stone magazine.