Shade Business Explained

Shadē Business
Type:	Studio album
Artist:	PMD
Cover:	Shade_Business.jpg
Released:	September 27, 1994
Recorded:	1993–94
Genre:	Rap
Label:	RCA
Prev Title:	Business Never Personal
Prev Year:	1992
Next Title:	Bu$ine$$ I$ Bu$ine$$
Next Year:	1996

Shadē Business is the debut solo studio album by American rapper PMD, released on September 27, 1994.^[1] It was produced by PMD, DJ Scratch, Charlie Marotta, the 45 King, and Jesse West. It features guest appearances from 3rd Eye, Top Quality, Zone 7, and Das EFX. The album peaked at number 42 on the Billboard 200.

Critical reception

Trouser Press noted that "Smith expends a lot of energy making the simple sound difficult, spewing wordy boasts and celebrity similes inna old-school style."^[2] The Spin Alternative Record Guide praised the production but missed the "chemistry" of EPMD.^[3] In 1999, Ego Trip's Book of Rap Lists considered Shadē Business to be the sixth most disappointing debut rap album.^[4]

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

Notes

Track 11 is omitted in clean version.

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

Notes and References

News: Jones IV . James T. . Fall Preview . USA Today . Sep 7, 1994 . 7D.
Web site: Robbins . Ira . EPMD . Trouser Press . 20 June 2024.
Book: Spin Alternative Record Guide . 1995 . Vintage Books . 131.
Book: Ego Trip's Book of Rap Lists . 1999 . St. Martin's Publishing Group . 26.
Billboard 200 Chart: Week of October 15, 1994. March 16, 2021. Billboard.