Keep It Comin'

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Keep It Comin'
Keep it Comin' (album cover).jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 26, 1991
Recorded1991
Length51:33
Label Elektra
Producer
Keith Sweat chronology
I'll Give All My Love to You
(1990)
Keep It Comin'
(1991)
Get Up on It
(1994)
Singles from Keep It Comin'
  1. "Keep It Comin'"
    Released: November 21, 1991
  2. "Why Me Baby"
    Released: 1992
  3. "I Want to Love You Down"
    Released: 1992
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Entertainment Weekly B+ [2]
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Keep It Comin' is the third studio album by the American R&B recording artist Keith Sweat. It was released on November 26, 1991, and topped the R&B Albums chart upon its debut, while entering the top 20 of the Billboard 200. It spent three weeks on the former, temporarily knocking Michael Jackson's Dangerous from the top position.

Contents

The album's title track, "Keep It Comin'", was Sweat's fourth single to top the R&B chart. Two more singles "I Want To Love You Down" and "Why Me Baby" were Top 20 R&B hits. It features the album cut "There You Go (Tellin' Me No Again)", originally on the New Jack City soundtrack months earlier. On February 21, 1992, Keep It Comin' was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, for shipments of one million copies in the United States. [4] This was the last album where Sweat collaborated with the longtime new jack swing producer Teddy Riley until Just Me was released 16 years later.

Track listing

Keep It Comin' track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Keep It Comin'" (featuring Joe Public)
  • Lionel Job
  • Joe Carter
  • Joseph Sayles
  • Dwight Wyatt
  • Kevin Scott
  • Keith Sweat
4:11
2."Spend a Little Time" (featuring Charlie Wilson)
  • Stanley Brown
  • Keith Sweat
4:22
3."Why Me Baby?" (featuring LL Cool J)
  • Keith Sweat
  • Teddy Riley
  • James Todd Smith
5:28
4."I Really Love You"Keith Sweat3:55
5."Let Me Love You"
  • Stanley Brown
  • Keith Sweat
4:04
6."I Want to Love You Down"
  • Keith Sweat
  • Alton "Wokie" Steward
5:09
7."I'm Going for Mine"
  • Keith Sweat
  • John Adams
5:01
8."(There You Go) Tellin' Me No Again"
  • Keith Sweat
  • Bobby Wooten
5:09
9."Give Me What I Want" (featuring Silk)Keith Sweat5:17
10."Ten Commandments of Love"Keith Sweat3:49
11."Keep It Comin' (Smooth Out Version)"
  • Lionel Job
  • Joe Carter
  • Joseph Sayles
  • Dwight Wyatt
  • Kevin Scott
  • Keith Sweat
5:23

Personnel

Credits for Keep It Comin' adapted from Allmusic. [5]

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for Keep It Comin'
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [10] Platinum1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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