Midnight Marauders
by A Tribe Called Quest
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A Tribe Called Quest bestography
Midnight Marauders is ranked 2nd best out of 13 albums by A Tribe Called Quest on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by A Tribe Called Quest is The Low End Theory which is ranked number 132 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 9,692.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Midnight Marauders track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 84 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Midnight Marauders rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | OFarrio | Top 25 Music Albums of 1993 | 3/25 | 5 |
| 2026 |  eclab | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 22/100 | 16 |
| 2026 | Siromynian | Top 27 Music Albums of 1993 | 5/27 | 4 |
| 2026 |  cestuneblague | Top 99 Music Albums of 1993 | 3/99 | 5 |
| 2026 | xhitmanx | Top 34 Music Albums of 1993 | 14/34 | 3 |
| 2026 | adbrack1988 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 64/100 | 7 |
| 2026 | jdizzle123456 | Greatest Hip Hop Albums of All Time | 18/50 | - |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Overall 501-600 | 16/100 | - |
| 2026 | juanr1096 | Top 56 Music Albums of 1993 | 3/56 | 5 |
| 2026 |  junodog4 | Top 20 Music Albums of 1993 | 6/20 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 569 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 4,014 | |||
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Midnight Marauders ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 10/12/2026 21:37 | araidernomore | 499 | 69/100 |
| ! | 10/04/2026 08:02 | Siromynian | 1,789 | 74/100 |
| ! | 09/10/2026 01:06 | AngelBecerra | 1,185 | 78/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 82.9/100, a mean average of 81.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 83.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.7.
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Midnight Marauders forum mentions
neilgee 10/01/2026 23:14 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
BestEverAlbums 09/22/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5443): By javicho07View latest topic →
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Midnight Marauders comments
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junodog4 TOP 100 COMMENTER 06/30/2012 17:06 | #45657 | TOP COMMENT
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Oh My God nearly started a brawl at a basketball game. I had been listening to Midnight Marauders on the way to the game. Oh My God got stuck in my head. During the game, I stole the ball from an opponent, who yelled 'oh my god'. We went down the court and scored, and I was singing Oh My God to myself, cause he triggered it in my head. Instead, he thought I was chirping him, and went after me. Chaos ensued, teammates jumped in, he got ejected, and I got T'd up for trash talking.
Such drama...
Oh yeah - the album. Not as strong as Low End, but still a hip-hop masterpiece. Great jazzy samples and understated flow from Q-Tip and Phife. One of the two indispensable Tribe albums, and a landmark of early rap.
swhaze TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/26/2015 19:29 | #132681 | TOP COMMENT
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This is one of the Greatest Hip Hop albums. It is an album I wish I could listen to again for the first time!
Not a huge hip hop guy, but this is easily my favorite hip hop album I've heard so far, I was skeptical of Jazz Rap going into this but it sounds great.
This is an inconsistent listen with there being some brilliant tracks but also some cuts that feel like B sides and shouldn't have made it on to the album. The flow of the record is great though and the way they make the music feel like it never stops is very effective and makes the release feel cohesive and focused. It is also so easy to just stick this album on and relax as the style they have on here makes you just drift through from song to song and you never get sucked out of the music. This really impressed me and makes it fun to revisit this record often. Overall, a perfect album to just chill to and it also has a lot of quality on it. (Edited)
Hip Hop is ridiculously underrated on this site. Midnight Marauders is one of the best albums across all genres. (Edited)
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