BY BANDINI • NOVEMBER 10, 2018

Yesterday (November 9), Hip-Hop Heads celebrated the 25th birthdays of two landmark albums: A Tribe Called Quest’s third LP, Midnight Marauders and Wu-Tang Clan’s Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers). On 11-9-93, many fans were eager to digest LPs that were likely shipped together from the same RCA Records distributor.

Although these two crews did championship round battle in Ambrosia For Heads‘ annual (and recently concluded) “Finding The GOAT” tournament focusing on Rap groups, one DJ found a great way to celebrate them together. DJ Filthy Rich made A Tribe Called Wu: Enter The Marauders. While other mashups have examined the quartet from Queens alongside the brothers from Brooklyn and Shaolin in the past, this is likely the first to ever exclusively blend these two classic LPs with the same born day.

“The intent was not to improve on the originals in any way…that would be impossible, as I consider them both to be perfect bodies of work. Rather, it was about orchestrating a fun concept, and putting a totally new spin on these well-worn classics,” Filthy Rich said in a statement. “The contrast of Wu’s gritty street raps over Ali Shaheed’s jazzy production works in a pleasantly unexpected way.”

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