- hip hop, jazz rap, boom bap, east coast hip hop
- 51 min
- 14 tracks
- Jive
Midnight Marauders is the third studio album by American hip-hop group A Tribe Called Quest, released on November 9, 1993, by Jive Records. The recording sessions for the album occurred at Battery Studios, Platinum Island Studios, and Sorcerer Sound in New York City.
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Character-led, spare, classical in form and grave.
- character-ledplot-driven
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- cooloverwhelming
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- Calgary HeraldC
- Chicago Sun-Times4/4 ★
- Entertainment WeeklyA
- NME7/10
- Q4/5 ★
- Rolling Stone2/5 ★
- Select4/5 ★
- The Source4/5 ★
- USA Today3/4 ★
- AllMusic5/5 ★
- Christgau's Consumer GuideA−
- The Encyclopedia of Popular Music4/5 ★
- MusicHound R&B4.5/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide4.5/5 ★
- Spin4.5/5 ★
- Tom Hull – on the WebA−
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Tracks
- 1Midnight Marauders Tour Guide0:46
- 2Steve Biko (Stir It Up)3:12
- 3Award Tour3:46
- 48 Million Stories4:22
- 5Sucka Nigga4:05
- 6Midnight4:25
- 7We Can Get Down4:19
- 8Electric Relaxation4:04
- 9Clap Your Hands3:16
- 10Oh My God3:30
- 11Keep It Rollin’3:06
- 12The Chase, Part II4:02
- 13Lyrics to Go4:10
- 14God Lives Through4:15
14 tracks, 51 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- A Tribe Called Quest
- Label
- Jive
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- US
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