P.M. Dawn

P.M. Dawn
P.M. Dawn (Attrell Cordes and Jarrett Cordes) in Los Angeles in 1991.
Background information
Origin	Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S.
Genres	Hip hop R&B
Years active	1988–present
Labels	Gee Street V2 Island
Members	Doc. G K-R.O.K.
Past members	Prince Be Eternal/DJ Minutemix

P.M. Dawn is an American hip hop and R&B act that 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 Eternal or DJ Minutemix) in Jersey City, New Jersey.^[1] They earned significant crossover success in the early 1990s with music that merged hip hop, older soul, and more pop-oriented urban R&B.^[2]

P.M. Dawn recorded their debut single, "Ode to a Forgetful Mind", in 1988. Their first album, Of the Heart, of the Soul and of the Cross: The Utopian Experience, was released in 1991 to critical acclaim, and was an immediate commercial success driven by its single "Set Adrift on Memory Bliss". Their 1993 follow-up, The Bliss Album...? (Vibrations of Love and Anger and the Ponderance of Life and Existence), featuring the hit singles "I'd Die Without You" and "Looking Through Patient Eyes", was also praised by critics. P.M. Dawn continued to receive strong reviews with their subsequent albums, Jesus Wept (1995) and Dearest Christian, I'm So Very Sorry for Bringing You Here. Love, Dad (1998), despite their poor sales.^[2]

In 2005, Prince Be’s health issues due to complications from diabetes, led to his cousin Doc. G taking ownership of P.M. Dawn and Eternal’s departure from the group. In 2016, Prince Be died from kidney disease. Doc G. continues to perform as P.M. Dawn, without involvement of the Cordes brothers.