P.M. Dawn is an American alternative hip-hop and R&B act from Jersey City, New Jersey formed in 1988. The group was founded as a duo by brothers Attrell Cordes (stage name Prince Be, sometimes credited as Prince Be the Nocturnal) and Jarrett Cordes (Eternal or DJ Minutemix). The group was noted for an eclectic and non-traditional take on hip-hop, and had significant crossover success in the early 1990s by merging hip-hop, older soul, and more pop-oriented urban R&B. P.M. Dawn recorded its debut single, "Ode to a Forgetful Mind", in 1988. Its 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". The 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 also received strong reviews for its next albums, Jesus Wept (1995) and Dearest Christian, I'm So Very Sorry for Bringing You Here. Love, Dad (1998), despite their poor sales. In 2005, Prince Be's health issues due to complications of diabetes led his cousin Doc. G to take 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 the Cordes brothers' involvement.
