Título: P.M. Dawn
Seção: Early history
Background: P.M. Dawn was an American hip hop act, formed in 1988 by the brothers Attrell Cordes (known by his stage name Prince Be, sometimes credited as Prince Be the Nocturnal) and Jarrett Cordes (known as DJ Minutemix) in Jersey City, New Jersey. They earned significant crossover success in the early 1990s with music that merged hip hop, older soul, and more pop-oriented urban R&B. After recording their debut single "Ode to a Forgetful Mind" in 1988, P.M. Dawn released their first album Of the Heart, of the Soul and of the Cross: The Utopian Experience in 1991 to critical acclaim.

Conteúdo: The Cordes brothers' father died of pneumonia when they were children. Further family tragedy occurred when their baby brother, Duncan, drowned at the age of two. The two elder brothers were raised by their mother and their stepfather George Brown, a founding member of Kool & the Gang.  Attrell Cordes began DJing parties and composing songs in ninth grade. Cordes, known by his stage name Prince Be, and his younger brother, Jarrett Cordes, known as DJ Minutemix, formed P.M. Dawn in 1988. The group's first demo tape was created using $600 that Prince Be had earned through his job as a night security guard at a homeless shelter.  They first approached Tommy Boy Records, the rap music subsidiary of Warner Brothers, with their demo, but they were told that they were too much like alternative hip-hoppers De La Soul, and not hardcore or ghetto, and were turned away. Eventually, Warlock, an independent record label, issued a debut single, "Ode to a Forgetful Mind", in 1989, but it went unnoticed.  The record label that released the single in the United Kingdom, Gee Street Records, found greater success. Gee Street mixed and marketed the song so that it earned considerable attention from music reviewers, and P.M. Dawn found themselves courted not just by Gee Street's head, Jon Baker, but also by most of the major UK record labels. Gee Street brought the brothers to London in 1990 to record tracks for an album; however, the label found itself facing bankruptcy during the recording. The

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assistant: The Cordes brothers' father died of pneumonia when they were children.

user: who was his mother?

assistant: The two elder brothers were raised by their mother and their stepfather George Brown,

user: Where did they grow up?

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user: What was their childhood like?

assistant: Attrell Cordes began DJing parties and composing songs in ninth grade.

user: When was their first performance?

assistant: Prince Be, and his younger brother, Jarrett Cordes, known as DJ Minutemix, formed P.M. Dawn in 1988.

user: What was their first song?

assistant: issued a debut single, "Ode to a Forgetful Mind",

user: When was this released?

assistant: ", in 1989, but it went unnoticed.

user: Did they release another song?

assistant: Island issued a few more singles in the United Kingdom before releasing their debut album,

user: when did the album debut?

assistant: 1990 to record tracks for an album;

user: what was the title?

assistant: their debut album, Of the Heart, of the Soul and of the Cross: The Utopian Experience.

user: Did it do well?

assistant: the label found itself facing bankruptcy during the recording.

user: Did they file?

assistant: The entire Gee Street operation, along with P.M. Dawn's recording contract, was sold to the highest bidder,