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* Audio CD (November 9, 1993)
* Original Release Date: 2000
* Number of Discs: 1
* Format: Explicit Lyrics
* Label: Jive
* Catalog Number: 41490
* ASIN: B0000004ZA
* Other Editions: Audio Cassette | LP Record
* Average Customer Review: based on 118 reviews. (Write a review.)
* Amazon.com Sales Rank: #3,148 in Music (See Top Sellers in Music)
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1. Midnight Marauders Tour Guide Listen Listen
2. Steve Biko (Stir It Up) Listen Listen
3. Award Tour Listen Listen
4. 8 Million Stories Listen Listen
5. Sucka Nigga Listen Listen
6. Midnight Listen
7. We Can Get Down Listen
8. Electric Relaxation Listen
9. Clap Your Hands Listen
10. Oh My God Listen
11. Keep It Rollin' Listen
12. The Chase, Part ll Listen
13. Lyrics To Go Listen
14. God Lives Through Listen
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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 Levin

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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 Levin
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5 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
IMMACULATE., March 22, 2005
Reviewer: O. KAKA (WOODBRIDGE, NJ United States) - See all my reviews
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Classic.
LYRICS ---- 10/10
PRODUCTION COURTESY OF SAHEED MUHAMMED ---- 10/10
THEME ---- 10/10
ALBUM COVER ---- 10/10
CONCEPT ----- 10/10
STAND OUT TRACKS ---- ALL TRACKS
OVERALL ----- IMMACULATE

O.KAKA aka God's gift to the underground.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
BUY THIS CD AND YOU WILL "GET DOWN...", March 11, 2001
Reviewer: L. Kelsey "lkelsey" (Riverside, CA. United States) - See all my reviews
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to the bangin' beats and intelligent lyrics that the Tribe serve up on this, their third and best CD. I love how Q-Tip's laid back cool works off Phife's energetic boasting to produce some of the best rap of the '90's. Favorites on the disc include "Lyrics to Go," "Steve Biko," "Award Tour," "We Can Get Down" and the best cut, "Electric Relaxation." I've enjoyed the Tribe's work from the beginning with the first album, "People's Instinctive Travels." I found them refreshing because they came from the jazz tip and were very clever lyrically. With the first three albums they set themselves apart from the crowd. With the album after this one, "Beats, Rhymes and Life" I think they tried to join the crowd and got away from what they do best, make you think and feel good. If you need to be introduced to what was "A Tribe Called Quest," start with the first three albums and watch the progression from good, better, BEST, which is what "Midnight Marauders" is an example of, rap at its best. ( )