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[1]) and Darryl O. "Smooth B" Barnes (born August 3, 1965). The duo released four albums between 1989 and 1997.
Nice & Smooth | |
|---|---|
| Origin | The Bronx, New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Genres | Hip hop |
| Years active | 1986–present |
| Labels | |
| Members | Greg Nice Smooth B |
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
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| US [2] | US R&B /HH [3] | ||
| 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 [4] | US R&B [5] | US Rap [6] | |||
| "Dope on a Rope"[a][7] | 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 and 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"[8] | — | — | — | ||
| "Funky for You '09" (featuring Pac Div)[b][9] | 2009 | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "2 Step"[c][10] | 2012 | — | — | — | |
| "Cake and Eat It Too (Pound Cake Mix)"[d][11] | 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 [4] | US Dance [12] | US R&B [5] | US Rap [6] | AUS [13] | BEL [14] | GER [15] | NED [16] | NZ [17] | SWI [18] | UK [19] | |||
| "Dwyck" (Gang Starr featuring Nice & Smooth) | 1992 | — | — | —[e] | 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)[21] | 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"[22] | 1989 | Big Daddy Kane | It's a Big Daddy Thing |
| "Microphone Techniques"[22] | 1991 | 3rd Bass | Derelicts of Dialect |
| "Cash in My Hands" (bonus track)[23] | 1993 | — | Poetic Justice Soundtrack |
| "Dirty Dawg (Greg Nice Remix)" | New Kids on the Block | Dirty Dawg (single) | |
| "Let's All Get Down"[24] | 1994 | Slick Rick | Behind Bars |
| "Blazing Hot (P.F Mix)"[24] | 1997 | — | #41 - Hot 2 Def |
| "1989 (Just Like Old Times)"[24] | 2016 | — | Trois souvenirs de ma jeunesse Soundtrack |