Question: The song Hit It Up was on the soundtrack of a movie directed by who ?

Context articles: Like Wow! (album)
Turn Off the Lights
King Without a Crown (Matisyahu song)
Something Real (Inside Me/Inside You)
Sporty Thievz
The Best Man (1999 film)
Morning Side of the Mountain
Fred Come to Bed
It's Five O'Clock Somewhere
Can We Talk

Like Wow!
 was the unreleased debut album of Leslie Carter; Carter was dropped by Dreamworks Records and the album's release was canceled.
 However, the album was leaked and is now available as a digital download.
 Promo versions of the CD also became available on the secondary market.
 The album includes "I Need to Hear It from You", which was released as a promotional single.
 Another song from the album was the song of the same name, which was released as its only official single, the song hit #99 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 and also appeared on the "Shrek" movie soundtrack, as well as a cover of Kirsty MacColl's "They Don't Know".
 It was to be the only album Carter ever recorded, as she died from a drug overdose on January 31, 2012, at the age of 25.
"Turn Off The Lights" was a hit for R&B crooner Teddy Pendergrass, released as a single on June 23, 1979.
 Released from his hit album, "Teddy," the song hit #48 on the Pop charts and #2 on the R&B charts.
 The song was also a b-side single with "If You Know Like I Know."
 The song was sampled in "I'm Not Havin' It" by MC Lyte and Positive and "Shots" by 9th Wonder featuring Big Dho, Sean Price and Rapsody.
"King Without a Crown" is a song by Hasidic reggae singer Matisyahu.
 The song was originally from his 2004 debut studio album "Shake off the Dust... Arise" and then a shorter edited version was released as an official single in late 2005 in support of his second studio album, "Youth".
 A live version of the song also appeared on his album "Live at Stubb's" (in Austin, Texas).
 The live version from Austin is the radio version.
 The song hit #28 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 and #7 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart, making it Matisyahu's biggest hit of his career.
 On some limited editions of "Youth" and on the "King Without a Crown" three-track EP, there is a bonus track of "King Without a Crown" remixed by Mike D of the Beastie Boys.
 Along with the song "Youth", "King Without a Crown" is different from other songs on the album "Youth", in that it has a lengthy guitar solo more in the spirit of rock than of reggae.
 "King Without a Crown" was also played in the movie "Knocked Up".
"Something Real" is a 1987 single by the band Mr. Mister and the first single from "Go On...".
 The song hit No. 29 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 in 1987.
 An earlier version was featured on the soundtrack to the 1986 film, "Youngblood" and the song was re-recorded for "Go On...".
Sporty Thievz is a Yonkers, New York hip-hop duo, originally a trio, composed of King Kirk (a.k.a. Thieven Stealburg), Big Dubez (a.k.a. Safecracker) and Marlon Bryant Brando (March 19, 1979-May 11, 2001) (a.k.a. Robin Hood).
 They are notable for their parody of TLC's hit "No Scrubs" entitled "No Pigeons", which attempted to tell things from the male perspective, and their song "Hit It Up" on the soundtrack to "The Best Man".
 They are also known for satirically providing a male counterpoint to the female-oriented R&B music popularised in the late 1990s and early 2000s, something that was not done by any other group at the time.
 The group have been acknowledged for their lyrical skill, also making other notable hits such as "Cheapskate", which also has a music video and was released under Ruffhouse Records
The Best Man is a 1999 African American romantic comedy-drama film, written and directed by Malcolm D. Lee.
 It was produced by 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks, with Lee's cousin, Spike Lee, serving as producer.
 The film stars Taye Diggs and Nia Long.
 A Christmas-themed sequel, "The Best Man Holiday", was released on November 15, 2013 with a reunited cast.
"Morning Side of the Mountain" is a song written by Larry Lawrence Stock and Dick Manning and first recorded in 1951 by Tommy Edwards.
 The song hit number twenty-four on the pop chart.
 Edwards re-recorded the song again in 1959, when it hit number twenty-seven on the "Billboard" Hot 100.
 The re-release was featured as the B-side of Edwards' other hit, a cover of Johnnie Ray's 1952 hit, "Please Mr. Sun."
"Fred Come to Bed" is a song recorded by German eurodance act E-Rotic.
 It was released in March 1995 as the second single from the album "Sex Affairs".
 Written and composed by David Brandes and John O'Flynn, the song hit success in German-speaking countries where it was a top ten hit.
 In Germany, the song was ranked for 18 weeks and was a top three hit.
 In Switzerland, it hit number six and remained in the top 50 for 16 weeks.
 In Austria, it fell off the top 30 after 14 weeks and a peak at number five.
 In France and Belgium (Flanders), the song was a top 20 hit, and in December 1995 the song reached number 90 in the United Kingdom.
"It's Five O'Clock Somewhere" is a song performed by Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffett, and written by Jim "Moose" Brown and Don Rollins.
 It was released in June 2003 as the lead single from Jackson's 2003 compilation album "Greatest Hits Volume II".
 It spent eight non-consecutive weeks at Number One on the "Billboard" Hot Country Songs chart in summer of 2003.
 In addition, the song hit number 17 on the US Hot 100, making it the biggest pop hit for Jackson and the first top forty hit for Buffett since the 1970s.
 On November 5, 2003, it also won the Country Music Association (CMA) Award for Vocal Event of the Year.
 The song became the #3 country song of the decade on Billboard's Hot Country Songs Chart.
"Can We Talk" is a song recorded by American R&B singer Tevin Campbell and composed and produced by Babyface.
 It was the first single to be released from his double platinum second release "I'm Ready".
 The song hit top ten on the pop charts peaking at number nine on the "Billboard" Hot 100 and spent a total of three weeks at number one on the US R&B chart.
 It sold 500,000 copies and earned a gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of America.
 The song was also Nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Male.
 It was also nominated and later won the Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Single - Male ("Can We Talk").
 Cover versions of the hit song have been done by The Whispers, Sanchez, and Kirk Whalum (on his 2005 album "Kirk Whalum Performs the Babyface Songbook").
 The song was later covered by British boyband Code Red in 1996, for their debut album "Scarlet" and was released as the album's lead single becoming a modest hit and reaching #1 in Asia.
 The song has also been covered by a Japanese/Korean singer during June 2008.
 The song became the opening theme to the 2012 sitcom "1600 Penn".
 The song was sampled in hip hop duo Luniz's song "Playa Hata" from their debut album "Operation Stackola".
 The song was sung by 19-year-old Victor Sulfa during the semi-finals on season 3 of "New Zealand Idol" as well as Nikko Smith during the Top 10 round on season 4 of "American Idol".
 The song has been featured on at least two different compilation albums including Disc 14 of "Classic Soul Ballads" entitled "Tender Love" and Volume 6 of MTV's "Party to Go" compilation albums series entitled "MTV Party to Go 6".