I think what makes an artist authentic is their sense of style, the way the spit they lyrics, or the issues they rap about.
Arrested Development is authentic in every sense of the word. This group is sure of who they are and the issues they rap about. they have their own unique style that alot of rap groups were not up on. Arrested Deveopment is a group that wasn't afraid to wear baggy clothes and locks. This is something that helped them to stand out in the rap world. Even in the song Everyday People the group talked about how they were made fun of because of their cloithing. On a different scale the clothing is what set them apart from the rest. The clohting in it self had a story to tell. the clothing represented their ansestors and life. when I say bagggy clothes I don't mean they were hangging off their behind like the rappers we see today. I mean that the women were not in tight fitting clothing. The women were represented just as the men, equal. They did this so that the focus was't on the womens bodies, and that did'nt take away from the lyrics. To me this was ground breaking, and some how my generation has replaced that with sex sells
Arrested Development rapped about our own people; black on black crime and how they wanted no parts of that type of life. From going back to Tennessee to Everydasy People Arreseted Develolpment wanted the world to see that it's not just the government making peoples lives bad, but it's one another. They wanted blacks to take a look at themselves before pointing the finger. That in itself is authentic. I mean to be able to challenge your own people to stop making excuses for themselves. Outside of that they made the point that your own kind don't want anything to do with you ,or may even be the death of you.
Arrested Development is authentic and in a league ot their own. Only a few will ,or have been as successful as them as they are. They were considered to be Bouisouise because of their style. Arrested Development has been critizied and talked about because of their stlye. At the end of the day you have to admitt that they foucused on alot of isses that rappers today dare to touch. Everyone is too busy blending in while Arrested Development is still standing out!