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Award Tour

Performing artist A Tribe Called Quest
Record company Jive Records
Date1993
Mediumpolyvinyl chloride; paper (fiber product); ink
Credit LineMoPOP permanent collection
Object number1998.971.18.A,.B
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"Award Tour" is a song by A Tribe Called Quest, released in 1993 and was the first single from their third album Midnight Marauders. The song was produced nuy A Tribe Called Quest and released in Jive Records. "Award Tour" is the group's highest charting single to on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 47. This vinyl features "Award Tour" and "The Chase, Part II."

A Tribe Called Quest (ATCQ) is an alternative/Jazz p-Hop group from Queens, New York. Members of the group included Q-Tip (Kamaal Fareed, b. 1970), Phife Dawg (Malik Taylor, 1970-2016), Ali Shaheed Muhammad (Ali Shaheed Muhammad, b. 1970) and Jarobi (Jarobi White, b. 1971) were popular in the 1990s era of conscious Hip-Hop. Considered the most intelligent, artistic Rap group, ATCQ rapped about numerous black issues, social consciousness, and the music industry. Signed to Jive in 1989, ATCQ released their debut album, People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm (1990). While their debut album was successful, their second album The Low End Theory (1991) is considered one of the greatest Hip-Hop albums of all time, including on Rolling Stone's 100 Best Albums of the '90s and reaching platinum status by 1995.

Front cover: Black, white and brown filtered image of three men performing, two with microphones in their hands. Song title and group name are printed on top in yellow. Back cover: Track list and credits are printed in white on a black background.
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