Midnight Marauders

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Midnight Marauders
Midnight Marauders cover
Studio album by A Tribe Called Quest
Released November 9, 1993
Recorded 1993
Genre Alternative hip hop
Length 51:12
Label Jive Records
Producer(s) A Tribe Called Quest
Large Professor
Skeff Anselm
Professional reviews
A Tribe Called Quest chronology
The Low End Theory
(1991)		 Midnight Marauders
(1993)		 Beats, Rhymes and Life
(1996)


Midnight Marauders is a hip hop album by A Tribe Called Quest, released on November 9, 1993 (see 1993 in music). The album was a critical and commercial success, especially the hit single "Award Tour", though its jazz rap fusion and intellectual songwriting were subdued in comparison with the previous record, The Low End Theory, leading to some criticism. The album still contains important themes, like the use of the word Nigger, but does not lose its spirituality.

The listener is guided through the program by a robotic voiced woman played by Laurel Dann.

It is one of three A Tribe Called Quest albums on The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums list.[1] It is also one of three A Tribe Called Quest albums to be certified platinum by RIAA.[2]

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Midnight Marauders Tour Guide" (Muhammad/Phife Dawg/Q Tip) – :45
  2. "Steve Biko (Stir It Up)" (Muhammad/Phife Dawg/Q Tip) – 3:11
    • Contains a sample of "Ekim" by Michael Urbaniak
  3. "Award Tour" (featuring Trugoy the Dove of De La Soul) (Muhammad/Phife Dawg/Q Tip) – 3:46
  4. "8 Million Stories" (Anselm/Muhammad/Phife Dawg/Q Tip) – 4:21
    • Contains a sample of "Bettina" by Bola Sete
  5. "Sucka Nigga" (Hubbard/Muhammad/Phife Dawg/Q Tip) – 4:05
  6. "Midnight" (Muhammad/Phife Dawg/Q Tip) – 4:25
    • Contains a sample of "Psychadelic Shack" by Albino Gorilla
  7. "We Can Get Down" (Muhammad/Phife Dawg/Q Tip) – 4:19
    • Contains a sample of "Martin's Funeral" by Bill Cosby
  8. "Electric Relaxation" (Muhammad/Phife Dawg/Q Tip) – 4:04
    • Contains a sample of "Outside Love" by Brethren
    • Contains a sample of "Dreams" by Ramsey Lewis
    • Contains a sample of "Mystic Brew" by Ronnie Foster
  9. "Clap Your Hands" (James/Modeliste/Muhammad/Neville/Nocentelli/Phife Dawg/Porter/Q Tip) – 3:16
  10. "Oh My God" (featuring Busta Rhymes) (Muhammad/Phife Dawg/Q Tip) – 3:29
    • Contains a sample of "Funky President" by James Brown
    • Contains a sample of "Damn Right, I am Somebody" by The J.B.'s
    • Contains a sample of "Who's Gonna Take the Weight" by Kool and the Gang
    • Contains a sample of "Why Can't People Be Colors Too?" by The Whatnauts
    • Contains a sample of "Absolutions" by Lee Morgan
    • Contains a sample of "Sorcerer of Isis" by Power of Zeus
  11. "Keep It Rollin'" (featuring Large Professor) (Mitchell/Muhammad/Phife Dawg/Q Tip) – 3:05
    • Contains a sample of "Feel Like Makin' Love" by Roy Ayers
  12. "The Chase, Pt. 2" (Arrington/Godsey/Hankerson/Muhammad/Phife Dawg/Q Tip) – 4:02
  13. "Lyrics to Go" (Muhammad/Phife Dawg/Q Tip) – 4:09
  14. "God Lives Through" (Muhammad/Phife Dawg/Q Tip) – 4:15
    • Contains a sample of "On Love" by David Walker
    • Contains a sample of "Dig it On" by Jimmy McGriff

[edit] Album singles

Single cover Single information
"Award Tour"
"Electric Relaxation"
"Oh My God"
  • Released: May 30, 1994
  • B-side: "Lyrics To Go (LP Version)", "Lyrics (Remix)", "One Two Shit"

[edit] Album Chart Positions

Year Album Chart positions
Billboard 200 Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums
1993 Midnight Marauders #8 #1

[edit] Singles Chart Positions

Year Song Chart positions
Billboard Hot 100 Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks Hot Rap Singles Rhythmic Top 40 Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales
1993 "Award Tour" #47 #27 #7 #28 #1
1994 "Electric Relaxation" #65 #38 #13 - #2
1994 "Oh My God" - #69 #15 - #2

[edit] Personnel

  • A Tribe Called Quest - Producer, Engineer, Mixing
  • Skeff Anselm - Producer
  • Busta Rhymes
  • Pete Christensen - Assistant Engineer
  • Patrick Derivaz - Assistant Engineer
  • Chris Flam - Assistant Engineer
  • Eric Gast - Assistant Engineer
  • Gerard Julien - Assistant Engineer
  • Large Professor - Producer
  • Tim Latham - Engineer
  • Hoover Le - Assistant Engineer
  • Ali Shaheed Muhammad - DJ
  • Bob Power - Engineer, Mixing
  • Q-Tip - Vocals
  • Raphael Wiggins
  • Tom Coyne - Mastering
  • George Spatta - Assistant Engineer
  • Brad Schmidt - Assistant Engineer
  • Carol Weinberg - Photography
  • Phife Dawg - Vocals

[edit] Cover art

Widely respected and admired for their success and artistry throughout the hip-hop scene, and preternaturally inclined to accept this adulation with grace and humility, the group elected to summon fellow hip-hop acts whose work as artists and actions as human beings they respected, and photographed headshots of each for arrangement on the album's cover and liner-notes insert.

Among the dozens of rappers featured or shouted out were:

[edit] Miscellanea

  • The only video for this album that is fully displayed in full color is Oh My God.

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.rocklist.net/source.htm
  2. ^ http://www.riaa.com/gp/database/default.asp
A Tribe Called Quest
Members: Q-Tip | Phife Dawg | Ali Shaheed Muhammad | Jarobi White
Albums: People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm | The Low End Theory | Midnight Marauders | Beats, Rhymes and Life | The Love Movement
Compilations: The Anthology | Hits, Rarities, and Remixes
Singles: "Bonita Applebum" | "I Left My Wallet in El Segundo" | "Can I Kick It?" | "Check the Rhime" | "Jazz (We've Got)" | "Scenario" | "Hot Sex" | "Award Tour" | "Electric Relaxation" | "Oh My God" | "1nce Again" | "Stressed Out" | "Find a Way" | "Like It Like That"
See also: Native Tongues Posse | The Ummah
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