Lets here it for a newjacker for once eh?

Nah just kidding, its great to see loads of u like the funk. But Keith was was never really that funky. Yeah he is mr begger but I soooo would of loved to of been in clubs when "I want her" hit. That is a classic! He did do uptempos though.....




Here are my fav keith songs

All of "make it last forever" particually:-

"something just ain't right"
"I want her"
"in the rain"
"make it last forever"

then.....
"make you sweat"
"love to love you"
"merry go round"
"i'll give all my love to you"
"why me baby" (LL Cool J is superb on this song. Remember the uptempo "why me baby"?)
"keep it coming"
"There you go (telling me no again)"

My favorite cuts by Keith are:

Right Way Wrong Way
How Deep Is Your Love
Twisted
It's Just One Of Those Things
Don't Stop The Love
Just A Touch Of Love
Tasty

keith sings like a cat having a root canal

Xavier23 said:

Dont worry xavier, no one is gonna have a go at u this time. I admit his voice ain't to everyones liking (like al b sure!) but mr begger at least had a different voice to other rnb singers.....

thesexofit said:

yeah different alright..... terrible!

Xavier23 said:

I think the great cedric the entertainer said he sounded like a mosquito buzzing or something? Pretty on point. Do u criticize alot of voices?

thesexofit said:

yup especially Alanis Morisette - just terrible

Eamon - plain awful

Axl Rose - Dismally horriffic

Bjork - icelandic vocal crap

Beyonce - she drags notes on way too much

and a whole lot more

Xavier23 said:

u should start a topic. Eamon I totally agree with. Now he is gone forever hopefully. Beyonce? Shes alright I guess. Mariah is more then guilty for having to show off she can sing. But if she keeps it to a minimum, she's cool.

thesexofit said:

good idead, i think i will.....

I remember when "Make You Sweat" was popular. My cousin and I joked about it.
You say no, I say yes, girl I bet I can make you sweat. She said "sounds like rape to me."
[Edited 4/24/05 19:20pm]

thesexofit said:

Keith Sweat's first 2 albums are THE classics. They bring back good memories of the teen dances that I intended back then.

But I hated There you go (telling me no again). THAT was the only Keith Sweat song that didn't make any sense whatsoever. Too much whining!
[Edited 4/24/05 23:21pm]

thesexofit said:[quote]Lets here it for a newjacker for once eh?

Nah just kidding, its great to see loads of u like the funk. But Keith was was never really that funky. Yeah he is mr begger but I soooo would of loved to of been in clubs when "I want her" hit. That is a classic! He did do uptempos though.....



I was at the clubs when Keith"the Beggar"Sweat was tha man !
Brings back memories ...

His voice is indeed a bit too whiny, but that´s OK for he´s got his own style.

Do you know that column in VIBE magazine called " Bobbito plays the tracks " ???

Bobbito Garcia makes celebrities listen to certain songs and they talk about their feelings, memories, whether they like the song or not.
Anyway, one day Bobbito was supposed to do this interview thing with Keith, and he didn´t even know who Keith was !!!!

I mean Bobbito is from NYC, he´s a well known D'J, and he doesn´t know Keith Sweat, who also happens to be from NYC...
I found it strange.

His debut album was great. This and BabyFace's Tender Lover, and Al B Sures In Effect Mode were always in my tape player back then.

ugh! I admit, I

NEVER

acquired a taste for the "fine WHINE" of Keith Sweat!


EVERY SONG of his they played on the radio.. he WHINED like a baby!
I don't know the name of the song, but it's the 1 whose lyrics begin with "you may be young but you're ready".. in that song he WHINES for a full 4 bars before he even starts singing! he WHINES in "merry-go-round"..

I don't know whose idea it was for him to WHINE in his songs, but he really did NOT need to do that- Keith is actually a good singer.
but
WHINING became his "trademark"

the only song I can think of where he DOESN'T whine is "I want her" - in that song, he's just trying to sound like prince.


ugh.

if he ever stops WHINING & simply sings, that would be something.

the ultimate deep love song is "how deep is your love"...oh my god that song gives me chills down my spine.

I also love "there you go (tellin' me no again" yeah he whined through the whole song, but I can't resist.

"I want her" has to be the ultimate song of '88

man, keith was the SHIT back in the day

that first album was popular when i was out discovering myself... sure, in ways that my momma didnt really like but there was definately something that happened to me when that man's songs came on. the beginning of HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE will always bring back some of the most lovely memories i had with my sons father... 9 years with him..... not all bad, definately not all good... but still a huge part of my young life.

then, at my wedding, the very last song played, as most folks had left, and it was just he and i on the dance floor.... folks were cleaning up.... the lights were low.... i will never forget that moment

yeah, keith was cool.. back in the day

How can anyone NOT like "Make It Last Forever?" That song is golden. Keith does whine, but it works for the type of songs he does. The last good material I heard from him was on his album in 97. "Nobody" was the jam.

SefraNSue said:

Nobody was the song that i was talking about was the last one played at our reception.... one that only he and i danced to, kind of a nice lead in to the night we had

and all that 'whining' keith does... it only seemed to lead to more whining by me in the end


I want to tease you, I want to please you
I want to show you, baby, that I need you

I want your body 'till the very last drop
I want you to holler, when you want me to stop

And who can love you like me (nobody)
Who can sex you like me (nobody)
Who can treat you like me now, baby (nobody)
Nobody, baby (nobody)
And who can do it like me (nobody)
And who can give you what you need (nobody)
Who can do you all night long (nobody)
Nobody, baby (nobody)

[Athena]
I want the night, for me and you
So come here baby, and let me do it to you
Don't be afraid, 'cause I won't bite
I promise to give it to you
Just the way you like

And who can love you like me (nobody)
Who can sex you like me (nobody)
Who can lay your body down (nobody)
Nobody, baby (nobody)
And who can treat you like me (nobody)
Who can give you what you need (nobody)
And who can do you all night long (nobody)
Nobody, baby (nobody)
And the band keeps playing on

[Both]
On, on, on, and on, on...
Nobody, baby
On, on, on, and on, on...
Nobody baby
Come on
On, no, on, and on, on...
Nobody baby

I want you, right now for my lover, oh yes I do
Place no one above you, oh yes I do
If you need love, I'll be right, baby
I'll be right there, baby, oh yes I will
Oh yes I will baby
Oh yes I will baby

And who will love you like me (nobody)
Who can sex your body like me baby (nobody)
Who can do it like me, baby (nobody)
No, no, no (nobody)
Who can lay you down just like me (nobody)
Who can kiss you all over your body, baby (nobody)
I'm gonna caress your body

(ad lib till fade)


shame that relationship didnt work... we were great in the beginning
[Edited 4/25/05 21:54pm]

Hotlegs said:

nakedpianoplayer said:

This song is a classic. I had to add it to my list.

MsLegs said:

my first concert as a kid in 88' was:






you could never have a show like that these days.

Soulchild82 said:

Ahhh. The good ol'days when New Jack Swing and the high top fades were .

Tom said:

Man I wish I was older.

thesexofit said:

You missed out on a cool era.

Hotlegs said:

Yeah dont I know it. Born in 85, I did get into music very early. By 5 I listened to "do the bartman" etc.....but by the time I was 8 or 9, newjack was dead.

To witness new, YOUNG rnb singers arounf 1987-1988 etc must of been awesome.

Xavier23 said:

OH S**T!!!

I loved New Jack and "I Want Her" in particular.

But over time I realized that Keith, Al B. Sure, and most of the other New Jackers were a triumph of studio production over talent.

Thanks, Teddy Riley.

Keith Sweat couldn't sing if they put his cat in a sack and beat it with a bat.

Oh wait. That's his latest single...

thesexofit said:

Yes it was , but I think the early and mideighties were a bit more interesting. I really loved those Jhericurl years and the music of the SOS Band, Prince, ALexander O´Neal, ZAPP,Cameo and Midnight Star or the Whispers and especially eighties rap.
But the time between Keith Sweat´s Make It Last Forever and Prince´s Diamonds And Pearls was also great.

KoolEaze said:

When you mention musical acts like Alex, Zapp, Cameo, P, and SOS Band, you're talking about some serious funkin and jammin that used to go on back in the day.

Hotlegs said:

I have yet to become interested in that "era". I find it too midtempo. But maybe I have listened to the wrong stuff.

I admit about the studio trickery thing. We all know al b sure! was al studio magic. But cats like christopher williams, aaron hall etc could sing.

Funny how it was really just one producer (teddy riley) that really started the corssover and newjack in general.

"just got paid- johnny kemp
"i want her"- Keith swaet
"my perogative"- Bobby brown
"groove me" "piece of my love"-guy.....all teddy produced or arranged somewhere.

Jam and lewis were always more pop. La reid and babyface were new jack swing lite! All great though. They were the trinity of rnb producers back then.