Reel 2 Real
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Reel 2 Real is a house music and reggae-influenced duo which had seven Top 10 hits on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in the 1990s.
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Biography
The duo's core member is producer and DJ Erick Morillo from New York City, who spent a portion of his childhood living in Colombia and also in Union City, New Jersey. The first release as Reel 2 Real was The New Anthem which spent a week at No. 1 in 1992.
Although it peaked at No. 8 on the dance chart, Reel 2 Real is best known for the dancehall reggae-influenced house track I Like to Move It, which featured Trinidad and Tobago native and toaster Mark Quashie, also known as the Mad Stuntman. The song peaked at No. 89 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1994. It was successful in the United Kingdom, where it peaked at No. 5 on the singles chart, and in France and the Netherlands it peaked at No. 1. The song would later be used in 2005 animated film Madagascar, and was covered by comedian Sacha Baron Cohen but produced by Morillo, making it a hit once again in 2005. In all, The Mad Stuntman was featured on four of Reel 2 Real's top 10 dance hits. Later singles featured Barbara Tucker, Charlotte Small, and Proyecto Uno. The Reel 2 Real alias was abandonedJ.
Discography
Albums
- 1994 Move It!
- 1995 Reel 2 Remixed
- 1996 Are You Ready for Some More?
Singles
- 1993 "The New Anthem"
- 1994 "I Like to Move It"
- 1994 "Go On Move"
- 1994 "Can You Feel It?"
- 1994 "Raise Your Hands"
- 1995 "Conway"
- 1996 "Jazz It Up"
- 1996 "Are You Ready for Some More?"
- 1997 "After the Rain"
See also
- List of number-one dance hits (United States)
- List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart
