American Multi-Platinum hip-hop duo 95 South is from Jacksonville, Florida. It was formed in 1993 as a Miami bass group with Artice โABโ Bartley, Carlos โDaddy Blackโ Spencer, and Jay โSkiโ McGowan and named after Interstate 95, which travels through Jacksonville. With personnel changes 95 South soon comprised Mike Mike (Michael Phillips) and Daddy B n hip hop group from Jacksonville, Florida.
Their debut album Quad City Knock peaked at no. 71 on Billboard 200 in 1993 included the vocals of the female member Keisha (K-nock), a rapper from Atlanta, Georgia. She is heard prominently on the songs โK-nock in da House/We Got da Bassโ and โDa Kinda Bass.โ However, their hit single โWhoot, There It Isโ from the album, went to no. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. Also included in the album is โHump Witโ It,โ which peaked at no. 83 R&B. The full-length Quad City Knock reached Billboard’s Top 20 R&B Album chart.
There was much โpalavaโ (confusion) about this hit as to which came first, the 95 South track โWhoot! There It Isโ or โWhoomp! There It Isโ by the Atlanta group, Tag Team. In 1994, the duo released โDo the Booty Hopโ from Quad City Knock. It reached no. 117 R&B. Then, in 1995, 95 South came out with another album, One Moโ โGen, that peaked at no. 158 on the Billboard 200. However, there was not too much attention given to this work. The noticeable single in the collection was โRodeo,โ which reached No. 77 on the Billboard Hot 100. Also, that year, 95 South and 69 Boyz, also from Jacksonville, went on a 44-city joint tour beginning at the Quad City Bass Fest at the Orlando, where 95 South was the headline act performing โWhoot, There It Is.โ
โHeiny Heinyโ from One Moโ โGen reached no. 87 R&B in 1996. Four years later, in 2000, the duo presented its third album Tightwork 3000, which included the singles โTightworkโ and โWet-n-Wild,โ neither of which charted. The group did not record any more music for 16 years until 2016 when they released several compositions, including the singles โRidinโ in My Chevyโ and โAfter Party.โ
95 South was considered a one-hit wonder because it was never able to duplicate the success of their 1993 hit, โWhoot, there it is.โ
