# Nice & Smooth

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) 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

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions :
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Album details | US | US R&B /HH |
| Nice & Smooth | Released: May 16, 1989 Label: Fresh Records Formats: CD, LP, Cassette | — | 26 |
| Ain't a Damn Thing Changed | Released: September 3, 1991 Label: Rush/Columbia Formats: CD, LP, Cassette | 141 | 29 |
| Jewel of the Nile | Released: June 28, 1994 Label: Rush Formats: CD, LP, Cassette | 66 | 13 |
| IV: Blazing Hot | Released: October 28, 1997 Label: Street Life Formats: CD, LP, Cassette | — | 75 |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart. ||||

### Singles
#### As lead artist

List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions :
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Album |
| Title | Year | US | US R&B | US Rap | Album |
| "Dope on a Rope" | 1987 | — | — | x | Nice & Smooth |
| "More & More Hits" (featuring Teddy Ted) | 1989 | — | — | — | Nice & Smooth |
| "Funky for You" | 1990 | — | — | 8 | Nice & Smooth |
| "Sometimes I Rhyme Slow" | 1991 | 44 | 17 | 1 | Ain't a Damn Thing Changed |
| "Hip Hop Junkies" | 1991 | — | 38 | 5 | Ain't a Damn Thing Changed |
| "How to Flow" | 1991 | — | 23 | 5 | Strictly Business (Soundtrack) / Ain't a Damn Thing Changed |
| "Cake and Eat It Too" | 1991 | — | — | 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" | 1994 | — | — | 44 | Jewel of the Nile |
| "Blazing Hot" | 1997 | — | 76 | 21 | IV: Blazing Hot |
| "Let It Go" | 1997 | — | — | — | IV: Blazing Hot |
| "Funky for You '09" (featuring Pac Div) | 2009 | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "2 Step" | 2012 | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Cake and Eat It Too (Pound Cake Mix)" | 2018 | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "—" 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

List of singles, with selected chart positions :
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Album |
| Title | Year | US | US Dance | US R&B | US Rap | AUS | BEL | GER | NED | NZ | SWI | UK | Album |
| "Dwyck" (Gang Starr featuring Nice & Smooth) | 1992 | — | — | — | 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) | 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. ||||||||||||||

### Guest appearances

List of non-single guest appearances, with other performing artists, showing year released and album name :
| Title | Year | Other performer(s) | Album |
| "Pimpin' Ain't Easy" | 1989 | Big Daddy Kane | It's a Big Daddy Thing |
| "Microphone Techniques" | 1991 | 3rd Bass | Derelicts of Dialect |
| "Cash in My Hands" | 1993 | — | Poetic Justice (soundtrack) |
| "Dirty Dawg (Greg Nice Remix)" | 1993 | New Kids on the Block | Dirty Dawg 12" |
| "Let's All Get Down" | 1994 | Slick Rick | Behind Bars |
| "Blazing Hot (P.F Mix)" | 1997 | — | #41 - Hot 2 Def |
| "1989 (Just Like Old Times)" | 2016 | — | Trois souvenirs de ma jeunesse Soundtrack |