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]
Good Love
Keith Sweat Lyrics
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Good love, don't get no better, babe
Good love, than your love
No more to gain, baby
We're just taking off
For wiser love
If anybody asks you why you're not coming in
I'm gonna be holding, squeezing, loving, teasing
You all day, baby
You all day, yes I am
You're gonna be kissing, squeezing, loving me crazy, girl
Till I just can't take it, baby
Take it no more, yeah, yeah
It feels so good, it feels so good, girl
When we loving each other, baby
Loving each other, all day long
It feels so good, feels so good
When we're holding each other, baby, all night long
Oh yeah, yeah, I'm feeling girl your lips
I really love your kiss
Good love baby, yeah
Oh baby, good love
This is what I call love, don't get no better, baby
Than your love
When you bite your bottom lip, baby
It just tells me girl
That I'm doing that thang
That you liking
When I ask your, ask you girl
Whose lip is this, girl?
You tell me that it's mine
And hold me tight
I'm gonna be holding, squeezing, loving, teasing
You all day, baby
You all day, yes I am
You're gonna be kissing, squeezing, loving me crazy, girl
Till I just can't take it, baby
Till your love
It feels so good, it feels so good, girl
When we loving each other, baby
Loving each other, all day long
It feels so good, feels so good
When we're holding each other, baby, all night long
Oh yeah, yeah, I'm feeling girl your lips
I really love your kiss
Good love baby, yeah
Oh yeah baby
This is what I call love, don't get no better, baby
Than your love
Yeah baby, uh, I got you doing like you know that I like
Yeah, baby
The way you make your body move
Oh baby girl, you know you do it so right
I love it babe, I love it baby
Come on
Good love, good love
Baby yeah, yeah
Come on, oh baby, yeah
Good love, good love
In "Good Love" by Keith Sweat, he describes his love for his partner with passion and intensity. He talks about how their love is the best kind of love and it can't get any better than this. Keith Sweat describes how he is going to hold, squeeze, and love his partner all day, while they are going to kiss, squeeze, and love him all day long until he just can't take it anymore. The love between them feels so good when they are holding each other all night long.
In the song, Keith Sweat talks about how his partner biting her bottom lip tells him that he is doing the right thing and she likes it. He feels like they have reached a new level of love, and they are taking off for wiser love. The lyrics also suggest that people have asked where his partner is, and the answer is that she is "sick in love" with him. In "Good Love", Keith Sweat's powerful, soulful voice and lyrics express the depth of feelings and sentiments about the kind of love that he has.
Line by Line Meaning
Good love, this is what I call love
The affection I feel for you is the true definition of love.
Good love, don't get no better, babe
The love I share with you is the best there is, and can't be improved.
Good love, than your love
The love you give to me is what makes it so good.
No more to gain, baby
There's nothing left to achieve; our feelings for each other are complete.
We're just taking off
Our love is just getting started, and it's going to soar higher and higher.
For wiser love
We're growing in our love for each other, and that's making us smarter about how we go about loving.
If anybody asks you why you're not coming in
If anyone wants to know why we're taking so long, tell them it's because we're passionately in love.
Tell them that you're sick in love with me
Explain that the intensity of our love is making you feel slightly ill, but in the best way possible.
When you bite your bottom lip, baby
The tell-tale sign of your satisfaction is when you bite your lip with pleasure.
It just tells me girl
This action is a clear message to me that you're enjoying what we're doing.
That I'm doing that thang
My efforts are effective, and you're responding in the way I had hoped.
That you liking
Your enjoyment is evidence that we're sharing something special.
You tell me that it's mine
You acknowledge that what we're sharing is exclusive, and belongs only to us.
And hold me tight
In this moment, we wrap ourselves around each other to emphasize the intensity of our bond.
Yeah baby, uh, I got you doing like you know that I like
I'm aware that you're responding to me in positive ways, which makes me feel confident and powerful in the relationship.
The way you make your body move
Your physical responses show me that what we're sharing is grand and beautiful.
Oh baby girl, you know you do it so right
You're perfect for me in every way, and I appreciate everything you do for our relationship.
Come on, oh baby, yeah
Let's keep going, baby; we're doing great, and our love is getting more amazing by the minute.
Good love, good love
Our love is amazing and full of goodness.
Baby yeah, yeah
We're doing great and loving each other completely.
Lyrics Β© Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Derek Allen, Jason Zachary Scott, Keith Sweat
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@ayshapienaar7246
This is what you call music that touches your soul π₯³π₯³ Keep it up Mr Sweat, always in your corner - Much love from South Africa π§‘
@Mary-mv6ku
Beautiful song
@cecig9592
This is a song for not only lovers, but for all those who enjoy good singing. Gotta love KS!π
@terriehayes3940
Love this song nice video
@tiffanyyarbrough5530
This is grown folk's music! Love it!!
@gwendolynmoss6020
+Tiffany YarbroughΒ Joint is tight . . .
@tagada751
keith this track is so powerful its amazing what a vybz!!! the pre-chorus is crazy it takes me away.. the melodies of the instrument go crazy everything is magic maybe one of the most powerful love songs of all time thank you for this masterpiece respect from RΓ©union Island π·πͺπ«π·π―
@dmoore319
Love this song and his music like all great music never gets old. He doesn't get the respect he deserves for his extensive music catalogue and longevity.
@meirecristina8146
SΓ³ no ritmo galera isso que Γ© mΓΊsica
@personperson3326
Oh my God this dude is bringing back the old school I'm loving it man they don't sing like this today. π―π―π―π―π―π―