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{{Infobox musical artist
{{Infobox musical artist
|image = Parrish Smith (9285461203).jpg
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|caption = PMD performing in 2013
| caption = PMD performing in 2013
|name = PMD
| name = PMD
|background = solo_singer
| background = solo_singer
|birth_name = Parrish J. Smith
| birth_name = Parrish J. Smith
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1968|05|13}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1968|05|13}}
|origin = [[Brentwood, New York|Brentwood]], [[Long Island]], [[New York (state)|New York]], United States
| origin = [[Brentwood, New York]], [[United States]]
|genre = [[Hip hop music|Hip hop]]
| genre = [[East Coast hip hop]]
|occupation = Rapper
| occupation = [[Rapper]]
|years_active = 1987–present
| years_active = 1987–present
| label = {{hlist|[[RCA Records|RCA]]|[[Relativity Records|Relativity]]|Solid Records|[[RBC Records|RBC]]|[[Hit Squad]]}}
|instrument = [[Rapping]] / [[DJ]]
| associated_acts = {{hlist|[[EPMD]]|[[Erick Sermon]]|[[DJ Scratch]]|[[DJ Honda]]|[[Das EFX]]|[[LL Cool J]]}}
|label = [[Relativity Records|Relativity]], Solid Records, Traffic Entertainment Group, [[Hit Squad]]
| website =
|associated_acts = [[EPMD]], [[Erick Sermon]], [[DJ Scratch]], [[DJ Honda]], [[Das EFX]], [[LL Cool J]]
}}
}}
'''Parrish J. Smith''' (born May 13, 1968), better known as '''PMD''' (Parrish Mic Doc), is an east coast rapper from [[Brentwood, New York|Smithtown]], [[Long Island]] and one-third of [[EPMD]] with [[Erick Sermon]] and [[DJ Scratch]].
'''Parrish J. Smith''' (born May 13, 1968), better known as '''PMD''' ('<nowiki/>'''P'''arrish '''M'''ic '''D'''oc' or ''''P'''arrish '''M'''aking '''D'''ollars'), is an American rapper from [[Smithtown, New York]], a member of [[EPMD]]/[[Hit Squad]]. He attended [[Brentwood High School (New York)|Brentwood High School]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.publicschoolreview.com/brentwood-high-school-profile/11717|title=Brentwood High School Profile (2018-19) {{!}} Brentwood, NY|last=|first=|date=|website=Public School Review|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=May 17, 2019}}</ref> 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]].

PMD, who attended [[Brentwood High School (Brentwood, New York)|Brentwood High School]],<ref>[http://www.publicschoolreview.com/school_ov/school_id/54636 Public School Review]</ref> has released three solo albums, 1994's ''[[Shade Business]]'', 1996's ''[[Business Is Business (album)|Business Is Business]]'' and 2003's ''[[The Awakening (PMD album)|The Awakening]]''. In 2002, he released an album with [[Japanese hip hop]] luminary [[DJ Honda]] titled ''[[Underground Connection]]''. Recently,{{when|date=July 2018}} he has been on tour throughout the US and Europe while residing in [[Bay Shore, New York|Bay Shore]].


==Discography==
==Discography==
===Albums===
=== Solo albums ===
{|class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+List of studio albums, with selected chart positions
! rowspan="2" scope="col" style="width:15em;" |Title
! rowspan="2" scope="col" style="width:15em;" |Album details
! colspan="2" scope="col" |Peak chart positions
|-
|-
! scope="col" style="width:2.8em;font-size:90%;" |[[Billboard 200|US]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pmd/chart-history/billboard-200|title=PMD Chart History (''Billboard'' 200)|website=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=May 17, 2019}}</ref>
!rowspan="2"| Year
! scope="col" style="width:2.8em;font-size:90%;" |[[Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums|US R&B/HH]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pmd/chart-history/r-b-hip-hop-albums|title=PMD Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)|website=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=May 17, 2019}}</ref>
!rowspan="2"| Title
!colspan="3"| Chart positions
|-
|-
! scope="row" |''[[Shade Business]]''
! <small>[[Billboard 200|U.S.]]</small>
|
! <small>[[Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums|U.S. R&B]]</small>
* Released: September 27, 1994
!|<small>[[Hot Rap Tracks|U.S. Rap]]</small>
* Label: [[RCA Records|RCA]]
|65
|12
|-
|-
! scope="row" |''[[Business Is Business (album)|Bu$ine$$ I$ Bu$ine$$]]''
|1994
|
|''[[Shade Business]]''
*Released: September 27, 1994
* Released: October 22, 1996
*Label: [[RCA Records|RCA]]
* Label: [[Relativity Records|Relativity]]/[[Epic Records]]
|180
|align="center"|65
|29
|align="center"|12
|-
|align="center"|-
! scope="row" |''[[The Awakening (PMD album)|The Awakening]]''
|
* Released: June 17, 2003
* Label: Solid Records/Traffic Entertainment Group
|—
|—
|-
|-
! scope="row" |''Busine$$ Mentality''
|1996
|
|''[[Business Is Business (album)|Business Is Business]]''
*Released: October 22, 1996
* Released: September 29, 2017
*Label: [[Relativity Records|Relativity]]
* Label: Goon MuSick/[[RBC Records|RBC]]
|—
|align="center"|180
|—
|align="center"|29
|align="center"|-
|-
|-
| colspan="4" style="text-align:center; font-size:8pt;" |"—" denotes releases that did not chart, or was not released in that country.
|2003
|''[[The Awakening (PMD album)|The Awakening]]
*Released: June 17, 2003
*Label: Solid Records
|align="center"|190
|align="center"|85
|align="center"|-
|}
|}

===EPs===
===EPs===
{|class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+List of [[extended play]]s
! scope="col" style="width:15em;" |Title
! scope="col" style="width:15em;" |Album details
|-
|-
! scope="row" |''New Business''
!rowspan="2"| Year
''<small>(From My Hood to Your Hood)</small>''
!rowspan="2"| Title
|
!colspan="3"| Chart positions
* Released: September 13, 2013
|-
* Label: [[RBC Records]]
! <small>[[Billboard 200|U.S.]]</small>
! <small>[[Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums|U.S. R&B]]</small>
!|<small>[[Hot Rap Tracks|U.S. Rap]]</small>
|-
|2013
|''New Business (From My Hood to Your Hood)''
*Released: 2013
*Label: RBC Records
|align="center"|–
|align="center"|–
|align="center"|–
|-
| colspan="14" style="font-size:90%" | "—" denotes a title that did not chart, or has not been released yet.
|}
|}
===Collaborative albums===

{{Main|EPMD discography}}
===Collaboration albums===
{|class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+List of collaborative studio albums
|-
! scope="col" style="width:15em;" |Title
!rowspan="2"| Year
! scope="col" style="width:15em;" |Album details
!rowspan="2"| Title
!colspan="3"| Chart positions
|-
! <small>[[Billboard 200|U.S.]]</small>
! <small>[[Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums|U.S. R&B]]</small>
!|<small>[[Hot Rap Tracks|U.S. Rap]]</small>
|-
|2002
|''Underground Connection'' with [[DJ Honda]]<ref name="hiphopdx1">[http://hiphopdx.com/news/id.22793/title.pmd-teams-with-sean-strange-snowgoons-for-the-goondox HipHopDX]</ref>
*Released: 2002
*Label: DJ Honda Recordings/T-Entertainment
|align="center"|–
|align="center"|–
|align="center"|–
|-
|-
! scope="row" |''[[Underground Connection]]''<br><small>(with [[DJ Honda]])</small>
|2013
|
|''[[Welcome To The Goondox]]'' with [[Sean Strange]] & [[Snowgoons]]<ref name="hiphopdx1"/>
*Released: 2013
* Released: 2002
*Label: Goon MuSick/Illseed/RBC Records
* Label: DJ Honda Recordings
|align="center"|–
|align="center"|–
|align="center"|–
|-
|-
! scope="row" |''Welcome to the Goondox''<br><small>(with [[Snowgoons]] & Sean Strange)</small><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.22793/title.pmd-teams-with-sean-strange-snowgoons-for-the-goondox|title=PMD Teams With Sean Strange & Snowgoons For The Goondox|last=Ryon|first=Sean|date=February 4, 2013|website=[[HipHopDX]]|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=May 17, 2019}}</ref>
| colspan="14" style="font-size:90%" | "—" denotes a title that did not chart, or has not been released yet.
|
* Released: April 9, 2013
* Label: Goon MuSick
|}
|}


===Singles===
===Charted singles===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!rowspan="2"|Year
!rowspan="2"|Year
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!rowspan="2"|Album
!rowspan="2"|Album
|-
|-
!width="40"|<small>[[Billboard Hot 100|U.S. Hot 100]]</small>
!width="40"|<small>[[Billboard Hot 100|US]]</small>
!width="40"|<small>[[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|U.S. R&B]]</small>
!width="40"|<small>[[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|US R&B]]</small>
!width="40"|<small>[[Hot Rap Tracks|U.S. Rap]]</small>
!width="40"|<small>[[Hot Rap Tracks|US Rap]]</small>
|-
|-
|align="center" rowspan="2"|1994
|align="center" rowspan="2"|1994
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|-
|-
|align="left"|"[[Swing Your Own Thing]]"
|align="left"|"[[Swing Your Own Thing]]"
|align="center"|–
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|–
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|40
|align="center"|40
|-
|-
|align="center" rowspan="1"|1996
|align="center" rowspan="1"|1996
|align="left"|"[[Rugged-n-Raw]]" <small>(featuring [[Das EFX]])</small>
|align="left"|"[[Rugged-n-Raw]]" <small>(featuring [[Das EFX]])</small>
|align="center"|–
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|89
|align="center"|89
|align="center"|19
|align="center"|19
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|align="center" rowspan="1"|1997
|align="center" rowspan="1"|1997
|align="left"|"[[It's the Pee]]" <small>(featuring [[Mobb Deep]])</small>
|align="left"|"[[It's the Pee]]" <small>(featuring [[Mobb Deep]])</small>
|align="center"|–
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|82
|align="center"|82
|align="center"|–
|align="center"|31
|}
|}


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==External links==
==External links==
*{{AllMusic|id=mn0000001887|title=PMD}}
*[https://myspace.com/pmdhitsquad PMD] on [[Myspace]]
*{{Discogs artist|artist=108619|name=PMD}}


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Revision as of 19:25, 17 May 2019

PMD
PMD performing in 2013
PMD performing in 2013
Background information
Birth nameParrish J. Smith
Born (1968-05-13) May 13, 1968 (age 56)
OriginBrentwood, New York, United States
GenresEast Coast hip hop
OccupationRapper
Years active1987–present
Labels

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

Main article: EPMD discography
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

References

  1. ^ "Brentwood High School Profile (2018-19) | Brentwood, NY". Public School Review. Retrieved May 17, 2019. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  2. ^ "PMD Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
  3. ^ "PMD Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
  4. ^ Ryon, Sean (February 4, 2013). "PMD Teams With Sean Strange & Snowgoons For The Goondox". HipHopDX. Retrieved May 17, 2019. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
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