Rebirth (Keith Sweat album)

Rebirth is the eighth studio album by American singer Keith Sweat. It was released by Elektra Records on August 13, 2002 in the United States.

Rebirth
Studio album by Keith Sweat
Released	August 13, 2002
Length	65:21
Label	Elektra
Producer	Keith Sweat Roy "Royalty" Hamilton
Keith Sweat chronology
Didn't See Me Coming (2000) Rebirth (2002) Keith Sweat Live (2003)

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Herald-Standard	[2]
Vibe	[3]

Allmusic editor John Bush found that "it's not really a creative reawakening since he hasn't changed anything about his game. In the end, Rebirth is really just another Keith Sweat album, and it's a tribute to one of the leading soul men of the '80s and '90s that he can continue making records as smooth and as vigorous as this one 15 years down the road [...] Sweat is still in great voice, and it's his personality that carries Rebirth, even when it sounds similar to his work in the past."^[1]

Vibe's Jason King felt that Rebirth "probably won’t win Sweat any new fans, but he certainly won’t lose any. Despite a reliance on talk boxes and synth strings, and predictable references to two-ways and the number 69, the album has few missteps."^[3] Chuck Campbell from The Herald-Standard wrote: "There's longevity, and there’s quality of life. While it is remarkable that Keith Sweat is still plugging away a decade and a half after he helped instigate the new jack swing movement in urban pop, his Rebirth is far short of a miracle.Sweat offers enough material on his eighth release to prop up his career, but his generic sound isn’t buzzworthy. Instead, Rebirth is partly a tame dance disc, partly a lame indulgence in romance."^[2]

Chart performance

Rebirth debuted and peaked at number 14 on the US Billboard 200 and number seven on the US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart,^[4] selling 58,000 copies in its first week.^[5] By January 2003, the album had sold 222,000 copies domestically, according to Nielsen SoundScan.^[6]

Track listing

Rebirth track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"I Want You" (featuring Royalty & Nasdaq)	Keith Sweat Fitzgerald Scott Daniel Jackson Duane Covert Kevin R. Cannon	Sweat Scott	4:10
2.	"Gots to Have It" (featuring Ron-Ron & Royalty)	Roy "Royalty" Hamilton Raphael Hamilton Ronald Linton	Raphael Hamilton	3:32
3.	"Anything Goes"	Sweat Roy Hamilton Raphael Hamilton Linton	Hamilton	3:38
4.	"Ladies Night"	Sweat Roy Hamilton Raphael Hamilton Linton Earnest E. Dixon	Hamilton	3:51
5.	"100% All Man"	Roy Hamilton Raphael Hamilton	Hamilton	3:35
6.	"The Right Stuff"	Roy Hamilton Raphael Hamilton Linton	Hamilton	4:08
7.	"One On One" (featuring Lola Troy & Lade Bac)	Al E. Cat David Winfree	Cat	4:58
8.	"Show Me"	Sweat Scott Jackson Covert Cannon	Sweat Scott	4:38
9.	"Trust Me"	Scott Adonis Shropshire	Sweat Chanz	4:32
10.	"Wonderful Thang"	Sweat Marvin "Chanz" Parkman	Sweat Chanz	4:29
11.	"In and Out"	Sweat Dee Dee Jenkins W. Wells	Sweat Jenkins	4:55
12.	"Can It Be" (featuring Doni)	Sweat Clarence Kage Holme	Sweat Holmes Boris Montague	6:10
13.	"What Is It?"	Roy Hamilton Raphael Hamilton	Hamilton	4:15
14.	"Untitled" (live)	Sweat		3:17
15.	"Twisted" (live)	Lavonn Battle Athena Cage Tabitha Duncan Eric McCaine Sweat		5:18

Personnel

Keith Sweat – vocals, producer, executive producer, vocal arrangement Fitzgerald Scott – keyboards, background vocals, producer, drum programming Roy "Royalty" Hamilton – background vocals, producer, executive producer Merlin Bobb – executive producer, Associate executive producer Chanz – keyboards, background vocals, producer, drum programming

Al E. Cat – keyboards, background vocals, drum programming Lade Bac – vocals, background vocals Se7en – Guitar, keyboards, drum programming Clarence "Kage" Holmes – producer, drum programming Zack Odom – recording engineer

Charts

Chart performance for Rebirth

Chart (2002)	Peak position
French Albums (SNEP)[7]	77
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[8]	88
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[9]	69
UK R&B Albums (OCC)[10]	26
US Billboard 200[4]	14
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[11]	7