A Tribe Called Quest released their third album Midnight Marauders November 9, 1993

Midnight Marauders is the third studio album by American hip-hop group A Tribe Called Quest, released on November 9, 1993, by Jive Records. Recording sessions for the album occurred at Battery Studios, Platinum Island Studios, and Sorcerer Sound in New York City. Its production was mainly handled by Q-Tip, with contributions from Skeff Anselm, Large Professor, and the group’s DJ, Ali Shaheed Muhammad. A culmination of the group’s two previous albums (People’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm and The Low-End Theory), it features an eclectic, gritty sound based on jazz, funk, soul, and R&B samples, in addition to socially conscious, positively-minded, and humorous lyrics.

Midnight Marauders debuted at number eight on the Billboard 200 and number one on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. The first two singles, “Electric Relaxation” and “Award Tour”, charted on the Billboard Hot 100, before the release of the final single, “Oh My God”. On January 14, 1994, the album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), with shipments of 500,000 copies in the United States. It was certified platinum by the RIAA nearly a full year later, on January 11, 1995, with shipments of one million copies.