Nice & Smooth is the debut album of the hip-hop duo Nice & Smooth

Nice & Smooth

Nice & Smooth was an East Coast hip hop duo from New York that consists of Greg Nice and Smooth B . The duo released four albums from the late 1980s to the mid 1990s...

. The album is notable for its sense of humor and comedy rhymes. Although the album contains explicit lyrics on it, it is also at its best with Greg Nice's crazy rhyming with humor and Smooth B's slow lover rhymes. The release singles of the album are "Early to Rise" and "Funky for You." This was the duo’s only release on Fresh

Fresh Records (US)

Fresh Records is a defunct New York City-based independent record label that operated from 1985 to 1992. The label was a subsidiary of Sleeping Bag Records that featured hip hop music...

/Sleeping Bag Records

Sleeping Bag Records

Sleeping Bag Records is a defunct New York City-based old school hip hop and dance music independent record label that operated from 1981 to 1992...

 before it signed with Def Jam Recordings

Def Jam Recordings

Def Jam Recordings is an American record label, focused primarily on hip hop and urban music, owned by Universal Music Group, and operates as a part of The Island Def Jam Motown Music Group...

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

Priority Records

Priority Records is an American record label, owned and operated by EMI, which has made a name for itself dealing primarily in hip hop, pop and world...

 when Sleeping Bag went out of business in 1992.

Track listing

1. "Early to Rise"
2. "Something I Can't Explain"
3. "Perfect Harmony"
4. "We are No. 1"
5. "No Delayin'"
6. "Funky for You"
7. "Skill Trade"
8. "More and More Hits"
9. "O-o-h, Child"
10. "Hit Me"
11. "Gold"
12. "Dope Not Hype"
13. "Nice & Smooth"
14. "Dope on a Rope"
15. "Sum Pimped-out Shit"

Samples

• "Early to Rise"
  • "Dizzy" by Tommy Roe
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  • Theme of Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
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• "Perfect Harmony"
  • "Groove Me" by King Floyd
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• "We Are No. 1"
  • "Sir Nose D'Void of Funk" by Parliament
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  • "Woman to Woman" by Joe Cocker
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• "No Delayin'"
  • "Hiache" by Lafayette Afro Rock Band
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  • "The Show" by Slick Rick
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     and Doug E. Fresh
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     (vocals by Slick Rick)
  • "Starfish and Coffee" by Prince
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  • "Nautilus" by Bob James
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• "Funky For You"
  • "Impeach the President" by The Honey Drippers
  • "Do That Stuff" by Parliament
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  • "Heartbeat" by War
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• "More and More Hits"
  • "All Night Long" by The Mary Jane Girls
• "Ooh Child"
  • "Don't Change Your Love" by The Five Stairsteps
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  • "Ooh Child" by The Five Stairsteps
    The Five Stairsteps
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  • "Have Your Ass Home By 11:00" by Richard Pryor
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• "Hit Me"
  • "Kool Is Back" by Funk Inc.
• "Gold"
  • "Think (About It)" by Lyn Collins
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  • "It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next to Me" by Barry White
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• "Dope Not Hype"
  • "UFO" by ESG
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  • "Amen Brother" by The Winstons
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• "Nice and Smooth"
  • "Zungguzungguguzungguzeng" by Yellowman
    Yellowman
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• "Dope on a Rope"
  • "Zungguzungguguzungguzeng" by Yellowman
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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—Mastering