"Whoot, There It Is" is the lead single released from
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 ...
's debut album, ''
Quad City Knock
''Quad City Knock'' is the debut album by Southern rap group 95 South, released in April 1993. It peaked at No. 71 on the ''Billboard'' 200 albums chart. The single, "Whoot, There It Is", peaked at No. 11 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. It was p ...
''. 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
Miami bass
Miami bass (booty music or booty bass) is a subgenre of hip hop music that became popular in the 1980s and 1990s. The use of drums from the Roland TR-808, sustained kick drum, heavy bass, raised dance tempos, and frequently sexually explicit l ...
acts including the
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 ...
,
Quad City DJs
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 ...
and
Dis-n-Dat
Dis-n-Dat was an African American Miami bass hip hop duo that recorded for Epic Records.
Closely associated with popular Miami bass acts, the 69 Boyz and Quad City DJ's, Dis-n-Dat released its debut album, '' Bumpin on October 11, 1994, wi ...
.
The song preceded the similarly named "
Whoomp! (There It Is)
"Whoomp! (There It Is)" is the debut single by 1990s rap duo Tag Team, written by members Cecil "DC the Brain Supreme" Glenn and Steve "Rolln" Gibson. The song reached No. 1 on the ''Billboard'' Hot R&B chart and No. 2 on the ''Billboard'' Hot ...
" by a month. Though the song didn't reach the level of success of the more popular "Whoomp!", "Whoot, There It Is" became a hit song in its own right, peaking at No. 11 on the
''Billboard'' Hot 100 while also receiving a platinum certification from the
RIAA
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for sales of one million copies on July 28, 1993.
The following year, an
answer song An answer song, response song or answer record, is a song (usually a recorded track) made in answer to a previous song, normally by another artist. The concept became widespread in blues and R&B recorded music in the 1930s to the 1950s. Answer son ...
entitled "Whoot, Here It Is" was released by
Dis-n-Dat
Dis-n-Dat was an African American Miami bass hip hop duo that recorded for Epic Records.
Closely associated with popular Miami bass acts, the 69 Boyz and Quad City DJ's, Dis-n-Dat released its debut album, '' Bumpin on October 11, 1994, wi ...
from their debut, ''
Bumpin'''. The song was also written and produced by The Bass Mechanics.
Single track listing
#"Whoot, There It Is" (Club version)- 6:05
#"Whoot, There It Is "(Radio version)- 4:26
#"Hump Wit It" (Club Mix)- 6:14
#"Whoot, There It Is" (Album version)- 3:05
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
References
1993 debut singles
1993 songs
Miami bass songs
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