''Get On Up and Dance'' is the debut studio album by American group

Quad City DJ's Quad City DJ's is an American music group consisting of Jay Ski (Johnny McGowan), C.C. Lemonhead (Nathaniel Orange), and JeLana LaFleur who recorded the 1996 hit "C'mon N' Ride It (The Train)", a rap-remix of Barry White's 1974 "Theme from Togeth ...

. The group was made up of Jay Ski and C.C. Lemonhead, both of whom had previously worked with Chill Deal,

95 South 95 South are an American hip hop group from Jacksonville, Florida. They started as a Miami bass group of Artice "AB" Bartley, Carlos "Daddy Black" Spencer and Jay "Ski" McGowan. The group's name is a reference to Interstate 95, which passes thro ...

and

69 Boyz 69 Boyz is an American Miami bass and hip hop duo: Van "Thrill Da Playa" Bryant, from Jacksonville, Florida, and Barry "Fast" Wright, from Orlando, Florida, United States. The group was initiated by Thrill Da Playa with the assistance of produc ...

, and producing hits such as "

Whoot, There It Is "Whoot, There It Is" is the lead single released from 95 South's debut album, ''Quad City Knock''. It was produced and written by C.C. Lemonhead and Jay Ski (The Bass Mechanics), the production duo who were responsible for several other popular M ...

" and "

Tootsee Roll "Tootsee Roll" is a song by rap group 69 Boyz released as the first single from their debut album '' 199Quad''. In the United States, the song sold one million copies and earned a platinum certification from the Recording Industry Association of ...

" for them. Singer JeLanna “Lana” LaFleur was added to the group after being discovered dancing at the Tootsie Roll video shoot. Once recognized for her dancing abilities, she decided to show off her vocal skills in the studio and quickly was added as a member contributing all of the vocals to the album. The album contained the major hit single "

C'mon N' Ride It (The Train) "C'mon N' Ride It (The Train)" is a song by American Florida-based musical group Quad City DJ's, released in February 1996 as a single from their debut album, '' Get On Up and Dance'' (1996). It is based on a sample of Barry White's 1974 main the ...

" which peaked at number 3 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and went Platinum. ''Get On Up and Dance'' peaked at number 31 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and was

certified Platinum Music recording certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped, sold, or streamed a certain number of units. The threshold quantity varies by type (such as album, single, music video) and by nation or territory (see ...

by the

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(RIAA) for selling over a million copies in the United States.

Critical reception

Despite feeling repetitive at times and lacking tracks that match the catchability of "C'mon N' Ride It", Johnny Loftus from

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said the album works best as a "harmless, humorous, and entertaining diversion" at parties, concluding that, "Hovering at an average of 132 beats per minute, ''Get On Up and Dance'' also never makes the mistake of including a ballad or an unfunny skit. It's all about dancing, all the time."

Track listing

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

1996 debut albums Big Beat Records (American record label) albums Miami bass albums Southern hip hop albums {{1990s-hiphop-album-stub