Nice & Smooth

{{short description|American rap group}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox musical artist  | name = Nice & Smooth | image = | caption = | background = group_or_band | origin = [[The Bronx]], [[New York City]], U.S. | genre = [[Hip hop music|Hip hop]] | years_active = 1986–present | label = {{hlist|[[Fresh Records (US)|Fresh]]|[[Rush Associated Labels|Rush]]|[[Columbia Records|Columbia]]|[[Scotti Brothers Records|Street Life]]}} | associated_acts = | website = | current_members = Greg Nice Smooth B }} '''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<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BjZ5Fdxg0Kh | title=Greg Nice on Instagram: "Thanks for the birthday wishes I am blessed 🙏" }}</ref>) 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]]''.

== Discography == ===Studio albums=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |+List of studio albums, with selected chart positions ! rowspan="2" scope="col" style="width:11em;" |Title ! rowspan="2" scope="col" style="width:16em;" |Album details ! colspan="2" scope="col" |Peak chart positions |- ! style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" |[[Billboard 200|US]] <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/nice-smooth/chart-history/billboard-200|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181006015010/https://www.billboard.com/music/nice-smooth/chart-history/billboard-200|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 6, 2018|title=Nice & Smooth Chart History|work=[[Billboard 200]]|access-date=October 5, 2018}}</ref>

! style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" |[[Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums|US R&B /HH]] <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/nice-smooth/chart-history/r-b-hip-hop-albums|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181006013457/https://www.billboard.com/music/nice-smooth/chart-history/r-b-hip-hop-albums|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 6, 2018|title=Nice & Smooth Chart History|work=[[Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums]]|access-date=October 5, 2018}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" |''[[Nice and Smooth (album)|Nice & Smooth]]'' | * Released: May 16, 1989 * {{nowrap|Label: [[Fresh Records (US)|Fresh Records]]}} * Formats: [[CD]], [[LP record|LP]], [[Cassette tape|Cassette]] |— |26 |- ! scope="row" |''[[Ain't a Damn Thing Changed]]'' | * Released: September 3, 1991 * {{nowrap|Label: [[Rush Associated Labels|Rush]]/[[Columbia Records|Columbia]]}} * Formats: CD, LP, Cassette |141 |29 |- ! scope="row" |''[[Jewel of the Nile]]'' | * Released: June 28, 1994 * {{nowrap|Label: Rush}} * Formats: CD, LP, Cassette |66 |13 |- ! scope="row" |''[[IV: Blazing Hot]]'' | * Released: October 28, 1997 * {{nowrap|Label: [[Scotti Brothers Records|Street Life]]}} * Formats: CD, LP, Cassette |— |75 |- | colspan="4" style="font-size:90%" |"—" denotes a recording that did not chart. |}

===Singles=== ==== As lead artist==== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |+List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions ! rowspan="2" scope="col" style="width:20em;" |Title ! rowspan="2" scope="col" |Year ! colspan="3" scope="col" |Peak chart positions ! rowspan="2" scope="col" |Album |- ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" |[[Billboard Hot 100|US]] <ref name="hot100">{{Cite news|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/nice-smooth/chart-history/hot-100|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181006013457/https://www.billboard.com/music/nice-smooth/chart-history/hot-100|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 6, 2018|title=Nice & Smooth Chart History|work=[[Hot 100]]|access-date=October 5, 2018}}</ref>

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" |[[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|US R&B]] <ref name="rnb">{{Cite news|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/nice-smooth/chart-history/r-b-hip-hop-songs|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181006030644/https://www.billboard.com/music/nice-smooth/chart-history/r-b-hip-hop-songs|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 6, 2018|title=Nice & Smooth Chart History|work=[[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs]]|access-date=October 5, 2018}}</ref>

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" |[[Hot Rap Songs|US Rap]] <ref name="rap">{{Cite news|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/nice-smooth/chart-history/rap-song|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181006020523/https://www.billboard.com/music/nice-smooth/chart-history/rap-song|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 6, 2018|title=Nice & Smooth Chart History|work=[[Hot Rap Songs]]|access-date=October 5, 2018}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" |"Dope on a Rope"{{efn|"Published as "Greg Nice & Smooth Bee".}}<ref>{{cite AV media notes | others=Greg Nice & Smooth Bee | date=1987 | title=Dope On A Rope | type=track listing | publisher= Strange Family Records | id=SF 777}}</ref> |1987 |— |— |x | rowspan="3" |''Nice & Smooth'' |- ! scope="row" |"More & More Hits" (featuring Teddy Ted) |1989 |— |— |— |- ! scope="row" |"Funky for You" |1990 |— |— |8 |- ! scope="row" |"[[Sometimes I Rhyme Slow]]" | rowspan="4" |1991 |44 |17 |1 | rowspan="2" | ''Ain't a Damn Thing Changed'' |- ! scope="row" |"[[Hip Hop Junkies]]" |— |38 |5 |- ! scope="row" |"[[How to Flow]]" |— |23 |5 | ''[[Strictly Business (soundtrack)|Strictly Business (Soundtrack)]] /'' ''Ain't a Damn Thing Changed'' |- ! scope="row" |"Cake and Eat It Too" |— |— |21 | ''Ain't a Damn Thing Changed'' |- ! scope="row" |"[[Old to the New]]" | rowspan="2" |1994 |59 |43 |6 | rowspan="2" |''Jewel of the Nile'' |- ! scope="row" |"Return of the Hip Hop Freaks" |— |— |44 |- ! scope="row" |"[[Blazing Hot]]" | rowspan="2" |1997 |— |76 |21 | rowspan="2" |''IV: Blazing Hot'' |- ! scope="row" |"Let It Go"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/release/let-it-go-vinyl-single-mr0001654303|title=Nice & Smooth - Let It Go [Vinyl Single] (12 inch Vinyl Single - Zomba #7239278153)|website=AllMusic}}</ref> |— |— |— |- ! scope="row" |"Funky for You '09" (featuring [[Pac Div]]){{efn|"Funky for You '09" was released as a [[Split album|split single]] with "[[If I Ruled the World|If I Ruled the World '09]]" by [[Nas]] feat. [[Marsha Ambrosius]] and "I Got Cha Opin' '09" by [[Buckshot (rapper)|Buckshot]] feat. [[Kardinal Offishall]].}}<ref>{{cite AV media notes | others=Nas/Buckshot/Nice & Smooth | date=2009 | title=If I Ruled The World '09/I Got Cha Opin '09/Funky For You '09 | type=track listing | publisher=[[Smirnoff]] | id=2415}}</ref> | 2009 |— |— |— |rowspan="3" {{N/A|Non-album singles}} |- ! scope="row" |"2 Step"{{efn|"Published as "Greg Nice & Smooth B".}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/gb/album/2-step-single/553063423|title=2 Step - Greg Nice & Smooth B - Release Info|website=Apple Music|date=10 August 2012}}</ref> | 2012 |— |— |— |- ! scope="row" |"Cake and Eat It Too (Pound Cake Mix)"{{efn|"Cake and Eat It Too (Pound Cake Mix)" was released as a split single with "Brooklyn-Queens (The U.K. Power Mix)" by [[3rd Bass]].}}<ref>{{cite AV media notes | others=Nice & Smooth, 3rd Bass | date=November 3, 2018 | title=Cake & Eat It Too (Pound Cake Mix)/Brooklyn-Queens (The U.K. Power Mix) | type=track listing | publisher=[[Universal Music]] | id=UIKY-75056}}</ref> | 2018 |— |— |— |- | colspan="6" style="font-size:90%" |"—" 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====

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1" |+ List of singles, with selected chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year ! scope="col" colspan="11"| Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album |- ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" |[[Billboard Hot 100|US]] <ref name="hot100"/>

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | [[Dance Club Songs|US Dance]] <ref name="ccmusicfactorybillboard">[https://www.billboard.com/music/nice-&-smooth Nice & Smooth | Billboard Chart History]. Billboard. Retrieved on February 1, 2019</ref>

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" |[[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|US R&B]] <ref name="rnb"/>

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" |[[Hot Rap Songs|US Rap]] <ref name="rap"/>

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" |[[ARIA Charts|AUS]] <ref>{{cite web|url=https://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Nice+%26+Smooth|title=Australian peaks|website=Australian-charts.com}}</ref>

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" |[[Ultratop|BEL]] <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/search.asp?cat=s&search=Nice+%26+Smooth|title=Nice & Smooth Chart History (Ultratop)|website=[[Ultratop]]|access-date=January 30, 2021}}</ref>

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" |[[GfK Entertainment Charts|GER]] <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.de/suche.asp?search=C+&+C+Music+Factory&x=0&y=0&country=de&kategorie=single|title=Home - Offizielle Deutsche Charts|website=Officialcharts.de}}{{dead link|date=December 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" |[[MegaCharts|NED]] <ref>{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/search.asp?cat=s&artist=Nice+%26+Smooth&artist_search=starts&title=&title_search=starts|title=Dutch peaks|website=Dutchcharts.nl}}</ref>

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" |[[Official New Zealand Music Chart|NZ]] <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://charts.nz/search.asp?cat=s&search=Nice+%26+Smooth|title=New Zealand charts portal}}</ref>

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" |[[Swiss Hitparade|SWI]] <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hitparade.ch/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Nice+%26+Smooth#reviews|title=Die Offizielle Schweizer Hitparade und Music Community|website=Hitparade.ch}}</ref>

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" |[[UK Singles Chart|UK]] <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/22869/roxanne-shante/|title=Roxanne Shante Chart History (UK Singles Chart)|website=Officialcharts.com|access-date=May 3, 2021}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" |"[[Dwyck]]" ([[Gang Starr]] featuring Nice & Smooth) | 1992 | — | — | —{{efn|"DWYCK" did not enter the [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs]] chart, but peaked at number seven on the [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs#Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles|Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles]] chart.<ref name="US-BU-R&B">{{cite magazine | url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/search/charts?f[0]=ts_chart_artistname%3AGang+Starr&f[1]=itm_field_chart_id%3A345&f[2]=ss_bb_type%3Achart_item&type=2&artist=Gang+Starr | title=Chart search – "Gang Starr", Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop | publisher=[[Prometheus Global Media]] | magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] | accessdate=August 1, 2017}}</ref>}} | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ''[[Hard to Earn]]'' |- ! scope="row" |"[[Do You Wanna Get Funky]]" (Vocal Club Mix) ([[C+C Music Factory]] featuring [[Martha Wash]], [[Zelma Davis]], Nice & Smooth and [[Trilogy (group)|Trilogy]]) | 1994 | 40 | 1 | 11 | — | 11 | 38 | 41 | 18 | 2 | 37 | 27 | ''[[Anything Goes! (C+C Music Factory album)|Anything Goes!]]'' |- ! scope="row" |"WORLD MONEY" (Tomoro featuring Nice & Smooth)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/world-money-feat-nice-smooth-single/1548522494|title=WORLD MONEY - Tomoro feat. Nice & Smooth - Release Info|website=Apple Music|date=15 January 2021}}</ref> | 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | {{N/A|Non-album single}} |- | colspan="14" style="font-size:90%" |"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |}

=== Guest appearances === {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |+ List of non-single guest appearances, with other performing artists, showing year released and album name ! scope="col" style="width:20em;"| Title ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Other performer(s) ! scope="col" | Album |- ! scope="row" | "Pimpin' Ain't Easy"<ref name="allmusic.com">{{cite web | url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/lean-on-me-mw0000203560 | title=''Lean on Me'' – Original Soundtrack > Overview | website=[[AllMusic]] | access-date=December 7, 2020}}</ref> | 1989 | [[Big Daddy Kane]] | ''[[It's a Big Daddy Thing]]'' |- ! scope="row" | "Microphone Techniques"<ref name="allmusic.com"/> | 1991 | [[3rd Bass]] | ''[[Derelicts of Dialect]]'' |- ! scope="row" | "Cash in My Hands"<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/lean-on-me-mw0000203560 | title=''Lean on Me'' – Original Soundtrack > Overview | website=[[AllMusic]] | access-date=July 6, 2021}}</ref> | rowspan="2"|1993 | {{n/a}} | ''[[Poetic Justice (soundtrack)]]'' |- ! scope="row"| "[[Dirty Dawg|Dirty Dawg (Greg Nice Remix)]]" | [[New Kids on the Block]] | ''Dirty Dawg 12"'' |- ! scope="row"| "Let's All Get Down"<ref name="Mills">{{Cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/politics-bullshit-mw0000188627 |title=Politics & Bullshit – Frankie Cutlass |last=Mills |first=Brad |publisher=[[TiVo Corporation]] |work=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=July 6, 2021}}</ref> | 1994 | ''[[Slick Rick]]'' | [[Behind Bars (Slick Rick album)|''Behind Bars'']] |- ! scope="row"| "Blazing Hot (P.F Mix)"<ref name="Mills"/> | 1997 | {{n/a}} | ''#41 - Hot 2 Def'' |- ! scope="row"| "1989 (Just Like Old Times)"<ref name="Mills"/> | 2016 | {{n/a}} | ''Trois souvenirs de ma jeunesse Soundtrack'' |- |}

==References== ===Notes=== {{notelist}}

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==External links== *[https://www.allmusic.com/artist/nice-smooth-mn0000393513/ Nice & Smooth] at [[AllMusic]] *[https://www.discogs.com/artist/39828-Nice-amp-Smooth Nice & Smooth] at [[Discogs]]

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