A Tribe Called Quest
Midnight Marauders LP (yellow vinyl)

Third and last of the "classic" Tribe records 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 characterised 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-flavour" rhymes of "Can I Kick It". 

NEW / Released in 1993 / Reissue 2019

Tracklist:

A1  Midnight Marauders Tour Guide

A2  Steve Biko (Stir It Up)

A3  Award Tour

A4  8 Million Stories

A5  Sucka Nigga

A6  Midnight

A7  We Can Get Down

B1  Electric Relaxation

B2  Clap Your Hands

B3  Oh My God

B4  Keep It Rollin'

B5  The Chase, Part II

B6  Lyrics To Go

B7  God Lives Through