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Keith Sweat Born July 22 1961 Is An American Singer Songwriter Record Producer And An Early Figure In The New Jack Swing Musical Movement. He Is Known For His Collection Of Hits Including "I Want Her" "Make It Last Forever" "I'll Give All My Love To You" "Make You Sweat" "Get Up On It" "Twisted" And "Nobody". He Has Released 13 Solo Albums 2 As A Part Of The R&B Supergroup LSG And Discovered The Groups Silk And Kut Klose. Keith Sweat Was Born In Harlem New York City To Juanita Thompson A Hairdresser And Charles Sweat A Factory Worker. After Charles Sweat's Passing In 1973 Juanita Raised Their Five Kids By Herself. He Worked As A Night Stock Boy At Macy's Department Store And Then A Mail Room Clerk At Paine Webber A Brokerage Firm. In Just Four Years He Worked His Way Up To A Lucrative Brokerage Assistant Job On The Floor Of The New York Stock Exchange. 2 Sweat Also Worked As A Supervisor For The New York Mercantile Exchange. 1 Sweat Started His Musical Career As A Member Of A Harlem Band Called Jamilah In 1975. 3 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. The Group Was Started By Bassist Larry Peoples Guitarist Michael Samuels And Drummer Walter Bradley. Citation Needed After Leaving The Group In 1984 To Begin A Solo Career He Sang At Nightclubs Throughout New York City And Landed A Chance To Record For The Independent Label Stadium Records. Sweat Recorded Only Two Tunes For Stadium "Lucky Seven" And "My Mind Is Made Up" Which Was Their Third And Fourth Ever Release But On Stadium's First Release He Is Credited As Co-Writer And Co-Producer Of "You Are The One For Me" The Last Recording Ever Made By The Group GQ. One Of GQ's Original Members Is His Uncle Keith "Sabu" Crier. Later In 1987 Keith Sweat Was Discovered By Vincent Davis And Offered A Recording Contract With His Label Vintertainment Records Which Was Founded In 1983 On The Foundations Of Early Hip-Hop And Otherwise Best Known For Releasing Joeski Love's "Pee Wee's Dance" In 1985. Vintertainment Was Distributed By Elektra Records From 1985 Until It Ceased Operations In 1990. On November 24 1987 Sweat Released His Debut Solo Studio Album Make It Last Forever Which Sold Three Million Copies. The Biggest Hit From This Album Was The Song That Inaugurated The New Jack Swing Era "I Want Her" 5 No. 1 R&B & No. 5 Pop Which Was Nominated For The 1989 Soul Train Best R&B/Urban Contemporary Song Of The Year Award While The Title Track From The Album Hit No. 2 On The R&B Charts. Sweat Reached The Charts Again With His Second Album I'll Give All My Love To You 1990 Which Hit No. 6 On The Billboard 200 Chart. He Released His Third Album Keep It Comin' In 1991 Which Debuted In The Top 20 Of The Album Chart. He Produced Soul Singer Omar Chandler. In 1992 Sweat Discovered The Group Silk And Helped Craft Their Debut Album Lose Control Which Hit No. 7 On The Billboard 200 Album Chart. 6 The Album's Single "Freak Me" Hit No. 1 On The Billboard Hot 100 On May 1 1993. In 1993 Sweat Discovered The Atlanta-Based Female R&B Group Kut Klose. Sweat Also Produced The Group's Debut Album Surrender Which Produced Their Biggest Hit Single "I Like" Peaking To No. 8 On The Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks Chart. Sweat Released His Fourth Album Get Up On It In The Summer Of 1994 And His Self-Titled Fifth Album In 1996. Both Albums Reached The Top Ten On The Billboard 200. The Single Co/produced And Written By Eric McCaine "Twisted" Featuring R&B Group Kut Klose Hit No. 2 On The Billboard Hot 100 And "Nobody" Hit No. 3 Which Made Them Sweat's Biggest Hits To Date. "Just A Touch" Was A Cover Of The 1979 Song "Just A Touch Of Love" By Slave. He Produced R&B Group Dru Hill In 1996. In The Fall Of 1997 Sweat Discovered The Group Ol' Skool And Helped With Their Self-Titled Debut. He Was On Their Biggest Single "Am I Dreaming" Which Featured The R&B Group Xscape. Sweat Also Formed The R&B Supergroup LSG With Gerald Levert And Johnny Gill And Released Their Self-Titled Debut Album Levert.Sweat.Gill In 1997. 7 That Album Featured "My Body" Which Became A Hit Single. The Album Was Certified Double Platinum And Reached No. 4 On The U.S. Billboard 200.
Sweat's Sixth Album Still In The Game Was Released In 1998 Hitting No. 6 On The Billboard 200 And No. 2 On The R&B/Hip Hop Albums Chart. It Featured The Singles "Come And Get With Me" Which Featured Snoop Dogg No. 12 Hot 100 And "I'm Not Ready" No. 16 Hot 100 . Sweat's Success On The Charts Started To Diminish In 2000 When He Released The Album Didn't See Me Coming. None Of The Singles From The Album Reached The Top Forty. On August 13 2002 Keith Sweat Released His Eighth Album Rebirth. The Single "One On One" Reached No. 75 On The Billboard Hot 100 And No. 44 On The Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks Chart.His 2008 Album Just Me Included The Single "Love U Better Featuring Keyshia Cole ". Sweat Is Currently Signed To Kedar Records And Released His Tenth Studio Album Entitled Ridin' Solo On June 22 2010. The Lead Single Taken From The Album Is "Test Drive" And Featured Label-Mate Joe. Since 2007 Sweat Has Been The Host Of A Nationally Syndicated Radio Program Based Upon The Quiet Storm Format. The Keith Sweat Hotel Known As The Quiet Storm With Keith Sweat On WBLS In New York City Is Syndicated Through Premiere Radio Networks. 8 Sweat Is Also The Host Of A Nationally Syndicated Radio Show Called The Sweat Hotel Which I S Produced And Distributed To Urban Adult Contemporary And Classic Soul Radio Stations Across The U.S. By Premiere Networks A Subsidiary Of IHeartMedia Inc. 9 read less