Keith Sweat

Mega-Selling R&B artists like Bell Biv DeVoe, Bobby Brown and Johnny Gill owe the success
of their uptempo hits to the influence of Keith Sweat's 1987 hit "I Want Her," from his Make It
Last Forever album, which Teddy Riley coproduced. Embellished with plodding bass-line
vamps, obtrusive string-quartet samples, slick yet soulful background harmonies and
resolute chords, that high-energy, hip-hoppish track birthed New Jack Swing. T... More >