Year 8, Day 152

Hey guys. Today's song is I Like To Move It by Reel 2 Real featuring The Mad Stuntman.

Alright we had a new dance song yesterday, so I thought why not put up an older dance song. Not that this one is really that old, but you can see and feel the generational gap a little bit. So Reel 2 Real was a hip hop music project from Erick Morillo that was active from 1992 until 1997. In that time he released two albums, from 1994 and 1996. He was a DJ and worked with lots of people before abandoning the pseudonym in 1997. This song specifically was done in 1993 with The Mad Stuntman, the moniker for Mark Quashie. The name was inspired by the 80's TV show The Fall Guy. Quashie was born in Trinidad, but lived in New York where he met Morillo and they worked on this song which became a huge hit. He released three albums, in 1994, 1995, and 1996 before he just kind of faded into obscurity. Obviously this song made a comeback mostly thanks to Madagascar so most people are familiar with it again, which makes it interesting that no one knows anyone about wither of the artists. But at least now you know a little bit.

Peace.