Electric Relaxation

A Tribe Called Quest

About Electric Relaxation

"Electric Relaxation" is the second single from A Tribe Called Quest's third album Midnight Marauders. It contains a sample of "Mystic Brew" by Ronnie Foster. The song was featured as the opening theme song for The WB's black sitcom The Wayans Bros., for the first two seasons.


Year:
1999
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Relax yourself girl, please set-tle down
Relax yourself girl, please set-tle down
Relax yourself girl, please set-tle down
Relax yourself girl, please set-tle down

Honey, check it out, you got me mesmerized
With your black hair and fat-ass thighs
Street poetry is my everyday
But yo, I gotta stop when you trot my way
If I was working at the club you would not pay
Hey yo, my man Phife Diggy, he got something to say

I like 'em brown, yellow, Puero Rican or Haitian
Name is Phife Dawg from the Zulu Nation
Told you in the jam that We Can Get Down
Now let's Knock the Boots like the group H-Town
You got BBD all on your bedroom wall
But I'm Above the Rim and this is how I ball
A pretty little something on the New York street
This is how I represent over this here beat
Talking bout you

Yo, I took you out
But sex was on my mind for the whole damn route
My mind was in a frenzy and a horny state
But I couldn't drop dimes 'cause you couldn't relate

Relax yourself girl, please set-tle down
Relax yourself girl, please set-tle down
Relax yourself girl, please set-tle down
Relax yourself girl, please set-tle down

Stretch out your legs, let me make you bawl
Drive you insane, drive you up the wall
Staring at your dome-piece, very strong
Stronger Than Pride, stronger than Teflon
Take you on the ave and you buy me links
Now I wanna pound the putang until it stinks
You can be my mama and I'll be your boy

Original rude boy, never am I coy
You can be a shorty in my ill convoy
Not to come across as a thug or a hood
But hon, you got the goods, like Madeline Woods
By the way, my name's Malik
The Five-Foot Freak
Let's say we get together by the end of the week
She simply said, "No," labeled me a hoe
I said, "How you figure?"  "My friends told me so."
I hate when silly groupies wanna run they yap
Word to God, hon, I don't get down like that

I'll have you weak in the knees that you could hardly speak
Or we could do like Uncle L and swing an ep in my jeep
Keep it in the down, yo, we keep it discrete
See, I'm not the type to kid to have my biz in the streets

If my mom don't approve, then I'll just elope
Let me sink the little man from inside the boat
Let me hit it from the back, girl I won't catch a hernia
Bust off on your couch, now you got Seamen's Furniture

Shaheed, Phife and the Extra P
Stacy, DJ and my man L.G.
They know the Abstract is really soul on ice
The character is  of men, never ever of mice
Shorty let me tell you about my only vice
It has to do with lots of loving and it ain't nothing nice

Relax yourself girl, please set-tle down
Relax yourself girl, please set-tle down
Relax yourself girl, please set-tle down
Relax yourself girl, please set-tle down

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A Tribe Called Quest

A Tribe Called Quest is an American hip hop group, formed in 1985, and is composed of MC/producer Q-Tip, MC Phife Dawg aka Phife Diggy (Malik Taylor), and DJ/producer Ali Shaheed Muhammad. A fourth member, rapper Jarobi White, left the group after their first album but rejoined in 1991. Along with De La Soul, the group was a central part of the Native Tongues Posse, and enjoyed the most commercial success out of all the groups to emerge from that collective. Many of their songs, such as "Bonita Applebum", "Can I Kick It?", "I Left My Wallet in El Segundo", "Scenario", "Check the Rhime", "Jazz (We've Got)", "Award Tour" and "Electric Relaxation" are regarded as classics by the hip hop community. more »

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Written by: Ali Shaheed Jones-Muhammad, Kamaal Ibn John Fareed, Malik Izaak Taylor, Ronnie Foster

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC

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12 facts about this song

Album Origin
"Electric Relaxation" is a song from A Tribe Called Quest's third studio album, "Midnight Marauders," which was released in 1993.
Chart Success
The song reached the top spot on the Billboard Hot Rap Singles chart and number 13 on the Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales chart.
Lyrics
The song contains two verses from both Q-Tip and Phife Dawg, which is unusual as most of the group's songs contain more verses from Q-Tip.
Samples
"Electric Relaxation" samples "Mystic Brew" by Ronnie Foster and "Outside Love" by Brethren, showcasing the group's knack for incorporating jazz elements into their music.
Video Appearance
The song's music video was shot in black and white, a stylistic decision that added to the hip-hop group's cool, laid-back image.
TV Show Theme
The instrumental version of the song was used as the theme for comedian Chris Rock's late-night talk show, "The Chris Rock Show," which aired on HBO from 1997 to 2000.
Influential Impact
The song has been recognized as one of the best hip-hop songs of all time, earning praise for its chill tempo, relaxed lyrics, and innovative use of sampling.
Cover Versions
Despite its sophisticated structures and lyrics, the song has been covered by several artists across different genres, including Robert Glasper and Yasiin Bey (Mos Def).
Tribute
The song was performed as a tribute to Phife Dawg at the 2022 Grammy Awards after Phife's death in 2016.
Lyric Dispute
There's a long-running debate among fans about one of Q-Tip's lyrics in the song, with some hearing it as "bust off on your couch, now you've got Seaman's Furniture" and others as "bust a nut on your couch, now you got Seamen's Furniture." Q-Tip has never clarified the true lyric.
Radio Success
"Electric Relaxation" was one of three singles released from "Midnight Marauders" and it received heavy radio play, which helped to solidify A Tribe Called Quest's place in hip-hop history.
Named by Fans
Despite A Tribe Called Quest never actually mentioning the phrase "Electric Relaxation" in the song, fans dubbed it such because of its overall vibe and relaxed beat.

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