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- #1
- Posted: 02/27/2015 21:00
- Post subject: Album of the day (#1551): Midnight Marauders
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Today's album of the day
Midnight Marauders by A Tribe Called Quest (View album | Buy this album)
Year: 1993.
Country: 
Overall rank: 558
Average rating: 82/100 (from 174 votes).
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Tracks:
1. Midnight Marauders Tour Guide
2. Steve Biko (Stir It Up)
3. Award Tour
4. 8 Million Stories
5. Sucka Nigga
6. Midnight
7. We Can Get Down
8. Electric Relaxation
9. Clap Your Hands
10. Oh My God
11. Keep It Rollin'
12. The Chase, Part ll
13. Lyrics To Go
14. God Lives Through
About album of the day: The BestEverAlbums.com album of the day is the album appearing most prominently in member charts in the previous 24 hours. If an album, or artist, has previously been selected within a x day period, the next highest album is picked instead (and so on) to ensure a bit of variety. A full history of album of the day can be viewed here.
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- Posted: 02/27/2015 21:16
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One of the greatest hip-hop records ever made. 
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hippo
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- Posted: 02/28/2015 15:57
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A hip hop classic. Electric Relaxation is one of the best rap songs ever
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babyBlueSedan
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- Posted: 02/28/2015 17:49
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The best album by one of the best hip hop groups of all time. Their delivery is as smooth as the beats and it makes for a really relaxing listen. Sucka Nigga, Oh My God, and The Chase Part II are some of the group's best songs.
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Skinny
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- Posted: 02/28/2015 19:33
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The fucking greatest. Could be my #1. Steve Biko is better than your favourite song. And this album is better than the Low End Theory.
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- Posted: 02/28/2015 20:00
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| Skinny wrote: | | And this album is better than the Low End Theory. |
Agreed. Low End is consistently cool and understated, but Low End Theory feels like they really understood what they were doing and ran with it, doing some pretty innovative things in the process. A hell of a lot of fun to listen to.
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denmarkman
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Age: 32
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- Posted: 02/28/2015 20:31
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Um, so I love this album and all, but I'll admit I could never really understand why so many prefer it to Low End Theory. To each his own and all that, but I always thought this album felt kinda samey relative its predecessor.
Of course, I'm being picky. It's still excellent. It's just no Low End Theory.
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- Posted: 02/28/2015 21:04
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| denmarkman wrote: | Um, so I love this album and all, but I'll admit I could never really understand why so many prefer it to Low End Theory. To each his own and all that, but I always thought this album felt kinda samey relative its predecessor.
Of course, I'm being picky. It's still excellent. It's just no Low End Theory. |
That's funny, 'samey' is exactly what I'd accuse Low End Theory being (mostly bass heavy beats) whereas I'd say Marauders has more variety being much more sample orientated.
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denmarkman
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- Posted: 02/28/2015 22:33
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| Puncture Repair wrote: | | That's funny, 'samey' is exactly what I'd accuse Low End Theory being (mostly bass heavy beats) whereas I'd say Marauders has more variety being much more sample orientated. |
Weird. I'd call Low End Theory one of the more varied hip-hop albums I've ever heard. I hear what you're saying about the beats, but Low End Theory has more variance in song structure and mood. At the risk of sounding reductive, every song on Midnight Marauders sounds more or less like a straightforward party song to me. "Midnight" is the only song on it that really stands out to me as distinct from the rest. The beats on Low End Theory may all have a pretty similar aesthetic, but the songs vary tremendously in tone (for instance, compare the dark, atmospheric sound of "Jazz" to the highly aggressive sound of "Scenario", or the subtle funk of "Excursions", etc.). Tbh, I'm curious what exactly you find samey about Low End Theory, because that's not a word that would ever occur to me in a million years to describe that album. To each his own, of course, but I just don't see it.
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Skinny
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- Posted: 02/28/2015 23:41
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| denmarkman wrote: | | Weird. I'd call Low End Theory one of the more varied hip-hop albums I've ever heard. I hear what you're saying about the beats, but Low End Theory has more variance in song structure and mood. At the risk of sounding reductive, every song on Midnight Marauders sounds more or less like a straightforward party song to me. "Midnight" is the only song on it that really stands out to me as distinct from the rest. The beats on Low End Theory may all have a pretty similar aesthetic, but the songs vary tremendously in tone (for instance, compare the dark, atmospheric sound of "Jazz" to the highly aggressive sound of "Scenario", or the subtle funk of "Excursions", etc.). Tbh, I'm curious what exactly you find samey about Low End Theory, because that's not a word that would ever occur to me in a million years to describe that album. To each his own, of course, but I just don't see it. |
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