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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.

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. 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?

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