Sweat released his fourth album "Get Up On It" in the summer of 1994. Keith was moving from New York to Atlanta, and he was starting his Keia Records label that would feature Silk & Kut Klose. The big singles were "(There You Go) Tellin' Me No Again" from "New Jack City", "Why Me Baby" (featuring LL Cool J) and the title track.
It did not sell as well because Keith did not promote the album. Sweat continued to chart fairly well with his second album " I'll Give All My Love to You", which hit #6 on the Billboard 200 chart, and " Keep It Comin'" debuted in the Top 20 of the album chart. The biggest hit from this album was " I Want Her" (#1 R&B/#5 Pop), and the title track from the album hit #2 on the R&B charts.
On November 25, 1987, Sweat released his debut album " Make It Last Forever", which sold three million copies. Additional members of the group included Peter DaCosta, vocals, Joseph McGeachy, sax, Dwight Banks, trumpet and Kenneth Varner, keyboards.
The group was started by Larry Peoples, a talented bass player from 116th Street and Lenox Avenue, Michael Samuels, guitarist out of the Bronx, and drummer Walter Bradley from 125th in Harlem. With the help of Jamilah, Sweat was able to hone his craft as a lead singer by performing regionally throughout the Tri-State area of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. Sweat started his musical career as a member of a well known Harlem band called "Jamilah" in 1975. He sang at nightclubs throughout New York City until he was discovered and offered a recording contract with Elektra Records in 1987. Before becoming a recording artist, Sweat worked for the commodities market in the New York Mercantile Exchange. Keith Sweat’s tracks Can't Nobody (feat.Keith Sweat (born Keith Sweat ) on July 22, 1961) in Harlem, New York, is an American R&B/ soul, singer-songwriter, record producer and a major contributor to the New jack swing era. With a seemingly inexhaustible flow of fresh songs, Sweat remains among the most popular and productive superstars in modern R&B, his unique style and smooth sound still setting the gold standard for urban contemporary soul. What’s more, the album featured Sweat’s biggest crossover hits to date in the platinum-certified, R&B/Hip-Hop #1s, “Nobody (Feat. Keith Sweat saw the vocalist joined by a number of guests, including soul legend Ron Isley and his great friend Gerald Levert, with whom he’d later form the supergroup LSG alongside Johnny Gill. Highlighted by the #1 R&B/Hip-Hop hit, “I Want Her,” the album reached #1 on Billboard’s “Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums” chart – the first of five consecutive albums to do so.Ī remarkably prolific artist, Sweat was unstoppable as the ‘90s got underway, dominating the “Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles” chart with such #1 singles as “Make You Sweat,” “I’ll Give All My Love To You,” and “Keep It Comin’.” As if all that weren’t enough, Sweat discovered the Atlanta-based vocal quintet Silk, for whom he co-wrote and co-produced “Freak Me,” which hit #1 on Billboard’s “Hot 100” in May 1993.ġ996 proved a banner year, with the release of Sweat’s self-titled, four-times platinum-certified fifth album. Signed to Elektra in 1987, the Harlem-born singer/songwriter/producer released his debut album, Make It Last Forever, to instant acclaim and RIAA three-times platinum certification. Keith Sweat is the undisputed King of New Jack Swing, the hugely popular and influential merging of melodic R&B with hip-hop’s rhythms and production techniques.
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