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3 Years, 5 Months and 2 Days in the Life Of...

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3 Years, 5 Months and 2 Days in the Life Of... is the debut album by American hip hop group Arrested Development, released on March 24, 1992. The album's chart success ignited the popularization of Southern hip hop. Named after the length of time it took the group to get a record contract, 3 Years, 5 Months and 2 Days in the Life Of... starkly contrasted the gangsta rap that ruled the hip hop charts in 1992 (such as Dr. Dre's The Chronic), focusing on spirituality, peace and love.<ref name="XXL"/>

Upon release, the album received praise by critics. It is included in Robert Dimery's book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.

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Critical receptionEdit

Template:Album reviews 3 Years, 5 Months and 2 Days in the Life Of... was released to widespread critical acclaim and was later voted as the best album of the year in The Village Voice's Pazz & Jop critics' poll.<ref name="AM"/><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Entertainment Weekly's James Bernard gave the album an "A+" and praised it as a "fresh-sounding debut", referring to the group as "the anti-gangsta" and "perhaps rap's most self-reflective act."<ref name="EW">Template:Cite journal</ref> Greg Kot of the Chicago Tribune wrote that the group "displays unusual worldliness, wisdom and awareness on its debut, immediately establishing itself as a major new voice in hip-hop", noting Speech's social themes and rejection of "macho boasting and gangster posing".<ref name="CT"/> In a negative assessment, Robert Christgau of The Village Voice assigned the album a "dud" rating and wrote that the album was "not horrible by any means" but "too often the beats shambled and the raps meandered",<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> though he would later revise his rating to single out "Tennessee" as a "choice cut".<ref name="cut">Template:Cite book</ref>

Retrospectively, Steve Huey of AllMusic wrote that the rise of gangsta rap abruptly ended what seemed to be a "shining new era in alternative rap" heralded by 3 Years and that the album, while not "quite as revolutionary as it first seemed", was nonetheless "a fine record that often crosses the line into excellence", further crediting it as "a major influence on a new breed of alternative Southern hip-hop, including Goodie Mob, Outkast, and Nappy Roots".<ref name="AM"/>

The Wire named the album its record of the year, the first time the magazine had expanded its year-end critics' poll to include albums in non-jazz genres.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> The album was included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Track listingEdit

  1. "Man's Final Frontier" – 2:38
  2. "Mama's Always on Stage" (Speech) – 3:25
  3. "People Everyday" (Speech) – 3:26
  4. "Blues Happy" – 0:46
  5. "Mr. Wendal" (Speech) – 4:06
  6. "Children Play with Earth" – 2:38
  7. "Raining Revolution" (Speech) – 3:55
  8. "Fishin' 4 Religion" (Speech) – 4:06
  9. "Give a Man a Fish" (Headliner/Speech) – 4:22
  10. "U" (Speech) – 4:59
  11. "Eve of Reality" – 1:53
  12. "Natural" (Speech) – 4:18
  13. "Dawn of the Dreads" (Speech) – 5:17
  14. "Tennessee" (Speech) – 4:32
  15. "Washed Away" (Speech) – 6:22

PersonnelEdit

  • Arrested Development – arranger
  • Baba Oje
  • Brother Larry – guitar
  • Montsho Eshe
  • Dionne Farris – vocals
  • Headliner
  • Aerle Taree – stylist
  • Tom Held – engineer
  • Larry Jackson  – saxophone
  • Terrance Cinque Mason – vocals
  • Rasa Don – drums
  • Sister Paulette – vocals
  • Speech – producer, executive producer, mixing
  • Alvin Speights – engineer
  • Howie Weinberg – mastering
  • Richard Wells – engineer
  • Lindsey Williams – project director
  • Jeffrey Henson Scales – photography
  • Matt Still – assistant engineer
  • Randall Martin – art direction

ChartsEdit

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CertificationsEdit

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ReferencesEdit

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