Reel 2 Real

Reel 2 Real was a house music duo with reggae influences that scored seven Top 10 hits on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in the nineties.

The act's core member is producer and DJ Erick Morillo from New York City, who spent a portion of his childhood living in Colombia. The first release as Reel 2 Real was "The New Anthem" which spent a week at #1 in 1992.

Although it peaked at #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 was an international smash and crossed over to the Hot 100 in 1994, peaking at #89. It was successful in the United Kingdom, where it peaked at 5 on the singles chart, and in France and The Netherlands it peaked at #1. The song would later be used in DreamWorks' CGI animated film "Madagascar" (2005), 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 abandoned in 1996, after which Morillo spent a few years establishing himself as an underground DJ.

Discography

Albums

* 1994 Move It!
* 1995 Reel 2 Remixed
* 1996 Are You Ready for Some More?

ingles

* 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

ee also

*List of number-one dance hits (United States)
*List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart