Electric Relaxation
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"Electric Relaxation" is a song by American hip hop group A Tribe Called Quest, released in February 1994 by Jive Records as the second single from their third album, Midnight Marauders (1993). It contains a sample of the song "Mystic Brew" by jazz organist Ronnie Foster and peaked at number 65 on the US Billboard Hot 100. The accompanying music video was directed by Josh Taft. The beat of the song was ranked as the third greatest hip-hop beat of all time by Rock the Bells in 2024.[1] The track was featured as the opening theme song for The WB's black sitcom The Wayans Bros. for the first two seasons.
Production
In a conversation with XXL, Phife Dawg revealed that the beat for "Electric Relaxation" was created in his grandmother's basement by Q-Tip:
The song features multiple samples, including "Mystic Brew" by Ronnie Foster and "Outside Love" by Brethren.
Critical reception
Andy Beevers from Music Week gave the song three out of five, saying, "These days ATCQ are a bit too left field to appeal to the masses, but they still have pienty of admirers."[2] Pan-European magazine Music & Media wrote, "The tribe chills out on a soft jazzy beat. Even their raps are soothing and so slow that you can hear it word for word."[3]
Music video
The music video for "Electric Relaxation" was directed by American director Josh Taft and produced by Edward Rehfeldt.[4] Taft also directed the video for the group's singles "Award Tour" and "Oh My God" from the same album.
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References
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- 1994 singles
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- A Tribe Called Quest songs
- Songs written by Q-Tip (musician)
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- Songs written by Ali Shaheed Muhammad
- Songs written by Phife Dawg
- Black-and-white music videos
- Music videos directed by Josh Taft
- Jazz rap songs