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</style><table class="infobox vevent haudio"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary album" style="font-style: italic; color: inherit; background-color: lightsteelblue; font-size: 125%;">Smooth Assassin</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: lightsteelblue"><a href="Album" title="Album">Studio album</a> by <div class="contributor" style="display:inline"><a href="Grand_Daddy_I.U." title="Grand Daddy I.U.">Grand Daddy I.U.</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Released</th><td class="infobox-data published">1990</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Recorded</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">1989–90</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="Music_genre" title="Music genre">Genre</a></th><td class="infobox-data category hlist"><a href="Hip_hop_music" class="mw-redirect" title="Hip hop music">Hip hop</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="Record_label" title="Record label">Label</a></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="Cold_Chillin'_Records" title="Cold Chillin' Records">Cold Chillin'</a></li><li><a href="Reprise_Records" title="Reprise Records">Reprise</a></li><li><a href="Warner_Records" title="Warner Records">Warner Bros.</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="Record_producer" title="Record producer">Producer</a></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="Biz_Markie" title="Biz Markie">Biz Markie</a> <small>(also <a href="Executive_producer" title="Executive producer">exec.</a>)</small></li><li>Cool V <small>(<abbr title="co-producer">co.</abbr>)</small></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: lightsteelblue"><a href="Grand_Daddy_I.U." title="Grand Daddy I.U.">Grand Daddy I.U.</a> chronology</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">

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<td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em .1em"><i><b>Smooth Assassin</b></i><br>(1990)

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<td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em 0 .2em .1em"><i><a href="Lead_Pipe_(album)" title="Lead Pipe (album)">Lead Pipe</a></i><br>(1994)

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<p><i><b>Smooth Assassin</b></i> is the debut studio album by the American rapper <a href="Grand_Daddy_I.U." title="Grand Daddy I.U.">Grand Daddy I.U.</a>, from <a href="Queens" title="Queens">Queens, New York</a>. It was released in 1990 via <a href="Cold_Chillin'_Records" title="Cold Chillin' Records">Cold Chillin' Records</a>. The album was produced by <a href="Biz_Markie" title="Biz Markie">Biz Markie</a>, with Cutmaster Cool V serving as the co-producer and mixer of the album.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Critical_reception">Critical reception</h2></div>

<table class="wikitable floatright" style="width:24.2em;font-size:88%;text-align:center;margin:0.5em 0 0.5em 1em;padding:0;border-spacing:0"><caption style="font-size:115%">Professional ratings</caption><tbody><tr><th scope="col" colspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:#202122;background:#d1dbdf;font-size:100%">Review scores</th></tr><tr><th scope="col">Source</th><th scope="col">Rating</th></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><a href="AllMusic" title="AllMusic">AllMusic</a></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><span role="img" style="white-space:nowrap" title="2/5 stars"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="2/5 stars"></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span></span></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><i>RapReviews</i></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle">8.5/10<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table>

<p><i><a href="The_Washington_Post" title="The Washington Post">The Washington Post</a></i> concluded that "Grand Daddy's rhymes and metaphors are often limited, his 'smooth' delivery is actually boring and the two add up to a real yawner of an album."<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<ul><li>All tracks produced by <a href="Biz_Markie" title="Biz Markie">Biz Markie</a>.</li></ul>

<ol><li>"The U Is Smooth" - 5:00</li>

<li>"Something New" <small>(featuring Desiree Price, Raezia Rolle & Toni Rolle)</small> - 4:49</li>

<li>"Mass Destruction" - 3:58</li>

<li>"Kay Cee Is Nasty" - 1:56</li>

<li>"Nobody Move" - 4:27</li>

<li>"Dominos" - 4:24</li>

<li>"Behind Bars" - 4:29</li>

<li>"Soul Touch" - 4:16</li>

<li>"This Is a Recording" - 5:12</li>

<li>"Sugar Free" <small>(featuring <a href="Abstrac" title="Abstrac">Mary Brown</a>)</small> - 5:01</li>

<li>"Phuck 'Em Up U" - 2:27</li>

<li>"Shout Outs" - 2:42</li></ol>

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<p><b>The U Is Smooth</b>

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<ul><li>"Hydra" by <a href="Grover_Washington_Jr." title="Grover Washington Jr.">Grover Washington Jr.</a></li></ul>

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<ul><li>"Reggins" by <a href="The_Blackbyrds" title="The Blackbyrds">the Blackbyrds</a></li>

<li>"Love Rap" by <a href="Spoonie_Gee" title="Spoonie Gee">Spoonie Gee</a></li></ul>

<p><b>Something New</b>

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<li>"<a href="I'm_Your_Puppet" title="I'm Your Puppet">I'm Your Puppet</a>" by <a href="James_%26_Bobby_Purify" title="James & Bobby Purify">James & Bobby Purify</a></li></ul>

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<ul><li>"White Lightning (I Mean Moonshine)" by <a href="James_Brown" title="James Brown">James Brown</a></li>

<li>"<a href="Think_(About_It)" title="Think (About It)">Think (About It)</a>" by <a href="Lyn_Collins" title="Lyn Collins">Lyn Collins</a></li></ul>

<p><b>Mass Destruction</b>

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<ul><li>"Storm King" by <a href="Bob_James_(musician)" title="Bob James (musician)">Bob James</a></li></ul>

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<ul><li>"You Can Call Me Rover" by <a href="The_Main_Ingredient_(band)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Main Ingredient (band)">the Main Ingredient</a></li></ul>

<p><b>Kay Cee Is Nasty</b>

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<ul><li>"<a href="Synthetic_Substitution" title="Synthetic Substitution">Synthetic Substitution</a>" by <a href="Melvin_Bliss" title="Melvin Bliss">Melvin Bliss</a></li>

<li>"<a href="Escape-ism" title="Escape-ism">Escape-ism</a>" by <a href="James_Brown" title="James Brown">James Brown</a></li></ul>

<p><b>Nobody Move</b>

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<ul><li>"Red Baron" by <a href="Billy_Cobham" title="Billy Cobham">Billy Cobham</a></li></ul>

<p><b>Dominos</b>

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<ul><li>"Blues and Pants" by <a href="James_Brown" title="James Brown">James Brown</a></li>

<li>"Dominoes" by <a href="Donald_Byrd" title="Donald Byrd">Donald Byrd</a></li></ul>

<p><b>Behind Bars</b>

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<ul><li>"Yes We Can Can" by <a href="The_Pointer_Sisters" title="The Pointer Sisters">the Pointer Sisters</a></li></ul>

<p><b>Soul Touch</b>

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<ul><li>"Soul Touch" by <a href="Ronnie_Mitchell" title="Ronnie Mitchell">Ronnie Mitchell</a></li></ul>

<p><b>Sugar Free</b>

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<ul><li>"Sugar Free" by <a href="Juicy_(band)" title="Juicy (band)">Juicy</a></li>

<li>"<a href="Funky_President_(People_It's_Bad)" title="Funky President (People It's Bad)">Funky President (People It's Bad)</a>" by <a href="James_Brown" title="James Brown">James Brown</a></li></ul>

<p><b>Phuck 'Em Up U</b>

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<ul><li>"The Message from the Soul Sisters" by <a href="Vicki_Anderson" title="Vicki Anderson">Myra Barnes</a></li></ul>

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</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/smooth-assassin-mw0000690394">"Smooth Assassin Grand Daddy I.U."</a> <i><a href="AllMusic" title="AllMusic">AllMusic</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">January 20,</span> 2019</span>.</cite></span>

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<li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite id="CITEREFJuon2007" class="citation web cs1">Juon, Steve 'Flash' (March 6, 2007). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.rapreviews.com/archive/BTTL_smoothassassin.html">"Grand Daddy I.U. Smooth Assassin"</a>. <i>www.rapreviews.com</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">January 20,</span> 2019</span>.</cite></span>

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<li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite id="CITEREFGriffin1991" class="citation news cs1">Griffin, Gil (April 26, 1991). "Early Rappers Aim to Update Images". <i>The Washington Post</i>. p. N16.</cite></span>

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<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://granddaddyiu.bandcamp.com/album/smooth-assassin">Smooth Assassin by Grand Daddy I.U.</a> on <a href="Bandcamp" title="Bandcamp">Bandcamp</a></li>

<li><i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.discogs.com/master/168820">Grand Daddy I.U. – Smooth Assassin</a></i> at <a href="Discogs" title="Discogs">Discogs</a> (list of releases)</li></ul>

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