Why Me Baby? Explained

Why Me Baby?
Cover:Keith Sweat - Why Me Baby?.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Keith Sweat featuring LL Cool J
Album:Keep It Comin'
Released:1992
Recorded:1991
Length:5:27
Label:Elektra
Producer:
  • Sweat
  • Riley
Chronology:Keith Sweat
Prev Title:Keep It Comin'
Prev Year:1991
Next Title:I Want to Love You Down
Next Year:1992

"Why Me Baby?" is a song by American singer Keith Sweat featuring American rapper LL Cool J, and the second single from the former's third studio album Keep It Comin' (1991). It was produced by Sweat and Teddy Riley.

A remix of the song titled "Why Me Baby (Part 2)", produced by Sweat and Marley Marl, was released in 1992.

Composition

Arion Berger of Entertainment Weekly wrote of Keith Sweat's performance, "For the first time, the singer sounds more relaxed and insinuating on the smoothies than on the workouts, letting his not-very-supple voice flutter mournfully around 'Why Me Baby'".[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Berger . Arion . Keep It Comin' . . 6 March 2024 . November 22, 1991.