Song:Set Adrift On Memory Bliss
Album:Latest & Greatest: Soul Anthems
Set Adrift On Memory Bliss topped the charts in 1991. It was the biggest hit for the rap duo P.M. Dawn. It was an influential record because it showed a different type of sound than what we normally heard from rap music. P.M. Dawn are brothers Attrell (Prince Be) and Jarrett (DJ Minutemix) Cordes from Jersey City, NJ. Their father died from pneumonia when they were young. Their stepfather was Kool & The Gang drummer George Brown. Attrell started DJing while in high school. They formed P.M. Dawn in 1988. They recorded a demo with money that Attrell earned as a security guard at a homeless shelter. Tommy Boy rejected the demo. They said they sounded too much like De La Soul. It was released on the British label Warlock and then Gee Street. That's when record companies came calling and they signed with Island after Gee Street had financial problems. I think Island bought Gee Street. Their 1991 debut album Of the Heart, Of the Soul and of the Cross: The Utopian Experience was certified Gold after Set Adrift On Memory Bliss topped the Billboard Hot 100. The song was written by Attrell Cordes based on the Spandau Ballet hit True. Spandau Ballet leader Gary Kemp appeared in the video. The song offered a different kind of rap than we had heard up to that point. It was influential on the hip hop that followed. P.M. Dawn had two more top ten hits; I'd Die Without You in 1992 and Looking Through Patient Eyes in 1993. They faded after that. P.M. Dawn released four albums, the final one in 1998. There are no comps available but you can get Set Adrift On Memory Bliss on this 5CD budget comp from the German label H'Art. Though they did appear on the NBC series Hit Me Baby One More Time, Jarrett Cordes had repeated issues with sexual abuse. Attrell Cordes suffered a stroke in 2005 and eventually died in 2016. Their cousin Gregory Carr currently performs as P.M. Dawn. Here's the video for Set Adrift On Memory Bliss by P.M. Dawn.
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