Get Up on It | ||||
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Released | June 28, 1994 | |||
Genre | New jack swing [1] | |||
Length | 54:17 | |||
Label | Elektra | |||
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Singles from Get Up On It | ||||
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AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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.
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]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "How Do You Like It?" (Interlude) |
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| 0:30 |
2. | "How Do You Like It?" (featuring Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes) |
| Sweat | 4:33 |
3. | "It Gets Better" |
| Sweat | 3:44 |
4. | "Get Up on It" (featuring Kut Klose) |
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| 5:06 |
5. | "Feels So Good" |
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| 3:53 |
6. | "How Do You Like It? (Pt. II)" |
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| 4:14 |
7. | "Intermission Break" |
| Sweat | 1:24 |
8. | "My Whole World" |
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| 3:37 |
9. | "Grind on You" |
| Sweat | 5:05 |
10. | "When I Give My Love" |
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| 6:06 |
11. | "Put Your Lovin' Through the Test" (featuring Roger Troutman) |
| Sweat | 4:34 |
12. | "Telephone Love" | Sweat | Sweat | 0:56 |
13. | "Come Into My Bedroom" |
| Sweat | 5:25 |
14. | "For You (You Got Everything)" |
| Sweat | 5:06 |
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United States (RIAA) [12] | Platinum | 1,000,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
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