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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.

Contents

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
  3. "Award Tour" (featuring Trugoy of De La Soul) (Muhammad/Phife Dawg/Q Tip) - 3:46
  4. "8 Million Stories" (Anselm/Muhammad/Phife Dawg/Q Tip) - 4:21
  5. "Sucka Nigga" (Hubbard/Muhammad/Phife Dawg/Q Tip) - 4:05
  6. "Midnight" (Muhammad/Phife Dawg/Q Tip) - 4:25
  7. "We Can Get Down" (Muhammad/Phife Dawg/Q Tip) - 4:19
  8. "Electric Relaxation" (Muhammad/Phife Dawg/Q Tip) - 4:04
  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
  11. "Keep It Rollin'" (featuring Large Professor) (Mitchell/Muhammad/Phife Dawg/Q Tip) - 3:05
  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

Chart positions

Billboard Music Charts - album 
1993    The Billboard 200                        No. 8
1993	Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums	                 No. 1
Billboard Music Charts - singles 
1993    Award Tour             Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales            No. 1
1993	Award Tour	       Hot Rap Singles	                             No. 7
1994	Award Tour	       The Billboard Hot 100	                     No. 47
1994	Electric Relaxation    The Billboard Hot 100	                     No. 65
1994	Award Tour	       Hot Rap Singles	                             No. 8
1994	Electric Relaxation    Hot Rap Singles	                             No. 13
1994	Oh My God	       Hot Rap Singles	                             No. 15
1994	Electric Relaxation    Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks              No. 38
1994	Oh My God	       Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks	             No. 69
1994	Award Tour	       Rhythmic Top 40	                             No. 28
1994	Award Tour	       Hot Dance Music/Club Play	             No. 27
1994	Electric Relaxation    Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales	     No. 2
1994	Oh My God	       Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales            No. 2

Personnel

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:

Trivia

 

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