Reel 2 Real — Music Videos

Reel 2 Real was the dance music project associated with producer Erick Morillo and vocalist Mark Quashie, known as The Mad Stuntman. Its recordings bring together house production and the rhythmic vocal vocabulary of Caribbean dancehall.

“I Like to Move It” is their best-known recording, with The Mad Stuntman’s vocal phrases acting as both the main hook and another part of the percussion. The track’s direct structure gives small changes in rhythm, emphasis, and texture an unusually prominent role.

The project offers a useful meeting point between club music and pop. Rather than following a long narrative, a listener can focus on the physical relationship between the bass, the repeated keyboard figure, and the voice. That combination explains the recording’s ability to work in several very different settings.