Nice & Smooth
American rap group
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, 1965). The duo released four albums between 1989 and 1997.
Their first collaborative appearance was on the single "Dope on a Rope"/"Skill Trade" on Strange Family Records in 1987. On the strength of that underground single they managed a guest spot on the song "Pimpin Ain't Easy" by Big Daddy Kane on his 1989 album It's a Big Daddy Thing.
01Discography
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| US |
US R&B /HH | ||
| Nice & Smooth |
|
, | 26 |
| Ain't a Damn Thing Changed | 141 | 29 | |
| Jewel of the Nile |
|
66 | 13 |
| IV: Blazing Hot |
|
, | 75 |
| ", " denotes a recording that did not chart. | |||
Singles
As lead artist
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US |
US R&B |
US Rap | |||
| "Dope on a Rope" | 1987 | , | , | x | Nice & Smooth |
| "More & More Hits" (featuring Teddy Ted) |
1989 | , | , | , | |
| "Funky for You" | 1990 | , | , | 8 | |
| "Sometimes I Rhyme Slow" | 1991 | 44 | 17 | 1 | Ain't a Damn Thing Changed |
| "Hip Hop Junkies" | , | 38 | 5 | ||
| "How to Flow" | , | 23 | 5 | Strictly Business (Soundtrack) / Ain't a Damn Thing Changed | |
| "Cake and Eat It Too" | , | , | 21 | Ain't a Damn Thing Changed | |
| "Old to the New" | 1994 | 59 | 43 | 6 | Jewel of the Nile |
| "Return of the Hip Hop Freaks" | , | , | 44 | ||
| "Blazing Hot" | 1997 | , | 76 | 21 | IV: Blazing Hot |
| "Let It Go" | , | , | , | ||
| "Funky for You '09" (featuring Pac Div) |
2009 | , | , | , | Non-album singles |
| "2 Step" | 2012 | , | , | , | |
| "Cake and Eat It Too (Pound Cake Mix)" | 2018 | , | , | , | |
| ", " denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. "x" denotes the chart did not exist at the time. | |||||
Featured singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US |
US Dance |
US R&B |
US Rap |
AUS |
BEL |
GER |
NED |
NZ |
SWI |
UK | |||
| "Dwyck" (Gang Starr featuring Nice & Smooth) |
1992 | , | , | , | 25 | , | , | , | , | , | , | , | Hard to Earn |
| "Do You Wanna Get Funky" (Vocal Club Mix) (C+C Music Factory featuring Martha Wash, Zelma Davis, Nice & Smooth and Trilogy) |
1994 | 40 | 1 | 11 | , | 11 | 38 | 41 | 18 | 2 | 37 | 27 | Anything Goes! |
| "WORLD MONEY" (Tomoro featuring Nice & Smooth) |
2021 | , | , | , | , | , | , | , | , | , | , | , | Non-album single |
| ", " denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||
Guest appearances
| Title | Year | Other performer(s) | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Pimpin' Ain't Easy" | 1989 | Big Daddy Kane | It's a Big Daddy Thing |
| "Microphone Techniques" | 1991 | 3rd Bass | Derelicts of Dialect |
| "Cash in My Hands" | 1993 | , N/a | Poetic Justice (soundtrack) |
| "Dirty Dawg (Greg Nice Remix)" | New Kids on the Block | Dirty Dawg 12" | |
| "Let's All Get Down" | 1994 | Slick Rick | Behind Bars |
| "Blazing Hot (P.F Mix)" | 1997 | , N/a | #41 - Hot 2 Def |
| "1989 (Just Like Old Times)" | 2016 | , N/a | Trois souvenirs de ma jeunesse Soundtrack |
Sources and credits
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