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This
album doesn't exist strictly on it's musical merits though. It's the
little elements, often overlooked, that are brush strokes on this
masterpiece.
Each song seamlessly blends together tight basslines and jazzy
instruments; fusing them so tightly together with the lyrics of Tip and
Phife you can't even imagine them seperately
will propose that "Midnight Marauders" is an even tighter album despite
not being nearly as acclaimed as "Low End Theory"
A Tribe Called Quest rose to the upper echelon of the industry
through their accessible grip on the conveyance of modern problems.
They discussed the social ramifications of the N-word, detailed the
myriad possibilities in late-night New York, pontificated on various
strategies of attracting the opposite sex, and managed to confuse the
practical definition of gravity, all while informing the listener of
their vast superiority to their peers
Widely respected and admired for their success and artistry
throughout the hip-hop scene, and preternaturally inclined to accept
this adulation with grace and humility, the group elected to summon
fellow hip-hoppers whose work as artists and actions as human beings
they respected, and photographed headshots of each for arrangement on
the album's cover and liner-notes insert.
The cover was issued in three different color schemes- red, black,
& green (with black being the rarest)
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