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All rights reserved.Midnight Marauders - Tribe Called Quest (A) (CD 1993)
| Track Listing 1. Midnight Marauders Tour Guide 2. Steve Biko (Stir It up) 3. Award Tour - (with Trugoy) 4. 8 Million Stories 5. Sucka Nigga 6. Midnight - (with Raphael Wiggins) 7. We Can Get Down 8. Electric Relaxation 9. Clap Your Hands 10. Oh My God - (with Busta Rhymes) 11. Keep It Rollin' - (with Large Professor) 12. Chase, The (Part II) 13. Lyrics to Go 14. God Lives Through
Album Notes A Tribe Called Quest: Jonathan "Q-Tip" Davis, Malik "Phife-Dawg" Taylor (rap vocals); Ali Shaheed Muhammad (turntables). Additional personnel: Large Professor, Trugoy, Busta Rhymes, Raphael Wiggins. Producers: A Tribe Called Quest, Skeff Anselm, Large Professor. Engineers: Bob Power, A Tribe Called Quest, Tim Latham. Recorded at Battery Studios, Platinum Island, Matermix and Sorcerer Sound, New York, New York. Third and last of the "classic" Tribe records (preceding the addition of Jay Dee and the formation of "the Ummah" production team), MIDNIGHT MARAUDERS is not as groundbreaking as PEOPLE'S INSTINCTIVE TRAVELS or as consistently on-point as LOW END THEORY. However, it is arguably the group's most musically sophisticated album. The tracks balance jazz, soul, and even reggae influences with pure hip-hop to arrive at a completely distinctive Tribe sound, the logical evolution of the bop-inflected hooks which characterized LOW END THEORY. Production-wise, Tribe graduates from a cool school aesthetic to an electric jazz sound (reminiscent of fusion-era Miles Davis). Lyrically MIDNIGHT MARAUDERS finds the group's abstract poetics in excellent form as usual, and Phife is miles ahead of the "mayor-flavor" rhymes of "Can I Kick It." As per the title, the album develops the introspection of "After Hours" into a nocturnal feel which winds it's way through "Midnight," the party-rock of "We Can Get Down," "Clap Your Hands" and the complex layers of "God Lives Through." Editorial Reviews Entertainment Weekly (11/12/1993) Melody Maker (11/27/1993) NME (11/27/1993) Q (12/01/1993) Musician (01/01/1994) Spin (12/01/1993) Village Voice (03/01/1994) Vibe (11/01/1993) The Source (12/01/1993) | Find errors in the product description? Submit a catalog update request now. | ||||||||||||||
Reviews  "OH MY GOD,YES,OH MY GOD..." I love this c.d. and have been looking everywhere for it,so finding and purchasing it through Ebay was awesome! !!Really took me back to 1993..Hip Hop was sooo much simpler then.This is a classic that I will cherish for a long time...and if you are a true lover of hot music I recommend it strongly if it's not in your collection!! Review ID: 10000000005490867 Was this review helpful? Report this review  Golden Era Classic: A Tribe Called Quest Loot for Ears with Midnight MaraudersReview created: 07/09/03 by: madtheory -- a member of Epinions Pros: Classic, groundbreaking ATCQ joints. Cons: One wack track. A Tribe Called Quest reuniting!? Whether you re a fan of the trio or not, it s impossible to deny that the reunion of the legendary trio is a good thing. Since going their separate ways, the group has proven that ATCQ was definitely greater than the sum of its parts. It s certainly no crime to contend that Phife Dog has never really been a pitbull on the mic, and his solo work without Q-Tip is often all bark and no bite as a result. Conversely, Tip s vivrant solo efforts enjoyed more commercial success than Phife s, despite the fact that the principal redeeming qualities of his music were the. Review ID: 10000000000236188 "I Like My Beats Hard, Like Two Day Old $hIt": Tribe's MasterpieceReview created: 09/04/07 by: speeddemon531-- a member of Epinions and Advisor in Music Pros: Everything. This is one of the few hip-hop albums that can be called "perfect". Cons: Tribe's career immediately went into a tailspin after this. What makes a classic album? Most people would say that the best music jumps out as you as opposed to slowly building over time. There's an instant gratification aspect to albums like "Thriller"-due to state-of-the-art production and other things like videos that makes most classic albums cultural events. In the grand scheme of pop music history (at least when it comes down to record sales), A Tribe Called Quest will go down as barely a footnote. The Queens, NY rap trio-emcees Q-Tip Review ID: 10000000004524981 Midnight Marauders - The Tribe continues the theory for a third time...Review created: 08/11/03 by: bigd99999 -- a member of Epinions Pros: Phenomenal old-school alternative hip-hop with dope lyrics and smooth music. Cons: Not everybody's cup of Tea With all of the insane talk about Tribe Called Quest reuniting once again, its great to hear. After years apart and a lack of solo success by its members, its good to hear that the trio is back together. So in celebration, I will take a look at what is known by their fans to be their greatest hit album yet: Midnight Marauders. Many fans cant seem to decide as to whether Low End Theory or Midnight Marauders is the better album by the Tribe Called Quest. Everybody agrees that Low End Theory was the most critically acclaimed and groundbreaking piece of the series, but a lot of the hardcores that. Review ID: 10000000000236193 The Tribe Successfully Maraud Our EardrumsReview created: 03/31/04 by: poeticone16 -- a member of Epinions Pros: Great lyricism, beautiful production, numerous classic songs Cons: A song or two messes up the whole vibe of the CD Many people consider this CD to be A Tribe Called Quest's greatest release (If not, many rank it under only The Low End Theory), but the sheer greatness of it wasn't totally appreciated back when it came out in late 1993. It came out quietly surrounded by such classic releases as Snoop Dogg's debut Doggystyle and Common Sense's Resurrection, but the musical blueprint it made was followed by many rap (and even pop) acts who derived most of their music from ATCG's serene yet forceful sound. Nevertheless, let us sit back, relax, and let the soothing, jazzical sounds of ATCG maraud our aural... Review ID: 10000000000236194 The Best Tribe Album reviewed in fullReview created: 04/06/03 by: kaajai -- a member of Epinions Pros: Excellent beats, good rhyming and a classic album from the Tribe Cons: This album saw the end of the "3 classics" from Tip, Phife and Ali Muhammed I got this album a few years ago. It is a classic from the tribe, their third effort that followed on from the success of People s instinctive travels and The Low End Theory. It was the first Tribe called Quest album I bought and it left me hungry for more. Consisting of Ali Muhammed, Phife Dawg and Q-tip this 3 man group from Queens NY grew up together and first started making music together at high school. As members of the Zulu Nation they took hip-hop into a totally new dimension, their music has a strong jazz influence and the 2 MCs phife and tip complement each other very well. Released. Review ID: 10000000000236189 Epinions.com ratings are not included in the item's average rating. Links in this review may have been removed. |
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