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.
 
Tracklist:
	
		
			
			
Midnight Marauders Tour Guide
			
		
		
			
			
Steve Biko (Stir It Up)
			
		
		
			
			
Award Tour
			
		
		
			
			
8 Million Stories
			
		
		
			
			
Sucka Nigga
			
		
		
			
			
Midnight
			
		
		
			
			
We Can Get Down
			
		
		
			
			
Electric Relaxation
			
		
		
			
			
Clap Your Hands
			
		
		
			
			
Oh My God
			
		
		
			
			
Keep It Rollin'
			
		
		
			
			
The Chase, Part II
			
		
		
			
			
Lyrics To Go
			
		
		
			
			
God Lives Through
			
		
	
 
Label: Columbia
Catalogue Number:  01241414901