A Tribe Called Quest "Midnight Marauders"

The album "Midnight Marauders" is the third studio release from American hip hop group A Tribe Called Quest, which was put out on November 9, 1993, by Jive Records. The songs were recorded at various studios in New York City, and primarily produced by Q-Tip, along with contributions from Skeff Anselm, Large Professor, and the group's DJ, Ali Shaheed Muhammad.

The album combined the group's two previous works, People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm and The Low End Theory, and showcased an eclectic, gritty sound that incorporated jazz, funk, soul, and R&B samples, as well as socially conscious, positive, and humorous lyrics.

The album debuted at number eight on the Billboard 200 and reached number one on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. The first two singles, "Electric Relaxation" and "Award Tour", landed on the Billboard Hot 100 before the release of the final single, "Oh My God". The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) certified the album gold on January 14, 1994, with shipments of 500,000 copies in the United States. It achieved platinum status nearly a year later, on January 11, 1995, with one million copies shipped.

Critics mostly gave the album positive reviews, and it has garnered further recognition from within the hip hop community for its production, chemistry, and influence. Some consider it to be the group's finest work and one of the greatest hip hop albums of all time. A number of writers credit it as a contributing factor to a "second golden age" of hip hop in the mid-1990s, as well as the apex of the Native Tongues movement. Rolling Stone ranked "Midnight Marauders" at number 201 on its list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time in 2020.