''Nice & Smooth'' is the debut studio album by American hip-hop duo

Nice & Smooth Nice & Smooth is an East Coast hip hop duo from New York City that consists of Gregory O. "Greg Nice" Mays (born May 30, 1967) and Darryl O. "Smooth B" Barnes (born August 3, 1967) plus their deejay Tedd "DJ Teddy Tedd" Whiting. The duo released f ...

from

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, NY. It was released on May 16, 1989 via Fresh Records and

Sleeping Bag Records Sleeping Bag Records is a defunct New York City-based independent record label founded by musician Arthur Russell and entrepreneur Will Socolov. It was active between 1981 and 1992, and specialized in dance music and hip hop. Background and ...

. The album is notable for its sense of humor and comedy rhymes. The release singles of the album are "Early to Rise" and "Funky for You." This was the duo's only release on

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before it signed with

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sub-label RAL Records. It was included in The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums. It was one of three titles acquired by

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when Sleeping Bag went out of business in 1992.

Track listing

# "Early to Rise" # "Something I Can't Explain" # "Perfect Harmony" # "We are No. 1" # "No Delayin'" # "Funky for You" # "Skill Trade" # "More and More Hits" # "O-o-h, Child" # "Hit Me" # "Gold" # "Dope Not Hype" # "Nice & Smooth" # "Dope on a Rope" # "Sum Pimped-out Shit"

Personnel

*Peter Bodtke — Photography *D-Square — Engineer *DJ Teddy Tedd — Turntables *Nice & Smooth — Main Performer *Greg Nice — Producer, Mixing *Ivan “Doc” Rodriguez — Engineer *Smooth B. — Producer, Mixing *

Howie Weinberg Howie Weinberg is an American audio mastering engineer with over 2,257 mastering credits, three TEC Awards, 21 Grammy Awards, two Juno Awards, and one Mercury Prize. Career Weinberg mastered Herbie Hancock's 1983 album '' Future Shock''. Other ...

— Mastering

References

External links

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MP3.com summary

All Of Nice And Smooth
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