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- Date Released: November 27, 2006
- Genre: Hip-Hop/R&B
- Style: Hip-Hop, Rap
- Label: Vagabond Productions / Redeye
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We Say...
The third album album from Georgia hip-hop collective Arrested Development is called Since the Last Time and, if memory serves, the 'last time' was 1994. Arrested Development had followed their Grammy-winning debut with Zingalamaduni, a follow-up that traded its predecessors effervescent choruses and immediate hooks for limber, open-ended jams and circuitous structures. Unsurprisingly, the record sold poorly; the group dissolved shortly thereafter and frontman Speech embarked on a mostly unsuccessful solo career. So it's a surprise that Last Time does so much to recapture what made Arrested Development interesting in the first place. It's not a monumental reclamation of the mantle, but rather a small, joyous album, one that draws heavily on the sound of classic soul. Speech's flow is easy and relaxed, rolling lightly over the beats. The rhymes never sound overthought or overworked; in "Stand" he philosophizes: "people don't change because of words alone/ and the nation could be changed by one person who's strong/ and the truth can be buried for moments of time/ but like the last day, buried things are bound to rise." It's a conventional sentiment, but laid over a simmering rhythm it sounds perfect. Fifteen years on, Arrested Development have transformed into a milder Sly & the Family Stone, setting social consciousness to warm, mild funk.
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They Say...
Lively hippies and pop-rap hip-hoppers Arrested Development were not on the über-cool list in 2007 when their Since the Last Time album landed on most shores (Japan got in 2006 because the country never gave up on this little act that could). Suing the beloved Arrested Development television show over name rights and appearing on the "where are they now and have they no shame?" series Hit Me Baby One More Time made this 15-year-old act seem like it was better off forgotten, which is why Since the Last Time is such a shock. Once the listener gets past the opening title track -- a history lesson in song that's best left for longtime fans -- the album opens up into a hook-filled world of positive, effervescent songs that are intoxicating in a sunshine way, as if the jam band attitude invaded hip-hop. "Miracles" is an instantly gripping slice of fast funk that captures that same Sly Stone magic the band caught on their 1992 track "People Everyday." More warm memories of AD's debut album are brought on by "Sunshine" and "Stand," but the hyperkinetic "I Know I'm Bad" is a completely welcome curveball with the band sounding more raw than they ever have. Leader Speech writes lyrics that are as hopeful as ever, with the added benefit of being a little older and wiser. In the end, the only reason to complain is that his frequent referencing of the band and its past is a little too insider for this otherwise outgoing and welcoming effort.
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Since The Last Time |
3:38 |
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| 02. | |
Miracles |
3:48 |
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| 03. | |
Heaven |
3:20 |
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| 04. | |
Sao Paulo |
4:20 |
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| 05. | |
Sunshine |
4:15 |
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| 06. | |
Stand |
3:31 |
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| 07. | |
It's Time |
3:14 |
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| 08. | |
Inner City |
3:27 |
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| 09. | |
I Know I'm Bad |
3:11 |
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| 10. | |
Down & Dirty |
4:00 |
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| 11. | |
Caught Me |
4:09 |
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| 12. | |
Nobody Believes Me Anyway |
2:49 |
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12 Total Tracks, 43:42 Total Length
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Credits
- Tracey Amos - Vocals // Tracey Amos - Vocals (Background) // Baba Oje - Vocals // Baba Oje - Dancer // Baba Oje - Group Member // Paul Frazier - Bass // Tim Latham - Mixing // John McCurry - Guitar // Speech - Guitar // Speech - Percussion // Speech - Programming // Speech - Turntables // Speech - Vocals // Speech - Vocals (Background) // Speech - Producer // Speech - Engineer // Speech - Photography // Speech - Beats // Speech - Musician // Speech - Group Member // Jay Wilson - Management // Patrick D. Martin - Bass // Steve Greenwell - Engineer // Mia Young - Make-Up // Mia Young - Hair Stylist // Kevin Hanson - Guitar // Neal Coomer - Choir, Chorus // Winston Philip - Choir Coordinator // Reginald Wilson - Choir, Chorus // Sam Hollander - Engineer // Donn Aaron - Digital Editing // Josh Edmondson - Keyboards // Mike Mullis - Mandolin // Mike Mullis - Skit // Mike Mullis - Crowd Noise // Mike Mangini - Producer // Lu Ballz - Keyboards // Lu Ballz - Programming
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