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Midnight Marauders is the third album by hip hop group A Tribe Called Quest, released November 9, 1993 on Jive Records. It was released two years after A Tribe Called Quest's second album, The Low End Theory, and reached #1 on the R&B/HipHop Charts and #8 on the Billboard 200 in 1993.

"Award Tour" was the first single released from the album and it is their highest charting single to date. It peaked at #47 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and #1 on the U.S. Hot Rap Singles Chart. The single features Trugoy from De La Soul on the chorus. Subsequent singles released from the album were "Electric Relaxation" and "Oh My God" which featured a sample of former Leaders of the New School emcee Busta Rhymes on the chorus. The same sample of Busta Rhymes was also used on the last track of the album "God Lives Through".

With this album, A Tribe Called Quest "shifted their attention to more urban concerns". Rather than simply discussing violence, the group's songs tell stories about everyday events such as a trip to a bodega or getting a milkshake.

Midnight Marauders is one of three A Tribe Called Quest albums on The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums. On January 12, 1994 it was certified and it reached platinum status one day less than a year later on January 11, 1995. It is also one of three A Tribe Called Quest albums to be certified platinum by the RIAA.

Songwriters: J. Davis, A. Muhammad, M. Taylor
Sample: "Aquarius" by Cal Tjader

Songwriters: J. Davis, A. Muhammad, M. Taylor
Sample: "Blackstone Legacy" by Woody Shaw
Sample: "Ekim" by Michał Urbaniak

Songwriters: J. Davis, A. Muhammad, M. Taylor
Sample: "We Gettin' Down" by Weldon Irvine
Sample: "You Can Fly" by Sons of Champlin
Sample: "Lowdown" by Charles Earland
Sample: "Olinga" by Milt Jackson

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