Shade Business

Shadē Business is the debut solo studio album by American rapper PMD, released on September 27, 1994. 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." The Spin Alternative Record Guide praised the production but missed the "chemistry" of EPMD. In 1999, Ego Trip's Book of Rap Lists considered Shadē Business to be the sixth most disappointing debut rap album.

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