I have a particularly interesting relationship with Tribe. I remember hearing \u201cScenario\u201d and \u201cJazz\u201d when I was in elementary school, but with my short attention span and pension for pop-rap, they couldn\u2019t keep up with the likes of Kris Kross. When \u201cAward Tour\u201d came out, my tastes shifted and sample-heavy contemporaries like The Pharcyde and Souls of Mischief were getting mad rotation on my Panasonic tape player. When I got my first CD player for my birthday that summer, the two CDs I picked out were Nas\u2019 Illmatic<\/em> and Midnight Marauders<\/em>.<\/p>\n On planes, buses, waiting rooms, school, I played the shit out of \u201cMarauders.\u201d It\u2019s one of the few records that I memorized from front to back and got weirdly obsessed with the connection between \u201cOh My God\u201d and \u201cGod Lives Through.\u201d When it came out, each cover had different color way borders, so I would go to the Wherehouse or Sam Goody and pour over each cover to see if the faces that backed the Tribe figure were different. I got into buying up breaks because of the incredibly detailed liner notes in \u201cMarauders,\u201d which I\u2019m sure my wife curses under her breath when I come home with a stack of crackly old records.<\/p>\n I could legitimately go on for an entire book of why this is a great record: the lyrics from both Phife and Q-Tip are on point. It\u2019s as fun as it is socially poignant \u2013 where else could you have a storytelling jam like \u201c8 Million Stories\u201d AND a song that addresses the value of the Black man in \u201cSucka N****\u201d? Additionally, this is part of a generation of hip-hop records that could be incredibly sample heavy and probably not cost you a few mil.<\/p>\n It\u2019s a time capsule in the best ways \u2013 it\u2019s nostalgia, but it\u2019s inspiring. Listening to \u201cMidnight Marauders\u201d makes me want to step up production and I would hope if you\u2019re an artist in anyway, you\u2019d feel the same way when this record comes on.<\/p>\n 5\/5 Spots.<\/p>\n — Ryan Pangilinan<\/p>\n Check out Ryan Fresh\u2019s mixes here: https:\/\/www.mixcloud.com\/RyanFresh\/<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Seaspot<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A Tribe Called Quest \u201cMidnight Marauders\u201d (1993) (Jive) Since 1994, A Tribe Called Quest\u2019s Midnight Marauders album has been a shoo-in for my desert island discs. It\u2019s one of two records that I would want to take with me no matter where I am. I have a particularly interesting relationship with Tribe. 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Ryan Pangilinan aka DJ Ryan Fresh has been kicking around Seattle Hip-Hop for nearly 20 years. He\u2019s one-third of VintageDOPE and actively DJs in the Puget Sound. He also plays bass in the queer synthpop band, Seaside Tryst. His first book, FRIEND REQUEST SENT, is available now on Pioneers Press.<\/p>\n