None of the singles from the album reached the top forty. Sweat's success on the charts started to diminish in 2000, when he released the album Didn't See Me Coming.
It featured the singles "Come and Get With Me" (which featured Snoop Dogg) (#12 Hot 100) and "I'm Not Ready" (#16 Hot 100). Sweat's sixth album, Still in the Game was released in 1998, hitting #6 on the Billboard 200, and #2 on the R&B/Hip Hop albums chart. "Just A Touch" was a cover of the 1979 song "Just a Touch of Love" by Slave. The song "Just A Touch", with Kut Klose providing background vocals, has earned a regular spot on radio playlists. The single "Twisted" hit #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and "Nobody" hit #3, which made them Sweat's biggest hits to date. Both albums reached the top ten on the Billboard 200. Sweat released his fourth album Get Up on It in the summer of 1994, and his self-titled fifth album in 1996. Sweat then moved from New York to Atlanta, where he founded the Keia Records label that would feature Silk & Kut Klose. The singles released during this period included "(There You Go) Tellin' Me No Again" (from the film New Jack City), "Why Me Baby" (featuring LL Cool J) and "Keep It Comin'". The latter album did not sell as well because Keith did not promote it. Sweat reached the charts again with his second album I'll Give All My Love to You (1990) which hit #6 on the Billboard 200 chart, and Keep It Comin'(1991) which debuted in the top 20 of the album chart. The biggest hit from this album was "I Want Her" (#1 R&B/#5 Pop), while the title track from the album hit #2 on the R&B charts. On November 25, 1987, Sweat released his debut solo 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 bassist Larry Peoples, guitarist Michael Samuels, and drummer Walter Bradley. 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 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. He is a singer-songwriter, record producer and, more recently, a radio personality.īefore becoming a recording artist, Sweat worked for the commodities market in the New York Mercantile Exchange. Keith Sweat, (born July 22, 1961) is one of the more popular R&B artists of the past two decades, who was one of the top artists of the "New Jack Swing" era in the late 80s and early 90s.