Get on Up and Dance

If the majority of producers were even half as talented as and , the genre might have become more than a hokey cul-de-sac off road. The Jacksonville, FL, production team of were responsible not only for the anthems (as , respectively), but they also struck platinum with ' One of the biggest singles of 1996, the song was a relentlessly catchy workout full of witty, shoutable lyrical couplets. Just as the duo's previous triumphs had, extricated the raunch from , but retained and even expanded on the booty-shaking rhythms, almost to cartoonish proportions. While was a success as a single, applying its formula to a bankable album was a trickier prospect. didn't necessarily succeed with -- it suffers from repetition, and nothing is as undeniably catchy as the single. But as nothing more than a party record, is a harmless, humorous, and entertaining diversion. is almost a plate of reinterprets the summery piano line of 's over a that cops the meter of steals (just as later would for her -affiliated single ). Hovering at an average of 132 beats per minute, also never makes the mistake of including a or an unfunny skit. It's all about dancing, all the time. Two remixes close out the party on a familiar and fun note. ~ Johnny Loftus