Tribe Called Quest : Midnight Marauders

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Sell date: 1/1993
Label: Jive Records/Sbme
Mfg's Catalog#: 41490
CDC Part#: 112791
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 Notes & Reviews
 
Full title is: Midnight Marauders

Length: 51:12

  Phife Dawg - Vocals
  Q-Tip - Vocals

Though the abstract rappers finally betrayed a few commercial ambitions for Midnight Marauders, the happy result was a smart, hooky record that may not have furthered the jazz-rap fusions of The Low End Theory, but did merge Tribe -style intelligence and reflection with some of the most inviting grooves heard on any early-'90s rap record. The productions, more funky than jazzy, were tighter overall -- but the big improvement, four years after their debut, came with Q-Tip's and Phife Dawg's raps. Focused yet funky, polished but raw, the duo was practically telepathic on 'Steve Biko (Stir It Up)' and 'The Chase, Pt. 2,' though the mammoth track here was the pop hit 'Award Tour.' A worldwide call-out record with a killer riff and a great pair of individual raps from the pair, it assured that Midnight Marauders would become A Tribe Called Quest's biggest seller. The album didn't feature as many topical tracks as Tribe was known for, though the group did include an excellent, sympathetic commentary on the question of that word ( 'Sucka Nigga,' with a key phrase: 'being as we use it as a term of endearment'). Most of the time, A Tribe Called Quest was indulging in impeccably produced, next-generation games of the dozens ( 'We Can Get Down,' 'Oh My God,' 'Lyrics to Go' ), but also took the time to illustrate sensitivity and spirituality ( 'God Lives Through' ). A Tribe Called Quest's Midnight Marauders was commercially successful, artistically adept, and lyrically inventive; the album cemented their status as alternative rap's prime sound merchants, authors of the most original style since the Bomb Squad first exploded on wax. ~ John Bush, All Music Guide

 
 Tracks and Sound Clips   Click here for the Windows Media player
 
Midnight Marauders Tour Guide - :45 Play the Windows Media clip
Steve Biko (Stir It Up) - 3:11 Play the Windows Media clip
Award Tour - 3:46 Play the Windows Media clip
8 Million Stories - 4:21 Play the Windows Media clip
Sucka Nigga - 4:05 Play the Windows Media clip
Midnight - 4:25 Play the Windows Media clip
We Can Get Down - 4:19 Play the Windows Media clip
Electric Relaxation - 4:04 Play the Windows Media clip
Clap Your Hands - 3:16 Play the Windows Media clip
Oh My God - 3:29 Play the Windows Media clip
Keep It Rollin' - 3:05 Play the Windows Media clip
Chase, Pt. 2 - 4:02 Play the Windows Media clip
Lyrics to Go - 4:09 Play the Windows Media clip
God Lives Through - 4:15 Play the Windows Media clip
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