The Best Of Keith Sweat: Make You Sweat

Personnel: Keith Sweat, LSG, Jacci McGhee (vocals); Snoop Dogg, LL Cool J (rap vocals); Bobby Wooten, Fitzgerald Scott, Darryl Allamby (various instruments); Keith Robinson (guitar); Teddy Riley (keyboards, programming, background vocals); Alex Bugnon (vocodor); Gary Dow (bass); Poogie Bell (programming); Kut Klose (background vocals). Producers include: Keith Sweat, Fitzgerald Scott, Bobby Wooten, Eric McCaine, Teddy Riley. Compilation producer: Barry Benson. Recorded between 1987 & 1997. Includes liner notes by Tracey Helen New. Singer/songwriter Keith Sweat struck gold, platinumactually, right out of the gate with themulti-million-selling MAKE IT LAST FOREVER, an electric debut that spawned four top-10 R&B hits, one of which crossed over to the top-10 pop charts. That recordwas one of the earliest successes of producer Teddy Riley and his trademark hip-hop/soul hybrid, the new jack swing sound. However, his accomplishment owed as much to Sweat's smoothly sensual vocal style, exemplified on the huge breakout hit "I Want Her, " a wonderfully funky songthat featured Sweat's elastic voice alternating from a Teddy Pendergrass growl to a Freddie Jackson croon. Over the following decade and a half, Sweat managed to remain remarkably durable, consistently scoring hits amidst a sea of R&B fly-by-nights, thanks to that powerful andagile voice, which never betrays even a hint of insincerity. MAKE YOU SWEAT captures snapshots of Sweat's career at different stages, from the sweet old-school soul of "Nobody" to the infectiously danceable "Make You Sweat" to the sly gangsta slow jam of "Come and Get with Me. " The collection ends with a treat, a previously hard-to-find remix of tender ballad "Make It Last Forever, concisely summing up the career of a remarkably consistent R&B talent.

Track Listing

• 1 don't stop your love
• 2 i want her
• 3 make it last forever
• 4 nobody [radio edit]
• 5 how deep is your love
• 6 right and a wrong way
• 7 something just ain't right
• 8 get up on it
• 9 (there you go) tellin' me no again
• 10 merry go round
• 11 twisted
• 12 my body
• 13 why me baby?
• 14 i'll give all my love to you
• 15 come and get with me
• 16 make you sweat
• 17 make it last forever [extended version]