As sure as the sun is gonna rise in the morning, Keith Sweat is gonna be begging for love. Lord have mercy! No one can moan, cajole and just flat-out whine for some nookie like our man Mr Sweat. Love him, hate him or simply ignore him, Sweat has been a mainstay of R&B since the 1980s. Sure, most of his stuff sounds basically the same (give or take the obvious stylistic tweaking necessary in the cut-throat pop realm) and yes, Keith's never hit the heights he achieved on his still solid 1987 debut Make it Last Forever (though "Twisted", a hit a few years later, came close), but one doesn't go to Sweat for innovation and trendiness. He's reliable. And, as it should be, the Crown Prince of Neediness is back down on bended knee on Didn't See Me Coming. At this stage in the game you either dig Sweat or ya don't, and this CD is sure to keep the faithful happy and sell through the roof. Featuring spots from Busta Rhymes, Dave Hollister, Lil Mo (the smooth mid-tempo ballad "I'll Trade (A Million Bucks)" and Rah Digga, Keith works his wounded Romeo riff with his usual adenoidal appeal. Case in point, the edgy duet with T-Boz, "He Say She Say", which has Keith musing "tell me why you have no trust in me, when I go out at night you're always paging me". Girl! Come on! A man this desperate ain't cheating! --Amy Linden