"Midnight Mauraders" appreciation thread..
You really gotta give it up for this album, which for me is the best out of Tribe Called Quest's joints and still stands tall.. Q-Tip and Phife really blesses the mic and the beats is sooo fucking jazzy and smooth plus that really ill bass is all over the place. It's real hard to not move to this!
Choice cuts: "8 Million Stories", "Steve Biko", "Lyrics to Go", "Midnight" ...aah fuck it the whole joint is right.
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Fourth best hip hop album for me.
My choice cuts would be - Steve Biko, Award Tour and God Lives Through
But all the songs are real real tight. As I said, the definition of a classic album. Nice, smooth beats, ill rhymes and wordplay, and crazy bass.
One of the first albums I got into when I got into Hip-Hop.
Not sure anymore whether this or Low End Theory is better though...
One of the few rare hip-hop albums with no wasted space. Top-notch lyricism, and especially music, from first to last second. I'd say it's crowning achievement of jazz-rap of early 90's.
It is true that Q-Tip wasn't as experimentally oriented as on "People's Instinctive Travels" and "Low End Theory", but that made for a more solid listen. Really, album is flawless. And trust me, play it only at night, it works best when strolling around after the sun goes down.
Choice cuts... Ungh... Well, my favorite is Electric Relaxation (I have it as the ringtone). But the whole album is excellent, I can't pick any track without doing injustice to other 12.
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i have always had a battle in my mind as to whether or not this album is better than Low End Theory and on 364 days of the year i'd probably pick Low End Theory but every time i actually bump this album start to finish i question my judgement
Midnight Mauraders to me is a staple in hip hop history.
to put it simply, this album is fucking SICK
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Just a fuckin amazing album from start to finish. Im gonna bump this as soon as i get home. A classic in every sense of the word, and i dont like to throw that word around lightly.
As for which is better this or Low End Theory?
Personally i prefer Low End Theory, Q-Tip and Phife Dawg were at the top of their game there. The beats on Midnight Marauders are a little more accesible i think, and are even jazzier, but lyrically Low End Theory takes it
Low End Theory for me but this is a classic fo sho. Its got all the cuts on it.
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