Keep It Comin'

This article is about the album. For the title song, see Keep It Comin' (song). For the C+C Music Factory song, see Keep It Comin' (Dance Till You Can't Dance No More).

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.

Keep It Comin'
Studio album by Keith Sweat
Released	November 26, 1991
Recorded	1991
Length	51:33
Label	Elektra
Producer	Keith Sweat Teddy Riley
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'
"Keep It Comin'" Released: November 21, 1991 "Why Me Baby?" Released: 1992 "I Want to Love You Down" Released: 1992

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Entertainment Weekly	B+^[2]
Q	^[3]

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.	Title	Writer(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 Sweat	3:55
5.	"Let Me Love You"	Stanley Brown Keith Sweat	4:04
6.	"I Want to Love You Down"	Keith Sweat Alton "Wokie" Stewart	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 Sweat	5:17
10.	"Ten Commandments of Love"	Keith Sweat	3:49
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]

John Adams – drum programming, keyboards Blackjack – drum programming Bob Brockman – mixing Stanley Brown – arranger, keyboards, multi-instruments, producer Keni Burke – arranger, keyboards, producer Rodney Carruthers – background vocals Phil Castellano – engineer Jeff Chestek - engineer Bobby Douglas – keyboards Michael Evans – mixing Jose Fernandez – engineer Michael Fossenkemper – engineer Hiriam Hicks – executive producer Thomas Walter Hilton – background vocals John James – background vocals Lionel Job – producer Joe Public – background vocals George Karras – mixing David Kennedy – engineer, mixing Maurice Lauchner – background vocals

Emmanuel Rahiem LeBlanc – background vocals LL Cool J – rap Gregg Mann – engineer, mixing Warren McRae – bass guitar Mello K. – rap Herb Powers – mastering Artie Reynolds – synthesizer Teddy Riley – drum programming, keyboards Tony Ross – background vocals Eddison Sansbury – drum programming, engineer, keyboards, mixing, producer Michael Scalcione – engineer, mixing Vivian Sessoms – background vocals Dan Sheehan – engineer Silk – background vocals Alvin Speights – engineer Alton "Wokie" Stewart – keyboards, producer, background vocals Keith Sweat – executive producer, producer, vocals, background vocals Brian Weber – assistant engineer Charlie Wilson – background vocals Bobby Wooten – engineer, mixing, multi Instruments, producer, synthesizer

Charts

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for Keep It Comin' Chart (1991) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)^[6] 147 US Billboard 200^[7] 19 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[8] 1

Year-end charts Year-end chart performance for Keep It Comin' Chart (1992) Position US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[9] 11

Certifications

Certifications for Keep It Comin'

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)^[10]	Platinum	1,000,000^^
^^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

See also

• List of number-one R&B albums of 1992 (U.S.)

References

1. Hamilton, Andrew (August 1, 2003). Keep It Comin' - Keith Sweat. Allmusic. Retrieved on April 18, 2011.
2. Berger, Arion (November 22, 1991). Keep It Comin' | Music | EW.com. Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved on April 18, 2011.
3. Keith Sweat - Keep It Comin' CD Album. Muze. CD Universe. Retrieved on April 18, 2011.
4. RIAA - Gold & Platinum: Keith Sweat September 24, 2015, at the Wayback Machine. Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved on Keep It Comin'.
5. Keep It Comin' - Keith Sweat - Credits. Allmusic. Retrieved on Keep It Comin'.
6. "Bubbling Down Under Week Commencing April 15, 1991". Retrieved April 15, 2022.
7. "Keith Sweat Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved November 4, 2013.
8. "Keith Sweat Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved November 4, 2013.
9. . Billboard. Archived from the original on September 26, 2015. Retrieved November 14, 2022.
10. "American album certifications – Keith Sweat – Keep It Comin'". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved July 21, 2020.

External links

• Keep It Comin' at Discogs