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Thread started 08/20/07 12:48pm

dancerella

Let's talk about Keith Sweat!

I was watching his Sweat Hotel show on the Tom Joyner show last night and it looked like fun. He's pretty good live and seems like a cool guy. I was never really into him though "I want her" was the joint back in the day & "Make it last forever" is a classic slow jam too. He's been around for a while now so you gotta give him his props. I'm just not really into smooth slow r&b jamz! Does he ever do uptempo stuff?
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Reply #1 posted 08/20/07 2:05pm

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dancerella said:

I was watching his Sweat Hotel show on the Tom Joyner show last night and it looked like fun. He's pretty good live and seems like a cool guy. I was never really into him though "I want her" was the joint back in the day & "Make it last forever" is a classic slow jam too. He's been around for a while now so you gotta give him his props. I'm just not really into smooth slow r&b jamz! Does he ever do uptempo stuff?

He's had a few uptempo hits, but most of his stuff is medium to slow paced. Uptempo trax that I can remember:
I Want Her
Don't Stop Your Love
Keep It Comin'
Make You Sweat
Why Me Baby (Part II) remix
Come and Get With Me
Just A Touch of Love (Slave remake)
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Reply #3 posted 08/20/07 2:15pm

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daPrettyman said:

dancerella said:

I was watching his Sweat Hotel show on the Tom Joyner show last night and it looked like fun. He's pretty good live and seems like a cool guy. I was never really into him though "I want her" was the joint back in the day & "Make it last forever" is a classic slow jam too. He's been around for a while now so you gotta give him his props. I'm just not really into smooth slow r&b jamz! Does he ever do uptempo stuff?

He's had a few uptempo hits, but most of his stuff is medium to slow paced. Uptempo trax that I can remember:
I Want Her
Don't Stop Your Love
Keep It Comin'
Make You Sweat
Why Me Baby (Part II) remix
Come and Get With Me
Just A Touch of Love (Slave remake)

Don't forget:

Your Love (Pt. 1)
Telle Me It's Me You Want
PRINCE: Always and Forever
MICHAEL JACKSON: Always and Forever
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Reply #4 posted 08/20/07 2:50pm

dancerella

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dancerella said:

I was watching his Sweat Hotel show on the Tom Joyner show last night and it looked like fun. He's pretty good live and seems like a cool guy. I was never really into him though "I want her" was the joint back in the day & "Make it last forever" is a classic slow jam too. He's been around for a while now so you gotta give him his props. I'm just not really into smooth slow r&b jamz! Does he ever do uptempo stuff?

He's had a few uptempo hits, but most of his stuff is medium to slow paced. Uptempo trax that I can remember:
I Want Her
Don't Stop Your Love
Keep It Comin'
Make You Sweat
Why Me Baby (Part II) remix
Come and Get With Me
Just A Touch of Love (Slave remake)


Oh yeah I almost forgot about "don't stop your love". That's a cool track too. I'm contemplating getting his first cd. Do you have it? Is it good? How come he doesn't really get more props in the music industry? Seems like di hard r&b fans know about him but he's not that huge considering his accomplishments.
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Reply #5 posted 08/20/07 3:11pm

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Keith Sweat with his cryin' ass fit lol
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Reply #6 posted 08/20/07 3:12pm

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Met him in a club in LA and asked him him if he could help me w/ a project. Hes got alot of great songs.
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Reply #7 posted 08/20/07 3:53pm

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dancerella said:

daPrettyman said:


He's had a few uptempo hits, but most of his stuff is medium to slow paced. Uptempo trax that I can remember:
I Want Her
Don't Stop Your Love
Keep It Comin'
Make You Sweat
Why Me Baby (Part II) remix
Come and Get With Me
Just A Touch of Love (Slave remake)


Oh yeah I almost forgot about "don't stop your love". That's a cool track too. I'm contemplating getting his first cd. Do you have it? Is it good? How come he doesn't really get more props in the music industry? Seems like di hard r&b fans know about him but he's not that huge considering his accomplishments.

Make It Last Forever is an excellent album with no filler and it's easily Keith's best. Get it. Another faster tempo hit from it was "Something Just Ain't Right."

FWIW, the version of "Your Love" released as a single was Part 2.
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Reply #8 posted 08/20/07 3:59pm

dancerella

AlexdeParis said:

dancerella said:



Oh yeah I almost forgot about "don't stop your love". That's a cool track too. I'm contemplating getting his first cd. Do you have it? Is it good? How come he doesn't really get more props in the music industry? Seems like di hard r&b fans know about him but he's not that huge considering his accomplishments.

Make It Last Forever is an excellent album with no filler and it's easily Keith's best. Get it. Another faster tempo hit from it was "Something Just Ain't Right."
FWIW, the version of "Your Love" released as a single was Part 2.



Damn, yes, that's another one i remember! i guess he had a lot of hits off that album. i'll be picking this up on friday. wow, i know i must be getting old now. He really is not someone i would typically listen to but music is so shit right now that i'm just going to back to the old skool getting stuff that i never owned before. it's way better than what we have now that's for sure. who would you rather listen to, Keith Sweat or T-Pain? lol i'll take Keith Sweat thank you very much. cool
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Reply #9 posted 08/20/07 4:00pm

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Keith Sweat with his cryin' ass fit lol



lol! that is so true. home boy is always crying and begging. that's why the ladies love him.
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Reply #10 posted 08/20/07 4:02pm

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dancerella said:

daPrettyman said:


He's had a few uptempo hits, but most of his stuff is medium to slow paced. Uptempo trax that I can remember:
I Want Her
Don't Stop Your Love
Keep It Comin'
Make You Sweat
Why Me Baby (Part II) remix
Come and Get With Me
Just A Touch of Love (Slave remake)


Oh yeah I almost forgot about "don't stop your love". That's a cool track too. I'm contemplating getting his first cd. Do you have it? Is it good? How come he doesn't really get more props in the music industry? Seems like di hard r&b fans know about him but he's not that huge considering his accomplishments.


I think what happened with keith is after his first two albums which were good
solid r&b albums all of a sudden he kind of watered his sound down from pure r&b to hybrid shit hop/r&b. All of a sudden he is doing songs with snoop dogg,lil mo, etc. and he just kind of lost his older r&b fans to try and keep current. After his first two albums i lost interest,however; he has a stable of hits. I saw him on a rapfest tour in 2001,believe me only because a friend of mine worked for the county and got free tickets and took his kids, with amerie, ll cool j, tank, the rappers with the whistle while you twurk song, donnell jones who was horrible and i put that nicely, and a couple of other hip hop acts. The show was a mess. Keith performance was very average. LL the headliner was probably the best act of an otherwise lame concert.
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Reply #11 posted 08/20/07 4:14pm

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dancerella said:

AlexdeParis said:


Make It Last Forever is an excellent album with no filler and it's easily Keith's best. Get it. Another faster tempo hit from it was "Something Just Ain't Right."
FWIW, the version of "Your Love" released as a single was Part 2.



Damn, yes, that's another one i remember! i guess he had a lot of hits off that album.

Well, he had a lot of hits period. He has a total of 14 top-10 singles. His first 10 singles (4 each from Make It Last Forever and I'll Give All My Love to You and the first 2 from Keep It Comin') reached the top 10. Besides "Don't Stop Your Love" (#9), the other 9 reached the top 4 (including 3 songs without videos, which is amazing in that era). He has 6 #1 hits ("I Want Her," "Make You Sweat," "I'll Give All My Love to You," "Keep It Comin'," "Twisted," and "Nobody") and 3 that peaked at #2 ("Make It Last Forever," "Merry Go Round," and "Why Me Baby").

His 1st album is a bonafide classic, the 2nd and 3rd ones are good, the 4th and 5th are up-and-down, and it's all downhill after that.
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Reply #12 posted 08/20/07 4:43pm

dancerella

phunkdaddy said:

dancerella said:



Oh yeah I almost forgot about "don't stop your love". That's a cool track too. I'm contemplating getting his first cd. Do you have it? Is it good? How come he doesn't really get more props in the music industry? Seems like di hard r&b fans know about him but he's not that huge considering his accomplishments.


I think what happened with keith is after his first two albums which were good
solid r&b albums all of a sudden he kind of watered his sound down from pure r&b to hybrid shit hop/r&b. All of a sudden he is doing songs with snoop dogg,lil mo, etc. and he just kind of lost his older r&b fans to try and keep current. After his first two albums i lost interest,however; he has a stable of hits. I saw him on a rapfest tour in 2001,believe me only because a friend of mine worked for the county and got free tickets and took his kids, with amerie, ll cool j, tank, the rappers with the whistle while you twurk song, donnell jones who was horrible and i put that nicely, and a couple of other hip hop acts. The show was a mess. Keith performance was very average. LL the headliner was probably the best act of an otherwise lame concert.



damn, that show does sound like a mess. i see what you mean though about him trying to stay current. i guess that hapens a lot to "older artists". when times change musicaly they need to figure out how to fit in but following trends imo is just not a good idea. they should stay true to themselves.
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Reply #13 posted 08/20/07 4:58pm

Najee

dancerella said:

I was watching his Sweat Hotel show on the Tom Joyner show last night and it looked like fun. He's pretty good live and seems like a cool guy. I was never really into him though "I want her" was the joint back in the day & "Make it last forever" is a classic slow jam too. He's been around for a while now so you gotta give him his props. I'm just not really into smooth slow r&b jamz! Does he ever do uptempo stuff?


Here are some of Keith Sweat's uptempo hit songs:

"I Want Her"
"Something Just Ain't Right"
"Don't Stop Your Love"
"Make You Sweat"
"Your Love, Pts. I and II"
"Keep It Comin'"
"How Do You Like It"
"Twisted"
"Come and Get with Me"

He also made quite a few uptempo album tracks I liked: "Spend a Little Time" (with Charlie Wilson), "Love to Love You Baby," "Let Me Love You," "My Whole World," and "I Really Love You" stand out. If anything, Sweat had some bumpin' uptempo stuff.

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THE TRAFFIC JAMMERS, The Org's house band: VAINANDY -- lead singer; NAJEE -- bass; THE AUDIENCE -- guitar; PHUNKDADDY -- rhythm guitar; ALEX de PARIS -- keyboards; Da PRETTYMAN -- keyboards; FUNKENSTEIN -- drums. HOLD ON TO YOUR DRAWERS!
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Reply #14 posted 08/20/07 5:01pm

Najee

Keith Sweat


During his commericial peak (1988-1999), Sweat's first five albums -- "Make It Last Forever" (1988), "I'll Give All My Love to You" (1990), "Keep It Comin'" (1991), "Get Up on It" (1994) and 1996's "Keith Sweat" -- topped the Billboard R&B Albums charts. His sixth album, "Still in the Game," peaked at No. 2. His first six albums went platinum, with "Make It Last Forever" (3 million), "I'll Give All My Love to You" (2 million) and "Keith Sweat" (4 million) going multiplatinum. As a member of LSG he has another multiplatinum album (2 million) that topped the charts. His seventh album, "Didn't See Me Coming," also went gold.

Sweat also has several singles certified gold or platinum ("I Want Her," "Twisted," "Nobody" and as a member of LSG "My Body").

Sweat produced 19 top 20 hits, including 7 No. 1 singles:

"I Want Her" (No. 1, Billboard's top R&B single for 1988; No. 5 pop)
"Something Just Ain't Right" (No. 3)
"Make It Last Forever" (No. 2)
"Don't Stop Your Love" (No. 9)
"Make You Sweat" (No. 1; No. 14 pop)
"Merry Go Round" (No. 2)
"I'll Give All My Love to You" (No. 1; No. 7 pop)
"Your Love, Pt. 2" (No. 4)
"Keep It Comin'" (No. 1)
"Why Me Baby?," a duet with L.L. Cool J. (No. 2)
"I Want to Love You Down" (No. 20)
"How Do You Like It," a duet with Lisa "Left Eye" Lopez (No. 9)
"Get Up on It," a duet with Kut Klose (No. 12)
"Twisted," (No. 1; No. 2 pop)
"Nobody," a duet with Athena Cage (No. 1; No. 3 pop)
"My Body" as a member of LSG (No. 1; No. 4 pop)
"Am I Dreaming," a duet with XScape (No. 5)
"Come and Get with Me," a duet with Snoop Dog (No. 6; No. 12 pop)
"I'm Not Ready" (No. 12; No. 16 pop)

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THE TRAFFIC JAMMERS, The Org's house band: VAINANDY -- lead singer; NAJEE -- bass; THE AUDIENCE -- guitar; PHUNKDADDY -- rhythm guitar; ALEX de PARIS -- keyboards; Da PRETTYMAN -- keyboards; FUNKENSTEIN -- drums. HOLD ON TO YOUR DRAWERS!
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Reply #15 posted 08/20/07 5:03pm

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I grew up a fan of Keith's joints. cool

My favorite from him has to be between "Make It Last Forever" and "Merry Go Round". nod

But all of his stuff from '87-'96 were boss. Especially with "Nobody" and "Twisted". After that, his shit went down the toilet though I did like his Isley Brothers-sampled "One on One" from his last album five years ago though that song didn't do much.
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Reply #16 posted 08/20/07 8:48pm

ThePunisher

The Beggin Man! I still remember him singing the song "There You Go Telling Me NOOOO Again, There You Go" In the movie "New Jack City". He looked so pitiful.
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Reply #17 posted 08/20/07 11:00pm

JesseDezz

I'm just grateful to him for bringing Kut Klose to my attention, 'cause I had it bad for Athena Cage razz
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Reply #18 posted 08/20/07 11:57pm

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dancerella said:

I'm just not really into smooth slow r&b jamz!


Me neither. At least not the majority of the ones that came out after 1984.

Does he ever do uptempo stuff?


Yeah, but it's weak sounding. It's hard to explain. Maybe it's the type drums or drum machines on the songs. I guess you could maybe call it new jack sounding. I don't know. It just sounds weak. I'll put it this way, it sure as hell ain't funk. lol
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Reply #19 posted 08/21/07 12:12am

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I only have his debut album 'Make It Last Forever' which I like alot.I didn't really like anything else by him and I find his voice to be kinda annoying at times boxed He's cool in small doses.
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vainandy said:

dancerella said:

I'm just not really into smooth slow r&b jamz!


Me neither. At least not the majority of the ones that came out after 1984.

Does he ever do uptempo stuff?


Yeah, but it's weak sounding. It's hard to explain. Maybe it's the type drums or drum machines on the songs. I guess you could maybe call it new jack sounding. I don't know. It just sounds weak. I'll put it this way, it sure as hell ain't funk. lol

So, I take it that "I Want Her" isn't funky 2 u? That was an 80s funk classic. That is easily some of Teddy Riley's best work.
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vainandy said:



Yeah, but it's weak sounding. It's hard to explain. Maybe it's the type drums or drum machines on the songs. I guess you could maybe call it new jack sounding. I don't know. It just sounds weak. I'll put it this way, it sure as hell ain't funk. lol

So, I take it that "I Want Her" isn't funky 2 u? That was an 80s funk classic. That is easily some of Teddy Riley's best work.


I never like "I Want Her". To me, it sounds like it was recorded with the intention of crossing over, although it never did (I think). It just sounds so....late 80s.....which I hate. Damn, I wish I could take an eraser and erase those years. lol

I never liked Teddy Riley either.
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I never like "I Want Her". To me, it sounds like it was recorded with the intention of crossing over, although it never did (I think). It just sounds so....late 80s.....which I hate. Damn, I wish I could take an eraser and erase those years. lol

I never liked Teddy Riley either.

Dang...I'm not going to knock the music u like. U must have really hated Prince's 90s stuff then.
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vainandy said:



I never like "I Want Her". To me, it sounds like it was recorded with the intention of crossing over, although it never did (I think). It just sounds so....late 80s.....which I hate. Damn, I wish I could take an eraser and erase those years. lol

I never liked Teddy Riley either.

Dang...I'm not going to knock the music u like. U must have really hated Prince's 90s stuff then.


I like a lot of Prince's 90s stuff. In the 90s, besides house music, Prince was the only thing I listened to. Now that house music is practically extinct or has become "music you have to search for", Prince is the only thing current I listen to, except for Jamiroquai.

As for Keith Sweat's "I Want Her", if I were absolutely desperate, I might consider it a "decent" song but I was used to much harder funk in the early 80s. The late 80s in general were a time of me refusing to lower my standards because I grew up with so much harder stuff in the early years of the decade. It would be like someone shopping on Rodeo drive, losing everything, and being forced to shop at Walmart. Andy just refuses to do it....ever. lol
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I saw Keith in concert not by choice, but he was the headliner on one of those 'fest" bills that played Radio City. I was there for "SHADES" an RB girl group that had a couple of singles, mainly i was there because i was trying to get a date with one of the group (long story) but anyway, i stayed for the rest of the show and Keith was cool, ladies in the front went nuts, but i think the craziest thing was Mark Morrison who came on before Keith, he came out, talked some shit, and got booed off stage basically. Crazy night, thought i was in the Apollo when i saw him getting booed off.

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Reply #25 posted 08/21/07 10:40am

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lastdecember said:

I saw Keith in concert not by choice, but he was the headliner on one of those 'fest" bills that played Radio City. I was there for "SHADES" an RB girl group that had a couple of singles, mainly


Shades - wait a minute - is that the group with four cute chicks (especially the one with the short haircut) who came out with a record that used Bernard Wright's sample and had lyrics like, "what car do you drive?". In the video, they were driving in a mustang (I think) and they were on the beach...
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lastdecember said:

I saw Keith in concert not by choice, but he was the headliner on one of those 'fest" bills that played Radio City. I was there for "SHADES" an RB girl group that had a couple of singles, mainly


Shades - wait a minute - is that the group with four cute chicks (especially the one with the short haircut) who came out with a record that used Bernard Wright's sample and had lyrics like, "what car do you drive?". In the video, they were driving in a mustang (I think) and they were on the beach...


Yup, they had one album and two singles, the album was actually pretty good but they were on MOTOWN and we all know that Motown is the worst at everything. The singles they had were "Dont Tell Me" and "Serenade".

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Reply #27 posted 08/21/07 11:24am

JesseDezz

I heard through the "grapevine" that one of the members was, shall we say, "encouraged" to lose a few pounds...

There was also a group around the same time on the label called "Ladae" (or something like that). If I remember correctly, Al B. Sure had something to do with the project. They were a boy band with a pretty charismatic lead singer. I heard some of their stuff, but I don't think it ever got released. They had a lot of potential.
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Reply #28 posted 08/21/07 11:27am

JesseDezz

In fact, here's the Shades' video I was referring to - haven't seen this in years:

http://www.youtube.com/wa...bGw3oaBuew
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Reply #29 posted 08/21/07 11:29am

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I heard through the "grapevine" that one of the members was, shall we say, "encouraged" to lose a few pounds...

There was also a group around the same time on the label called "Ladae" (or something like that). If I remember correctly, Al B. Sure had something to do with the project. They were a boy band with a pretty charismatic lead singer. I heard some of their stuff, but I don't think it ever got released. They had a lot of potential.

nod I've heard similiar buzz as well JD.
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