Get Up on It

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Get Up on It
Get Up on It (Keith Sweat album) cover art.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 28, 1994
Genre New jack swing [1]
Length54:17
Label Elektra
Producer
  • Joe Jefferson
  • Eric McCaine
  • Fitzgerald Scott
  • Keith Sweat
Keith Sweat chronology
Keep It Comin'
(1991)
Get Up on It
(1994)
Keith Sweat
(1996)
Singles from Get Up On It
  1. "How Do You Like It?"
    Released: March 28, 1994
  2. "When I Give My Love"
    Released: 1994
  3. "Get Up On It"
    Released: 1994
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Entertainment Weekly B+ [1]
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Get Up On It is the fourth studio album by the American R&B recording artist Keith Sweat. It was released by Elektra Records on June 28, 1994, in the United States and went to number one on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart for two weeks, while also reaching number eight on the Billboard 200 chart.

Contents

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

Get Up on It track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."How Do You Like It?" (Interlude)
  • Keith Sweat
  • Fitzgerald Scott
  • Joe Jefferson
  • Sweat
  • Scott
0:30
2."How Do You Like It?" (featuring Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes)
  • Sweat
  • Scott
  • Jefferson
  • Lopes
Sweat4:33
3."It Gets Better"
  • Sweat
  • Jerry Flowers
Sweat3:44
4."Get Up on It" (featuring Kut Klose)
  • Sweat
  • Scott
  • Sweat
  • Scott
5:06
5."Feels So Good"
  • Sweat
  • Eric McCaine
  • Sweat
  • McCaine
3:53
6."How Do You Like It? (Pt. II)"
  • Sweat
  • Scott
  • Jefferson
  • Lopes
  • Sweat
  • Scott
4:14
7."Intermission Break"
  • Sweat
  • Scott
Sweat1:24
8."My Whole World"
  • Sweat
  • McCaine
  • Sweat
  • McCaine
3:37
9."Grind on You"
  • Sweat
  • Anthony Leach
  • William Ward
Sweat5:05
10."When I Give My Love"
  • Sweat
  • Scott
  • Jefferson
  • Sweat
  • Scott
  • Jefferson
6:06
11."Put Your Lovin' Through the Test" (featuring Roger Troutman)
  • Sweat
  • Flowers
Sweat4:34
12."Telephone Love"SweatSweat0:56
13."Come Into My Bedroom"
  • Sweat
  • Flowers
Sweat5:25
14."For You (You Got Everything)"
  • Sweat
  • Flowers
Sweat5:06

Personnel

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for Get Up on It
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [12] Platinum1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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