As sure as the sun is gonna rise in the morning and you"re gonna be owing money come April 15, 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 an R&B mainstay since the "80s. Sure, most of his stuff sounds basically the same (give or take the obvious stylistic tweaking necessary in the cutthroat pop realm), and 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 back, came damn 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 midtempo 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