Get Up on It
Get Up On It is the fourth studio album by the American R&B recording artist Keith Sweat. Released on June 28, 1994, it went to #1 on the R&B Albums chart for two weeks and #8 on the Billboard 200 chart.
Get Up on It | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | June 28, 1994 | |||
Recorded | 1993-1994 | |||
Genre | New jack swing[1] | |||
Length | 54:17 | |||
Label | Elektra | |||
Producer | Keith Sweat | |||
Keith Sweat chronology | ||||
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Singles from Get Up On It | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | |
Entertainment Weekly | B+[1] |
Los Angeles Times |
Singles from the album include the lead-off single "How Do You Like It?", the title track and "When I Give My Love" - overall were Top 30 R&B hits. The album features collaborations from the late Left Eye of TLC, Roger Troutman of Zapp and up and coming group Kut Klose, which features Athena Cage. On December 6, 1994, Get Up on It was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, for shipments of one million copies in the United States.[4]
Track listing
- "How Do You Like It?" (interlude) (Sweat/Scott/Jefferson)
- "How Do You Like It?" (featuring Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes) (Sweat/Scott/Jefferson/Lopes)
- "It Gets Better" (Sweat/Flowers)
- "Get Up On It" (featuring Kut Klose) (Sweat/Scott)
- "Feels So Good" (Sweat/McCaine)
- "How Do You Like It? (Pt. II)" (featuring Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes)
- "Intermission Break" (Sweat/Scott)
- "My Whole World" (Sweat/McCaine)
- "Grind On You" (Sweat/Ward/Leach)
- "When I Give My Love" (Sweat/Scott/Jefferson)
- "Put Your Lovin' Through The Test" (featuring Roger Troutman) (Sweat/Flowers)
- "Telephone Love" (Sweat)
- "Come Into My Bedroom" (Sweat/Flowers)
- "For You (You Got Everything)" (Sweat/Flowers)
Personnel
- Keith Sweat - main performer, producer, writer, executive producer
- Jerry Flowers - producer, writer
- Eric McCaine - producer, writer
- Lisa Lopes - writer, guest performer
- Kut Klose - performer
- Fitzgerald Scott - producer, writer
- Roger Troutman - guest performer
- William Ward (Billybad) - producer, writer
- Joe Jefferson - producer, writer
- Anthony Leach - producer, writer
Charts
Chart (1994) | Peak position |
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Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[5] | 28 |
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[6] | 86 |
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[7] | 46 |
UK Albums (OCC)[8] | 20 |
US Billboard 200[9] | 8 |
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[10] | 1 |
Certifications
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United States (RIAA)[11] | 4× Platinum | 4,000,000^ |
*sales figures based on certification alone |
See also
- List of number-one R&B albums of 1994 (U.S.)
References
- Tucker, Ken (July 15, 1994). Get Up on It | News | EW.com. Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved on April 18, 2011.
- Promis, Jose F. (August 1, 2003). Get Up on It - Keith Sweat. Allmusic. Retrieved on April 18, 2011.
- Johnson, Connie (June 26, 1994). "(**) KEITH SWEAT, "Get Up on It"; Elektra". Los Angeles Times: 62. Retrieved April 18, 2011.
- RIAA - Gold & Platinum: Keith Sweat. Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved on April 18, 2011.
- "Dutchcharts.nl – Keith Sweat – Get Up on It" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved November 4, 2013.
- "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH. Retrieved November 4, 2013.
- "Swedishcharts.com – Keith Sweat – Get Up on It". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 4, 2013.
- "Keith Sweat | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved November 4, 2013.
- "Keith Sweat Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved November 4, 2013.
- "Keith Sweat Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved November 4, 2013.
- "American album certifications – Keith Sweat – Get Up on It". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved July 21, 2020. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH.