214 Words about 2 Unlimited

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“Get Ready for This” is a song by 2 Unlimited, a Dutch duo that was manufactured by two Belgian producers, Jean-Paul DeCoster and Phil Wilde. DeCoster and Wilde first made music together under the name Bizz Nizz (a far superior name, in my opinion). They created the instrumental track for “Get Ready for This” and thought it should have vocals. So they brought in Ray Slijngaard to rap and Anita Doth to sing.

The song became a humongous hit, but only after a UK producer removed all the vocals from the track except for the signature “Y’all ready for this?”, which had been sampled from another song. So 2 Unlimited’s ubiquitous superhit doesn’t even feature either of them.

Eventually, 2 Unlimited released three albums were vary popular most everywhere except for in the US, where their music (ok, just the one song) is relegated to sporting events and cheesy movie trailers. On both of the first second albums, their UK label continued to remove Ray’s raps from the songs. Finally, on the third album, Real Things, the raps were left intact.

Nowadays, Anita Doth tours around performing 2 Unlimited hits by herself, and she has a son named Destyno. Ray Slijngaard also has a son. His name is Rayvano.