PMD (rapper)

PMD
PMD performing in 2013
Background information
Birth nameParrish J. Smith
Born (1968-05-13) May 13, 1968
Brentwood, New York, U.S.
GenresEast Coast hip hop
Occupations
Years active1987–present
Labels
Member of

Parrish J. Smith (born May 13, 1968), better known as PMD ('Parrish Mic Doc' or 'Parrish Making Dollars'), is an American rapper from Brentwood, New York, a member of EPMD and Hit Squad.

Career

He attended Brentwood High School,[1] and has released four full-length solo albums, one extended play, seven EPMD albums with Erick Sermon, a collaborative album with Japanese hip hop producer DJ Honda, and a collaborative project with Sean Strange and German hip hop group Snowgoons.

Discography

Solo albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions
US[2] US R&B/HH[3]
Shade Business
  • Released: September 27, 1994
  • Label: RCA
65 12
Bu$ine$$ I$ Bu$ine$$ 180 29
The Awakening
  • Released: June 17, 2003
  • Label: Solid Records/Traffic Entertainment Group
Busine$$ Mentality
  • Released: September 29, 2017
  • Label: Goon MuSick/RBC
"—" denotes releases that did not chart, or was not released in that country.

EPs

List of extended plays
Title Album details
New Business

(From My Hood to Your Hood)

Collaborative albums

List of collaborative studio albums
Title Album details
Underground Connection
(with DJ Honda)
  • Released: 2002
  • Label: DJ Honda Recordings
Welcome to the Goondox
(with Snowgoons & Sean Strange)[4]
  • Released: April 9, 2013
  • Label: Goon MuSick

Charted singles

Year Single Chart positions Album
US US R&B US Rap
1994 "I Saw It Cummin'" 89 65 12 Shade Business
"Swing Your Own Thing" 40
1996 "Rugged-n-Raw" (featuring Das EFX) 89 19 Business Is Business
1997 "It's the Pee" (featuring Mobb Deep) 82 31

Features

Year Song Album Artist
1995 Bad News Hold It Down Das EFX[5]
1997 Beef The Mind Chubb Rock
1998 Take It Back Generation EFX Das EFX[6]
Countdown El Nino Def Squad, Jama
Champions Tequilla Sunrise 12" Cypress Hill
2000 Vangundy Erick Onasis, Boe & Ruck Erick Onasis,
Hip Hop 101; Know What I Mean H III DJ Honda
2005 Beginning to End Reason Soundtrack
2003 Going Right at Em Only the Strong Big Noyd[7]
2006 Boing American Hunger MF Grimm, MF Mez[8]
2020 Smash the Crowd What You Gonna DO When the Grid Goes Down!?!?/Coming to America (Eddie Murphy soundtrack) Public Enemy, Ice-T

References

  1. ^ "Brentwood High School Profile (2018–19) | Brentwood, NY". Public School Review. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
  2. ^ "PMD Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Archived from the original on October 7, 2018. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
  3. ^ "PMD Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Archived from the original on October 7, 2018. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
  4. ^ Ryon, Sean (February 4, 2013). "PMD Teams With Sean Strange & Snowgoons For The Goondox". HipHopDX. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
  5. ^ "Soundcloud".
  6. ^ "genius".
  7. ^ "spotify".
  8. ^ "genius".