What are your favorite albums/songs and why? Oh and since the group lost a lot of steam after Left Eye died, was she the integral part of the group (as she wasn't shy about declaring)?

The thing that set TLC apart from a Supremes or Destiny's Child was the fact that the three of them seemed to have necessary roles and weren't just there. I loved that. They were all essential. T-Boz took lead on most tracks but she wasn't dominant in the same way Diana or Beyonce was.

A great, great album. "Creep" is my favorite but love all the tracks.

CSC is my favorite too! Sometimes I try to hate their cover of If I Was Your Girlfriend, but honestly it's impossible

my fave song...cuz its sexy.

I like their If I Was Your Girlfriend better though the original is great too. They did a really good cover, and that's a lot coming from me, cause I get mad at those.

I love their first 3 albums and their videos, left eye and chilli are my favourites!

FanMail is my favorite. I remember picking it up the day it came out and was blown away by every. single. track.

I was disappointed there wasn't a P cover on it, though. I really dig their versions of Get It Up and IIWYG.

Edit: I'm pretty sure their version of Get It Up is the first one I heard.

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'Diggin' On You' is my fave song of their's. Nice slow jam with deep n sexy vocals. Love the video version too.

Spinlight said:

FanMail is my favorite. I remember picking it up the day it came out and was blown away by every. single. track.

I was disappointed there wasn't a P cover on it, though. I really dig their versions of Get It Up and IIWYG.

Edit: I'm pretty sure their version of Get It Up is the first one I heard.

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Oh hell yeah! I was surprised at how well they rocked "Get It Up". They tried to keep the funk alive in their time (in their own way).

musicjunky318 said:

The thing that set TLC apart from a Supremes or Destiny's Child was the fact that the three of them seemed to have necessary roles and weren't just there. I loved that. They were all essential. T-Boz took lead on most tracks but she wasn't dominant in the same way Diana or Beyonce was.

That's probly why they couldnt really be sucsessful without Lisa, they really were a group. Not a star vehicle.

CSC - you can tell they were listening to P a whle damn lot that period, since Waterfalls is basically S'O'TT, Red Light Special is Blue Light, and they covered IIWYG.

TLC will always trump Destiny's Child in my opinion. They were unique, and, like someone else said, they were all the star of the group, not just 1 lead with 2 back-up singers. I love OOOOooooh On the TLC Tip for it's nostalgic quality, and of course CSC is '90's R&B at its best. FanMail is awesome as well, and even 3-D, which got the least attention, still has great cuts ("Good Love", "Hands Up", "Damaged"). It makes me sad that Left Eye is no longer with us because, in spite of their inner-turmoil as a group, they could still be putting out great records. My fave tracks from each album:

Oooohh...

Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg

What About Your Friends

Bad By Myself

His Story

Baby Baby Baby

Depend of Myself

CSC

Creep
Red Light Special

Take Our Time (Chilli KILLED this track!)

Sumthin' Wicked This Way Comes

FanMail

FanMail

Silly Ho

No Scrubs

I'm Good at Being Bad

I Miss You So Much

Dear Lie

Automatic

3-D

Hands Up

Good Love

Damaged

In Your Arms Tonight

*Also love their version of "Get It Up", and their funky take on the Christmas classic "Sleigh Ride"

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SEANMAN said:

TLC will always trump Destiny's Child in my opinion. They were unique, and, like someone else said, they were all the star of the group, not just 1 lead with 2 back-up singers. I love OOOOooooh On the TLC Tip for it's nostalgic quality, and of course CSC is '90's R&B at its best. FanMail is awesome as well, and even 3-D, which got the least attention, still has great cuts ("Good Love", "Hands Up", "Damaged"). It makes me sad that Left Eye is no longer with us because, in spite of their inner-turmoil as a group, they could still be putting out great records. My fave tracks from each album:

Oooohh...

Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg

What About Your Friends

Bad By Myself

His Story

Baby Baby Baby

Depend of Myself

CSC

Creep
Red Light Special

Take Our Time (Chilli KILLED this track!)

Sumthin' Wicked This Way Comes

FanMail

Silly Ho

No Scrubs

I'm Good at Being Bad

I Miss You So Much

Dear Lie

Automatic

3-D

Hands Up

Good Love

Damaged

In Your Arms Tonight

*Also love their version of "Get It Up", and their funky take on the Christmas classic "Sleigh Ride"

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I didn't like 3D as a whole, but you're spot on with Damaged and Hands Up.

oh and Sumthin Wicked on CSC is amazing

just1lousydime said:

SEANMAN said:

TLC will always trump Destiny's Child in my opinion. They were unique, and, like someone else said, they were all the star of the group, not just 1 lead with 2 back-up singers. I love OOOOooooh On the TLC Tip for it's nostalgic quality, and of course CSC is '90's R&B at its best. FanMail is awesome as well, and even 3-D, which got the least attention, still has great cuts ("Good Love", "Hands Up", "Damaged"). It makes me sad that Left Eye is no longer with us because, in spite of their inner-turmoil as a group, they could still be putting out great records. My fave tracks from each album:

Oooohh...

Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg

What About Your Friends

Bad By Myself

His Story

Baby Baby Baby

Depend of Myself

CSC

Creep
Red Light Special

Take Our Time (Chilli KILLED this track!)

Sumthin' Wicked This Way Comes

FanMail

FanMail

Silly Ho

No Scrubs

I'm Good at Being Bad

I Miss You So Much

Dear Lie

Automatic

3-D

Hands Up

Good Love

Damaged

In Your Arms Tonight

*Also love their version of "Get It Up", and their funky take on the Christmas classic "Sleigh Ride"

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I didn't like 3D as a whole, but you're spot on with Damaged and Hands Up.

oh and Sumthin Wicked on CSC is amazing

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RKJCNE said:

musicjunky318 said:

The thing that set TLC apart from a Supremes or Destiny's Child was the fact that the three of them seemed to have necessary roles and weren't just there. I loved that. They were all essential. T-Boz took lead on most tracks but she wasn't dominant in the same way Diana or Beyonce was.

That's probly why they couldnt really be sucsessful without Lisa, they really were a group. Not a star vehicle.

And couldn't really be successful on their own individually either. Exactly.

In the early 90's somebody made a mixtape for me with baby-baby-baby on it. I din't know who sung it, but i loooved that song. Didn't know a girl could sing that sexy

With Crazysexy i was hooked.

Great group which had to end way too soon.

CrazySexyCool

fav singles

What About Your Friends

Baby Baby Baby

No Scrubs

Unpretty

robertlove said:

In the early 90's somebody made a mixtape for me with baby-baby-baby on it. I din't know who sung it, but i loooved that song. Didn't know a girl could sing that sexy

With Crazysexy i was hooked.

Great group which had to end way too soon.

I'm sorta with you on that one, but in a way I'm happy for what it was. The 90s was a great time for them. After that it basically went downhill, even before Left Eye died. When I think about their career, I basically stop after Fanmail.

One of the best lead off songs on any album. My jam!!

Fave TLC album's

1)CrazySexyCool

2)Fanmail

3)"On The TLC Tip"

4)3D

I used to just love these girls when I was growing up. They were probably my fave girl group when I was younger. What I liked about them is that they each brought something special to the group. No one dominated over the others. They were truly a unit and a team effort.

As far as their music goes, my fave songs of theirs are "No Scrubs", "Take Our Time", "I Miss You So Much", "Baby, Baby, Baby", "Hands Up", "Sleigh Ride", "Creep", "Unpretty", "Diggin' On You", "Waterfalls" and "Red Light Special" among others.

...mwauh, mwauh, mwauh to all 3...

Left Eye...double kisses (Rest sweet Lisa...)

.

All time favorite group.

I was lefteyelover before badujunkie

Never cried like that over an Artist passing!

I LOVE YOU LISA!!!!!!!!

(love you too T Boz)

(oh...and Chilli...you're hot...and you kill every other 90s R&B vixen)

My faves in order.

FANMAIL - im with whomever said they bought it the first day and loved. every. song. (minus "I Miss You So Much" for me).

Faves:

I'm Good at Being Bad

Silly Ho

My Life

Shout

Come on Down

Lovesick

Don't Pull Out on Me Yet

Automatic

CSC - classic!

Faves:
Creep

Lets Do it Again

Kick Your Game

Case of the Fake People

If I Was Your Girlfriend

3D - i love this album!

so underrated

Faves:

Quickie

Girl Talk

Over Me (underrated Jam of the decade)

Hands Up

Damaged - i think this is possibly the song i have played most in my life

Good Love - over the years has become probably my favorite on the album

Oooooh On the TLC Tip

- technically my least fave but aside from the singles which I love which are all classic - i love:

Depend on Myself

Shock Dat Monkey - brilliant!!!!!!!

"just a sprinkle a day / watch your ho fade awaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay"

LOVE YOU LISA!

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badujunkie said:

All time favorite group.

I was lefteyelover before badujunkie

Never cried like that over an Artist passing!

I LOVE YOU LISA!!!!!!!!

(love you too T Boz)

(oh...and Chilli...you're hot...and you kill every other 90s R&B vixen)

My faves in order.

FANMAIL - im with whomever said they bought it the first day and loved. every. song. (minus "I Miss You So Much" for me).

Faves:

I'm Good at Being Bad

Silly Ho

My Life

Shout

Come on Down

Lovesick

Don't Pull Out on Me Yet

Automatic

CSC - classic!

Faves:
Creep

Lets Do it Again

Kick Your Game

Case of the Fake People

If I Was Your Girlfriend

3D - i love this album!

so underrated

Faves:

Quickie

Girl Talk

Over Me (underrated Jam of the decade)

Hands Up

Damaged - i think this is possibly the song i have played most in my life

Good Love - over the years has become probably my favorite on the album

Oooooh On the TLC Tip

- technically my least fave but aside from the singles which I love which are all classic - i love:

Depend on Myself

Shock Dat Monkey - brilliant!!!!!!!

"just a sprinkle a day / watch your ho fade awaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay"

LOVE YOU LISA!

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YASSS!!! I rewind that interlude over and over when it comes on!

i love these song

i also like unpretty, ain't too proud to beg, creep and waterfalls

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Show some love for Das the Way We Like Em

They did the theme song to the Nickelodeon show "All That"

Rare video for "Dear Lie"

Gotta love T-Boz's "I Touch Myself", the original and the remix

Loved Left-Eye's duet with Mel C.

I also liked Left Eye's proteges, Blaque. Their first single and video was unique

You've got to be kidding me with this thread . TLC was a prepackaged product a la Backstreet Boys, Britney, etc

chrisslope9 said:

You've got to be kidding me with this thread . TLC was a prepackaged product a la Backstreet Boys, Britney, etc

Maybe so, but they were still a talented, successful trio that grew into their own. The are the longest running female group with its original members. That says a lot.