A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders
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Artist: A Tribe Called QuestEdition: Music CD
Format: Explicit Lyrics
CD Release Date: 1993-11-09
Music Label: Jive
Soundtracks:
- Midnight Marauders Tour Guide
- Steve Biko (Stir It Up)
- Award Tour
- 8 Million Stories
- Sucka Nigga
- Midnight
- We Can Get Down
- Electric Relaxation
- Clap Your Hands
- Oh My God
- Keep It Rollin'
- The Chase, Part ll
- Lyrics To Go
- God Lives Through
Free Music Notes for Midnight Marauders
Free Music Review: How dissapointing...
Hit: 4 Stars
Of course, that really doesn't mean much for ATCQ, since this album is still miles ahead from the boring gangster rap and miles times ten ahead of third rate try-too-hard rap artists like jay-z and kanye west these days (let's not even mention crunk and snap audio).
While the style isn't as intriguing as (especially) People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm or The Low End Theory, it's more darker sound is welcome. The first three albums offer something different for each listen. Quest proves that they can create a mood with the music, which is what all hip-hop albums should offer regarding (The Low End Theory's mood to me represents the need to just bring it no-nonsense. Some have more than others, but it's got to have something, even if it's just to dance).
It's opens with the coolest intro ever, The Midnight Marauders Tour Guide. Right from that, you know this album will be cool as night. And cool as night it is, with Steve Biko. Starting with old, horns that sound straight from downtown at 2 AM, Phife boasts and Tip flows. Skipping forward, you have Electric Relaxation, a rather, sexy song. Oh My God, while having an absurd title, contains more infectious beats. Award Tour has really jazzy, low key sampling with a cameo from De La Soul (not sure if it's Plug one or Plug two). Cool, dark, moody stuff. Tribe truly were one of the best rap artists, and one I've truly loved ever since TI.
While it's not as musically interesting, I feel they do some of their most accomplished rapping here. True, not as playful and wide-ranging as rap's best album ever, but they never fault.
Oh, and what's with the last two tracks? The Chase is just bad, with an annoying guitar solo and disrupts the album. And God Lives Through may be the worst Tribe song so far. The beat is bad enough, but the chorus (a repeat from Oh My God) isn't really praise to god. It sounds more like saying God's name in vain. So that song fails on every count. When those songs are taken out, the last track contains the outro to the Tour Guide, so those songs aren't a loss in any way.
While I find it a tad worse than The Low End Theory, all three albums are essential listens. Those looking for rap different than the usual stuff, give this a listen. It's not just different, it's crazy _______ good.
8.5/10
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This might have been the album Tribe Called Quest wanted to make from the very beginning. It's their most even, consistent album of the original trilogy that also includes People's Instinctive Travels... and The Low End Theory. But in spite of this, or maybe because of it, it's also their most uninteresting. With so many competent tracks, there's no chance for something to stand out above the pack, like "Scenario" did on Low End Theory or "Can I Kick It" did on People's Instinctive Travels. The celebration is there ("Stir It Up"), the jazz drums kick ("Oh My God"), and the stand-up bass dribbles, keeping perfect pace with Q-Tip's unmistakable mic-touch ("Electric Relaxation"). There's even a Native Tongues armistice/reunion with De La Soul ("Awards Tour"). Although it comes together like a seamless tutorial in jazz hip-hop style, it comes together so damn well that it's hard for any one track to excel, cursing the album with consistent quality. --Todd LevinThis might have been the album Tribe Called Quest wanted to make from the very beginning. It's their most even, consistent album of the original trilogy that also includes People's Instinctive Travels... and The Low End Theory. But in spite of this, or maybe because of it, it's also their most uninteresting. With so many competent tracks, there's no chance for something to stand out above the pack, like "Scenario" did on Low End Theory or "Can I Kick It" did on People's Instinctive Travels. The celebration is there ("Stir It Up"), the jazz drums kick ("Oh My God"), and the stand-up bass dribbles, keeping perfect pace with Q-Tip's unmistakable mic-touch ("Electric Relaxation"). There's even a Native Tongues armistice/reunion with De La Soul ("Awards Tour"). Although it comes together like a seamless tutorial in jazz hip-hop style, it comes together so damn well that it's hard for any one track to excel, cursing the album with consistent quality. --Todd Levin
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