The Best of Keith Sweat: Make You Sweat
compiles most of the tracks that made
R&B
crooner
Keith Sweat
one of the most popular and influential of the '90s
new jack swingers
. Along with
Teddy Riley
,
Tony! Toni! Tone!
, and
Bell Biv Devoe
Sweat
defined the forward-looking but history-mindful
new jack
sound that combined old-school aesthetics with
hip-hop
rhythms. Culled from all five of his consecutive number one
albums, the tracks here include such ubiquitous radio hits as
"I Want Her"
and
"Make You Sweat"
along with stellar singles including
"Nobody"
and solid album cuts like
"My Body."
This is steamy, funky, and sexy music that spawned myriad imitators in the '90s. ~ Matt Collar