Shadē Business is the debut solo studio album by American rapper PMD. It was released on September 27, 1994, via RCA Records. Production was handled by DJ Scratch, Charlie Marotta, The 45 King, Jesse West and PMD himself. It features guest appearances from 3rd Eye, Top Quality, Zone 7 and Das EFX. The album peaked at number 42 on the Billboard 200.

Track listing

Sample credits

Track 1 contains a sample from "I've Been Watching You" by Southside Movement

Track 4 contains samples from "Miss Lady Brown" by The Chambers Brothers

Track 7 contains samples from "I Got a Thang, You Got a Thang, Everybody Got a Thang" by Funkadelic Track 8 contains samples from "Funky Worm" by Ohio Players Track 9 contains samples from "Bounce, Rock, Skate, Roll, Part 1" performed by Vaughan Mason & Crew

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Notes

Track 11 is omitted in clean version.

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Personnel

Parrish "PMD" Smith – main artist, producer (tracks: 1–6, 8–12), co-producer (track 13), recording & mixing (tracks: 1–6, 8–10) Andre "Krazy Drayz" Weston – featured artist (track 5) William "Skoob" Hines – featured artist (track 5) Zone 7 – featured artists (track: 7, 14) T. "Top Quality" Robinson – featured artist (tracks: 10, 14) Jesse "3rd Eye" Williams – featured artist (tracks: 10, 14), producer & recording (track 14) Al B. – featured artist (track 11) Charlie Marotta – producer (track 6), recording (tracks: 1–11), mixing (tracks: 1–5, 7–11) George "DJ Scratch" Spivey – scratches, producer (tracks: 7, 8), recording & mixing (tracks: 7, 11) Mark "The 45 King" James – producer & mixing (track 13) Norman G. Balla 'Kaotic' – mixing (track 13) Lyle Owerko – art direction, design Gary Spector – photography

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Charts

References

External links

1994 debut albums

RCA Records albums

PMD (rapper) albums

Albums produced by DJ Scratch

Albums produced by the 45 King