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Greg Nice

Real Name:
Gregory Mays
Profile:
Old-school US rap artist who started out as Human Beatbox for T La Rock before forming the group Nice & Smooth with Smooth B.

Has since guested on a variety of classic hip-hop singles and has been a significant influence on the likes of Fatman Scoop and DJ Kool with his hype-man style.
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Discography

Releases:
Set It Off (12")   Paper Music 1995
Comin Thru With The Click (12")   Timeless Inc.  
Water (12")   Not On Label  
Remixes:
Dirty Dawg (Maxi) (5 versions) Dirty Dawg (Greg Nice ... Sony Music Entertainment (Austria) ... 1993
Keep It Real (12") Keep It Real (Remix), ... Columbia 1993
I Likes It (3 versions) I Likes It (The Big Ex... Cutting Records 1994
Production:
Nice & Smooth (Album) (2 versions)   Fresh Records ... 1989
Smooth (12")   Bumrush! 1989
Ain't A Damn Thing Changed (Album) (2 versions)   Rush Associated Labels 1991
Hip Hop Junkies (Single) (2 versions)   Rush Associated Labels 1991
How To Flow (Single) (2 versions)   Rush Associated Labels 1991
Livin' Large! Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Comp) (2 versions)   Def Jam Recordings 1991
Strictly Business - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (CD, Album) How To Flow MCA Records, Uptown Records 1991
Ex Girl To Next Girl (2 versions) DWYCK Chrysalis 1992
Explicit Rap (Comp) (2 versions) Sometimes I Rhyme Slow ZYX Records 1992
Heritage - 12 Hip Hop Anthems (CD) Hip-Hop Junkies (Bedfo... Elevate 1993
Heritage - 12 Hip Hop Anthems (2xVinyl, EP) Hip-Hop Junkies (Bedfo... Elevate 1993
Keep It Real (12")   Columbia 1993
Return Of The Body Snatcha (Single) (3 versions)   Phat Wax Records 1993
Behind Bars (Album) (3 versions) Let's All Get Down Def Jam Recordings 1994
DWYCK (2 versions)   Chrysalis ... 1994
Jewel Of The Nile (Album) (2 versions)   Rush Associated Labels 1994
Return Of The HipHop Freaks (2 versions)   Rush Associated Labels 1994
#1 Player (2 versions) Wanna Make Moves Select Records 1995
Def Jam Music Group - Ten Year Anniversary (4xCD + Box, Ltd) Hip Hop Junkies, Somet... Def Jam Recordings 1995
Here We Go / Hands Up High (12")   Xcluzive, Cutting Records 1995
Wanna Make Moves (12")   Select Records 1995
IV : Blazing Hot (Album) (3 versions) Hot Sh*t, Mad Love, Bu... Street Life Records (2) ... 1997
Take It Personal / DWYCK (12")   Virgin Records America, Inc. 2004
Black October (Album) (2 versions) My Mind Riverside Drive Records 2006
Co-production:
Ain't A Damn Thing Changed (Album) (2 versions) Paranoia Rush Associated Labels 1991
Mix:
Nice & Smooth (CD, Album)   Fresh Records 1989
Jewel Of The Nile (CD, Album)   Rush Associated Labels 1994
Old To The New / Blunts (12")   Rush Associated Labels 1994
Appears On:
Breaking Bells / Bass Machine (3 versions) Bass Machine (Club), B... Fresh Records ... 1986
Lyrical King (From The Boogie Down Bronx) (Album) (3 versions) Three Minutes Of Beat Box Fresh Records ... 1987
This Beat Kicks (Chad Beat Remix) / Having Fun / Back To Burn (12") Having Fun Ten Records Ltd. (10 Records) 1987
Nice & Smooth (Album) (3 versions)   Fresh Records 1989
Take It Personal (2 versions)   Chrysalis 1992
You Remind Me (Maxi) (3 versions) You Remind Me (Daddy H... MCA Records ... 1992
Goody Goody (Maxi) (4 versions) Goody Goody (Hip Hop M... Columbia ... 1993
Be Happy (Vinyl, Promo, S/Sided) Be Happy (Ron G. H. & ... MCA Records Ltd. 1994
Dance Pool Vol. 1 (CD, Comp, Mixed) Goody Goody (Radio Edit) Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) 1994
Hard To Earn (Album) (2 versions) DWYCK Chrysalis 1994
Jewel Of The Nile (Album) (2 versions)   Rush Associated Labels 1994
#1 Player (CD) Wanna Make Moves Select Records 1995
C + C Music Factory (Album) (3 versions) Don't Stop The Music MCA Records 1995
Here We Go / Hands Up High (12") Hands Up High Xcluzive, Cutting Records 1995
Ultimate (CD, Comp) Do You Wanna Get Funky... Columbia, Sony Music Entertainment 1995
(unknown) (12") Bitches Tru Criminal Records 1996
Can't Hold Us Down (12")   Paper Music 1996
Yo Love / Me And The Click (12") Me & The Click (Radio)... Mercury 1996
Dangerous / You Won't Tell, I Won't Tell (12") You Won't Tell, I Won'... Elektra 1997
Keep It Movin' (Album) (2 versions) Me & The Click Mercury 1997
6 Minutes (2 versions) 6 Minutes (Greg Nice V... Island Records 1998
The Rican-Struction EP (EP) (2 versions) Freak Ya (Dirty), Frea... Touch Entertainment 1998
A Musical Massacre (Album) (6 versions) Turn It Out Relativity ... 1999
A Musical Massacre Mixtape (Cass, Promo) Turn It Out, Turn It Out Relativity 1999
Watch Out Now (Maxi) (3 versions) Turn It Out (Clean), T... Relativity 1999
No Escapin' This (Single, Maxi) (5 versions) No Escapin' This (Dirt... Loud Records 2000
The Piece Maker (Album) (4 versions) Pit Fight Tommy Boy Music 2000
Beatnuts Forever (2xLP) Turn It Out, No Escapi... Relativity 2001
Disposable Arts (Album) (4 versions) Don't Understand JCOR Entertainment ... 2001
Don't Understand (Pump It Like This) / Acknowledge (12", Promo) Don't Understand (Pump... JCOR Entertainment 2001
Fat Beats Compilation Vol. 1 (Comp) (3 versions) Hot Shit Koch Records ... 2001
Hot Shit (12")   D&D Records 2001
Let's Git Doe (12") Yo Yo Yo (Clean), Yo Y... Loud Records 2001
Now That's What I Call Music! 8 (CD) Start The Commotion Virgin Records America, Inc. 2001
Take It Or Squeeze It (Album) (5 versions) Yo Yo Yo, No Escapin' ... Loud Records ... 2001
Classic Nuts Volume 1 (4 versions) No Escapin' This, Turn... Loud Records 2002
D&D Project II (Comp) (2 versions) Hot Shit D&D Records 2002
Wanna Buy A Monkey? - A Mixtape Session (Comp) (3 versions) Don't Understand Sequence Records ... 2002
Fav. Masta Ace Trkz (CD, Mixed, Promo) Don't Understand Not On Label 2004
Find Us (12") Hot (Radio Edit), Hot ... Penalty Recordings 2004
Hot (12")   Beatnuts Music 2004
Milk Me (Album) (4 versions) Hot Penalty Recordings 2004
Preemptive Hype Vol. 2 (12", Promo) Hot HipHopSite.com Recordings 2004
Undercover Cuts 15 (CD, Enh, Promo) Hot Undercover Mag 2004
Raiding The 20th Century - Words & Music Expansion (CDr, Mixed) Bass Machine (Club Ver... Ninja Tune 2005
Black October (Album) (2 versions) My Mind Riverside Drive Records 2006
My Brother's Keeper (CD, Album) Don't Start Fastlife 2006
Natural Selection EP (Vinyl, EP) Stick 'Em Up Nature Sounds 2006
Nature Sounds Presents Natural Selection (CD, Comp) Stick 'Em Up Nature Sounds 2006
Nature Sounds Presents Natural Selection (2xLP) Stick 'Em Up Nature Sounds 2006
Pac's Life (CD, Album) International Amaru Entertainment, Interscope Records 2006
Chedda / Stick Em Up (12") Stick Em Up (Clean), S... Nature Sounds 2007
The City Never Sleeps (CD, Album, Promo) Stickem Up Nature Sounds 2007
Check Your Coat (12", Promo) Check Your Coat - Main... Universal Records 2008
Life Is Expensive (Album) (2 versions) The Unfortunate Twist Glow-In-The-Dark ... 2008
Tracks Appear On:
Mixtape N°17 (Cass) Set It Off Double H Production 1995
Guess Who's Comin' To Dinner (2xLP) Set If Off Spoiled Brat Recordings 1996
Guess Who's Comin' To Dinner, Vol. 2 WKISS FM (CD, Mixed) Set If Off Spoiled Brat Recordings 1996
#56 - Hotshit (Cass, Mixed) Freakya Tape Kingz 1997
60 Minutes Of Funk - The Mix Tape Volume II (7 versions) Set It Off Loud Records ... 1997
Mixtape Party Jam (Cass) Back To The Old School Double H Production 1997
XXL (Cass, Mixed) You Won't Tell I Won't... Tape Kingz 1998
Into The Groove Volume 38 (CD, Smplr, Car) Pit Fight Groove Magazine France 2000
Fo The H€ad$ Part 4 Mixed By DJ Krylon (CD, Mixed, Album) Don't Understand Not On Label 2001
Zoolander - Music From The Motion Picture (CD, Comp) Start The Commotion Hollywood Records 2001
Two, Three Break Volume 2 (Cass, Comp, Mixed, Ltd, Promo) Three Minutes Of Beat Box Supapeople 2002
Wanna Buy A Monkey? • A Mixtape Session (CD, Comp, Mixed) Don't Understand Wordplay Records, Wordplay Records 2002
ESPN Presents Stadium Anthems: Music For The Fans (CD, Comp) Start The Commotion Hollywood Records 2003
Fondation Vol.3 (CD, Promo) Down The Line 1Ness Records 2004
Hip Hop Can't Be Stopped (Cass, Mixed) Greg Gettin' Nice On "... Not On Label  
Unofficial Releases:
Untitled (12") Set It Off Not On Label 1995
Choice Cuts (CD) Don't Understand (Remix) Not On Label 2005
The Manual (File, MP3, Mixed) Party 4 Free Not On Label 2009
New Jack 4 Life Vol. 1 (The New Jack Swing Remixes) (12") She's Got That Vibe (T... T-Town Records  
Untitled (12", Promo) Don't Stop The Music Spart  
Untitled (Vinyl, EP) Be Happy (Ron G. Remix) Not On Label  
Work It Out (12")   Greg Nice Music ASCAP  
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