Get Up on It

Get Up on It
Studio album by Keith Sweat
Released	June 28, 1994
Genre	New jack swing[1]
Length	54:17
Label	Elektra
Producer	Keith Sweat
Keith Sweat chronology
Keep It Comin' (1991) Get Up on It (1994) Keith Sweat (1996)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
Entertainment Weekly	B+[1]
Los Angeles Times	[3]

Get Up On It is the fourth studio album by 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.

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

1. "How Do You Like It" (interlude) (Sweat/Scott/Jefferson)
2. "How Do You Like It" (featuring Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes) (Sweat/Scott/Jefferson/Lopes)
3. "It Gets Better" (Sweat/Flowers)
4. "Get Up On It" (featuring Kut Klose) (Sweat/Scott)
5. "Feels So Good" (Sweat/McCaine)
6. "How Do You Like It (Pt. II)" (featuring Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes)
7. "Intermission Break" (Sweat/Scott)
8. "My Whole World" (Sweat/McCaine)
9. "Grind On You" (Sweat/Ward/Leach)
10. "When I Give My Love" (Sweat/Scott/Jefferson)
11. "Put Your Lovin' Through The Test" (featuring Roger Troutman) (Sweat/Flowers)
12. "Telephone Love" (Sweat)
13. "Come Into My Bedroom" (Sweat/Flowers)
14. "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
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[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

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1994	"How Do You Like It?"	Billboard Hot 100	48
		Hot R&B Songs	9
		Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Single Sales	17
	"When I Give My Love"	Billboard Hot 100	85
		Hot R&B Songs	21
	"Get Up On It"	Billboard Hot 100	62
		Hot R&B Songs	12

See also

• List of number-one R&B albums of 1994 (U.S.)

References

1. Tucker, Ken (July 15, 1994). Get Up on It | News | EW.com. Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved on 2011-04-18.
2. Promis, Jose F. (August 1, 2003). Get Up on It - Keith Sweat | AllMusic: Review. Allmusic. Retrieved on 2011-04-18.
3. Johnson, Connie (June 26, 1994). "(**) KEITH SWEAT, "Get Up on It"; Elektra". Los Angeles Times: 62. Retrieved 2011-04-18.
4. RIAA - Gold & Platinum: Keith Sweat. Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved on 2011-04-18.
5. "Dutchcharts.nl – Keith Sweat – Get Up on It" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved November 4, 2013.
6. "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH. Retrieved November 4, 2013.
7. "Swedishcharts.com – Keith Sweat – Get Up on It". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 4, 2013.
8. "Keith Sweat | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart Retrieved November 4, 2013.
9. "Keith Sweat – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Keith Sweat. Retrieved November 4, 2013.
10. "Keith Sweat – Chart history" Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums for Keith Sweat. Retrieved November 4, 2013.

External links

• Get Up on It at Discogs