''Shadē Business'' is the debut solo studio album by American rapper PMD. It was released on September 27, 1994, via

RCA Records RCA Records is an American record label currently owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America. It is one of Sony Music's four flagship labels, alongside RCA's former long-time rival Columbia Records; also A ...

Production Production may refer to: Economics and business * Production (economics) * Production, the act of manufacturing goods * Production, in the outline of industrial organization, the act of making products (goods and services) * Production as a stati ...

was handled by

DJ Scratch George Spivey (born June 21, 1968), known professionally as DJ Scratch, is an American hip hop DJ and producer from Brooklyn, New York. DJ Scratch is the 1988 New Music Seminar Battle For World Supremacy DJ champion, the 2010 Master of the ...

, Charlie Marotta,

The 45 King Mark Howard James (born October 16, 1961) professionally known as The 45 King (also known as DJ Mark the 45 King), is an American hip hop record producer and disc jockey (DJ) from The Bronx borough of New York City. James began DJing in The Bron ...

Jesse West Jesse West, 3rd Eye (born December 4, 1967 in the South Bronx, New York) is a producer/rapper. Jesse grew up in the Bronx River Projects, where the Master/Teacher DJ Afrika Bambaataa founded the Universal Zulu Nation. History Born Jesse Willi ...

and PMD himself. It features guest appearances from 3rd Eye, Top Quality, Zone 7 and

Das EFX Das EFX is an American hip hop duo. It consists of emcees Dray (also known as Krazy Drayz, born Andre Weston, September 9, 1970) and Skoob (also known as Books and Boogie Bang, born William "Willie" Hines, November 27, 1970). They named the ...

. The album peaked at number 42 on the ''Billboard'' 200.

Track listing

;Sample credits * Track 1 contains a sample from "I've Been Watching You" by

Southside Movement The Southside Movement was an American Soul music, soul and funk musical group from Chicago, Illinois. Composed of vocalist Melvin Moore, guitarist Bobby Pointer (June 19, 1945 - December 26, 2016), keyboardist Morris Beeks, bassist Ronald Simmons, ...

* Track 4 contains samples from "Miss Lady Brown" by

The Chambers Brothers The Chambers Brothers are an American psychedelic soul band, best known for their eleven-minute 1967 psychedelic soul hit "Time Has Come Today". The group was part of the wave of new music that integrated American blues and gospel traditions wit ...

* Track 7 contains samples from "I Got a Thang, You Got a Thang, Everybody Got a Thang" by

Funkadelic Funkadelic was an American funk rock band formed in Plainfield, New Jersey in 1968 and active until 1982. The band and its sister act Parliament, both led by George Clinton, pioneered the funk music culture of the 1970s.John, Bush. Funkadeli ...

* Track 8 contains samples from "

Funky Worm "Funky Worm" is a song by American funk group the Ohio Players, from their album ''Pleasure''. It peaked at number one on the U.S. ''Billboard'' R&B chart in 1973 and also peaked at number fifteen on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. ''Billboard'' ran ...

" by

Ohio Players Ohio Players is an American funk band, most popular in the 1970s. They are best known for their songs "Fire (Ohio Players song), Fire" and "Love Rollercoaster", and for their erotic album covers that featured nude or nearly nude women. Many of t ...

* Track 9 contains samples from "

Bounce, Rock, Skate, Roll "Bounce, Rock, Skate, Roll" is a song by the American funk group Vaughan Mason & Crew that capitalized on the roller disco fad of the late 1970s. Released in the summer of 1979, the single reached number 5 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot Soul Singles ...

, Part 1" performed by

Vaughan Mason & Crew Vaughan Mason & Crew was an American funk and post-disco based group led by Vaughan Mason (October 24, 1950 – April 2, 2020). They are best known for their single "Bounce, Rock, Skate, Roll", which reached number 5 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot ...

;Notes *Track 11 is omitted in clean version.

Personnel

*Parrish " PMD" Smith – main artist, producer (tracks: 1–6, 8–12), co-producer (track 13), recording & mixing (tracks: 1–6, 8–10) *Andre "Krazy Drayz" Weston – featured artist (track 5) *William "Skoob" Hines – featured artist (track 5) *Zone 7 – featured artists (track: 7, 14) *T. " Top Quality" Robinson – featured artist (tracks: 10, 14) *Jesse " 3rd Eye" Williams – featured artist (tracks: 10, 14), producer & recording (track 14) *Al B. – featured artist (track 11) *Charlie Marotta – producer (track 6), recording (tracks: 1–11), mixing (tracks: 1–5, 7–11) *George "

" Spivey – scratches, producer (tracks: 7, 8), recording & mixing (tracks: 7, 11) *Mark "

" James – producer & mixing (track 13) *Norman G. Balla 'Kaotic' – mixing (track 13) *

Lyle Owerko Lyle Owerko is a filmmaker and photographer whose work has ranged from Sundance Channel to ''Time'' to MTV. His photos are collected by many business, entertainment and celebrity clients. They have been used in several films including Henry Singer ...

– art direction, design *Gary Spector – photography

Charts

References

External links

* {{Authority control 1994 debut albums RCA Records albums PMD (rapper) albums Albums produced by DJ Scratch Albums produced by the 45 King Albums produced by Parrish Smith