Wednesday 29 September 2021

Reel 2 Real

Reel 2 Real was an American musical project created by producer/DJ Erick Morillo. The project had seven top 10 hits on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in the 1990s. Reel 2 Real is best known for teaming up with Trinidadian toastmaster Mark Quashie (otherwise known as the Mad Stuntman) on "I like to move it". "I like to move it" was also a #1 on the Canada Dance chart in 1994 for 4 weeks. The follow-ups "Go on move" (1994) and "Can you feel it" (1995) also reached #1 on Canada Dance chart. All their UK Top 40 hits featured the Mad Stuntman. Reel 2 Real also scored a US Dance #1 with "The new anthem" in 1992. Reel 2 Real also teamed up with Barbara Tucker, Charlotte Small and Proyecto Uno.

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Feb 1994    5	I Like To Move It (featuring The Mad Stuntman)
Jul 1994    7	Go On Move (featuring The Mad Stuntman)
Oct 1994   13	Can You Feel It (featuring The Mad Stuntman)
Dec 1994   14	Raise Your Hands (featuring The Mad Stuntman)
Apr 1995   27	Conway (featuring The Mad Stuntman)
Jul 1996    7	Jazz It Up (featuring The Mad Stuntman)
Oct 1996   24	Are You Ready For Some More (featuring The Mad Stuntman)

What happened next?
Erick Morillo continued as successful international DJ and producer and work on the Subliminal/Da Mob project, which spawned the US Dance #1 hit, "Fun". He was arrested and charged sexual assault on a woman in 2020. A month later, he died of a drugs overdose at the age of 49. Mad Stuntman paid tribute. Mad Stuntman is still toasting to this day.

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