Still in the Game

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Still in the Game
Still in the Game (album cover).jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 22, 1998
Studio
  • The Sweat Shop (Atlanta)
  • A&M (Los Angeles)
  • Battery (New York)
  • On The Way (Cleveland)
Length51:26
Label Elektra
Producer Keith Sweat
Keith Sweat chronology
Keith Sweat
(1996)
Still in the Game
(1998)
Didn't See Me Coming
(2000)
Singles from Still in the Game
  1. "Come and Get with Me"
    Released: October 6, 1998
  2. "I'm Not Ready"
    Released: February 23, 1999

Still in the Game is the sixth studio album by American singer Keith Sweat. It was released by Elektra Records on September 22, 1998, in the United States. The title of the album refers to Sweat being in the music business for over a decade. It was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on October 14, 1998. [1] The single "Come and Get with Me" peaked at number 12 in the US. Follow-up "I'm Not Ready", released that same year, peaked at number 16.

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Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic editor Michael Gallucci wrote that "Sweat is still capable of making decent records a decade into his career. He knows the secret of a good slow-groove album: seduction on the most intimate of levels. And on Still in the Game, Sweat goes one-on-one with his audience, playing into their hearts and souls with his typically smooth-croon grandeur. It all sounds a bit familiar (as well as a bit programmed) – and the Jermaine Dupri, Erick Sermon and Too Short cameos add absolutely nothing to Sweat's sweet mix – but there's a cool sexuality in his grooves and moves." [2]

Track listing

Still in the Game track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Come and Get with Me" (featuring Snoop Dogg)
4:57
2."Rumors"
  • David McPherson
  • Sweat
  • Tonyatta Martinez
3:44
3."Can We Make Love"
  • Bobby Crawford
  • Curtis Jefferson
  • Sweat
4:08
4."Let Me Have My Way"
  • Sweat
  • McCallum
3:49
5."What Goes Around"
  • Darryl Adams
  • Sweat
4:48
6."Love Jones" (featuring Playa, Too $hort and Erick Sermon)
  • Sermon
  • Gregory Taylor
  • Todd Shaw
  • Sweat
4:27
7."Too Hot" (featuring Free and Jermaine Dupri)
4:10
8."I'm Not Ready"
  • Joe Little III
  • Sweat
  • Willie Jones
4:17
9."Show U What Love Is" (featuring Ol Skool)
  • Jefferson
  • Kevin "KJ" Johnson
  • Sweat
3:49
10."Just Another Day"
4:22
11."You Know I Like"
  • Sweat
  • McCallum
3:43
12."In Your Eyes"
5:13
Bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."Come and Get with Me (Clarkworld Remix)" (featuring Noreaga)
4:57

Personnel

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for Still in the Game
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [13] Platinum1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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