Midnight Marauders

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work

Midnight Marauders is the third album by A Tribe Called Quest, released in November 1993. The recording took nine months and took place in New York studios such as Battery Studios. Q-Tip made a large part of the beats in the basement of Phife Dawg's grandmother's house. After The Low End Theory, the group felt the pressure to repeat that success. Q-Tip produced most of it himself, with help from, among others, Large Professor and DJ Ali Shaheed Muhammad.

The sound is rougher and funkier than on the previous record, with samples from jazz, funk, soul and R&B and many horn melodies. Q-Tip deliberately left the noise in the samples. The lyrics are socially aware, positive and full of humour. Critics were largely positive. Writers have since come to regard the album as a high point of the Native Tongues movement and of 1990s hip hop.

Listening

Track list

1. 1Midnight Marauders Tour Guide0:45Apple Music ↗
2. 2Steve Biko (Stir It Up)3:12Apple Music ↗
3. 3Award Tour (feat. Trugoy the Dove)3:46Apple Music ↗
4. 48 Million Stories4:21Apple Music ↗
5. 5Sucka Nigga4:05Apple Music ↗
6. 6Midnight (feat. Raphael Saadiq)4:25Apple Music ↗
7. 7We Can Get Down4:19Apple Music ↗
8. 8Electric Relaxation4:04Apple Music ↗
9. 9Clap Your Hands3:16Apple Music ↗
10. 10Oh My God (feat. Busta Rhymes)3:29Apple Music ↗
11. 11Keep It Rollin' (feat. Large Professor)3:06Apple Music ↗
12. 12The Chase, Part II4:02Apple Music ↗
13. 13Lyrics to Go4:09Apple Music ↗
14. 14God Lives Through4:16Apple Music ↗

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