Length 51:12 Release date 9 November 1993 | ||
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Released November 9, 1993 (1993-11-09) Recorded November 1992–September 1993 Genres Hip hop music, Jazz rap, Alternative hip hop Similar A Tribe Called Quest albums, Hip hop music albums | ||
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Midnight Marauders is the third album by hip hop group A Tribe Called Quest, released November 9, 1993 on Jive Records. It was released two years after A Tribe Called Quest's second album, The Low End Theory, and reached #1 on the R&B/HipHop Charts and #8 on the Billboard 200 in 1993.
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"Award Tour" was the first single released from the album and it is their highest charting single to date. It peaked at #47 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and #1 on the U.S. Hot Rap Singles Chart. The single features Trugoy from De La Soul on the chorus. Subsequent singles released from the album were "Electric Relaxation" and "Oh My God" which featured a sample of former Leaders of the New School emcee Busta Rhymes on the chorus. The same sample of Busta Rhymes was also used on the last track of the album "God Lives Through".
Background
With this album, A Tribe Called Quest "shifted their attention to more urban concerns". Rather than simply discussing violence, the group's songs tell stories about everyday events such as a trip to a bodega or getting a milkshake.
Midnight Marauders is one of three A Tribe Called Quest albums on The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums. On January 12, 1994 it was certified and it reached platinum status one day less than a year later on January 11, 1995. It is also one of three A Tribe Called Quest albums to be certified platinum by the RIAA.
Cover art
According to ego trip's Book of Rap Lists, there are a reported 71 different hip hop luminaries and radio DJ's who adorned Midnight Marauders. The cover was issued in three different color schemes- red, black, and green (with black being the rarest). The book goes into detail as to which artists were on which particular album cover using a number scheme to easily identify each artist. The complete list of artists is as follows:
Accolades
The information is taken from Acclaimedmusic.net and other website links below.
( * ) designates lists which are unordered.
Songs
1Midnight Marauders Tour (intro)0:45
2Steve Biko (Stir It Up)3:12
3Award Tour3:46