TLC didn’t just name their long-awaited third LP in honor of their supporters—the opening title track, a slick number with stuttering Y2K beats, is an explicit dedication to fans. The album covers the spectrum of late-’90s R&B, bringing together twitchy, stylized futurism, sensual Babyface-produced ballads, and propulsive jams.

• Tlc Fanmail Album Tracklist
• Tlc Fanmail Album Tracklist

From T-Boz going deep on the lilting “Unpretty” to Chilli giving a deadbeat lover the ultimate kiss-off on the perennial sing-along “No Scrubs,” the trio radiates an earthy authenticity that makes Fanmail hit home. TLC didn’t just name their long-awaited third LP in honor of their supporters—the opening title track, a slick number with stuttering Y2K beats, is an explicit dedication to fans. The album covers the spectrum of late-’90s R&B, bringing together twitchy, stylized futurism, sensual Babyface-produced ballads, and propulsive jams. From T-Boz going deep on the lilting “Unpretty” to Chilli giving a deadbeat lover the ultimate kiss-off on the perennial sing-along “No Scrubs,” the trio radiates an earthy authenticity that makes Fanmail hit home. One of the biggest-selling female groups of all time, TLC rode a blend of post-new jack swing R&B and pop to superstardom during the '90s.

Tionne 'T-Boz' Watkins, rapper Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopes, and Rozonda 'Chilli' Thomas appealed equally to pop and R&B audiences, blending catchy hooks and bouncy funk with a playful and confident attitude. Their sound was reflected in their image, equal parts style and spirit, bolstered by a flamboyant, outrageous wardrobe. After their star-making second album, CrazySexyCool, the group fell into disarray and took over four years to record their follow-up, Fanmail, though the hits kept coming.

By the end of the '90s, they had three multi-platinum albums and nine Top 10 Hot 100 hits to their credit. Tragedy struck in 2002 when Lopes was killed in a car accident, but Watkins and Thomas sporadically performed and recorded as TLC into the late 2010s.

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TLC formed in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1991, when Watkins and Lopes split off from another group. In short order, they met Thomas, locally based producer Dallas Austin, and singer, songwriter, and producer Pebbles, who became their manager. They quickly scored a record deal with L.A. Reid and Babyface's new label, LaFace, and in February 1992 issued their new jack-styled debut album, Ooooooohhh.On the TLC Tip. The video for the provocative and aggressive lead single, 'Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg,' established their quirky, colorful fashion sense, and true to her nickname, Lopes stirred up some attention by wearing a condom over her left eye to promote safe sex.

The song became a Top Ten Hot 100 hit, as did its follow-ups, the ballad 'Baby-Baby-Baby' (a number two hit) and 'What About Your Friends.' The group's second album, CrazySexyCool, followed in November 1994 and was a blockbuster success. Taking a cue from Salt-n-Pepa's makeover on Very Necessary, CrazySexyCool toned down the boisterousness of their first album in favor of a smoother, more mature presentation. They were still strong and sexual, but now fully adult as well, and were more involved (especially Lopes) in crafting their own material. The slinky lead single, 'Creep,' became TLC's first number one pop hit, topping the chart for four weeks.

It was followed by three more Top Five singles: 'Red Light Special,' 'Waterfalls' (which became their biggest hit ever, spending seven weeks at number one), and 'Diggin' on You.' TLC were a bona fide phenomenon, and their stylish videos and live performances kept upping the ante for their outrageous fashion sense. CrazySexyCool eventually sold over 11 million copies in the U.S.

Alone, and won a Grammy for Best R&B Album. TLC spent much of 1996 getting their financial affairs in order, and were set to re-enter the studio in the summer of 1997, but the sessions had trouble getting off the ground due to a public spat with Dallas Austin, who did wind up handling the vast majority of the sessions. Still, it took quite some time to put together. Lopes announced in the summer of 1998 that she was working on a solo album, and Watkins tried her hand at acting with an appearance in the Hype Williams-directed Belly. All the delays, tension, and side projects fueled rumors of an impending breakup.

Fanmail, TLC's hotly anticipated third album, was finally released in February 1999 and debuted at number one. Its first single, 'No Scrubs' - a dismissal of men who didn't measure up - topped the Hot 100, as did the follow-up 'Unpretty,' which tackled unrealistic beauty standards. Fanmail wound up going six-times platinum, and won another Best R&B Album Grammy.

As TLC prepared to tour, tensions between the individual members spilled over into a public feud. Lopes blasted TLC's recent music and challenged her bandmates to record solo albums, so that fans could see who had the real talent. The blowup was only temporary, but rumors about the group's future continued to swirl. In 2001, TLC nonetheless regrouped and entered the studio together to work on material for a new album. Meanwhile, Lopes' solo debut, Supernova, was scheduled for release and then scrapped on several occasions. It eventually came out overseas, but domestically Arista pulled the plug.

Meanwhile, TLC's recording was halted when Watkins was hospitalized for complications with her anemia. At the beginning of 2002, Lopes announced that she had signed a solo deal with the infamous Suge Knight's new label, Tha Row, for which she would begin recording a follow-up to the unreleased Supernova under the name N.I.N.A.

(New Identity Non-Applicable). She never got the chance. While vacationing in Honduras, Lopes lost control of a vehicle she was driving and died after a head trauma on April 25, 2002.

The surviving members of TLC completed 3D, the album on which they had been working, and released it that November. Although none of its singles entered the Top Ten, the album itself debuted at number six and went double platinum. Watkins and Thomas performed as TLC at New York radio station Z100's Zootropia concert in June 2003. Said to be TLC's last performance, the duo performed with a video projection of Lopes. Two years later, they co-starred in R U the Girl, a nine-episode reality television program on the UPN network, in which singers competed for the award of contributing to a TLC single. Tiffany 'O'so Krispie' Baker won and subsequently appeared on 'I Bet.'

Watkins and Thomas continued to perform together and occasionally recorded. The anniversary tie-in 20, an anthology released in October 2013, included the Ne-Yo collaboration 'Meant to Be,' which played during the closing credits of VH1's original movie CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story.

After additional touring, TLC recorded a new album supported with crowdfunding. The self-titled set was released in 2017, led by the nostalgic single 'Way Back,' featuring Snoop Dogg. Steve Huey. ORIGIN Atlanta, GA. GENRE. FORMED 1991.

. ' Released: February 2, 1999. ' Released: August 10, 1999. ' Released: November 30, 1999 FanMail is the third studio album by American girl group, released on February 23, 1999 by and. The title of the album is a tribute to their fans who sent them during their hiatus. FanMail debuted at number one on the US, selling approximately 318,000 copies in its first week of release, and spent five weeks at number one. The album received eight nominations at the, including one for, and won three.

As of 2000, the album has been certified six-times platinum by the (RIAA), and has sold over 10 million copies worldwide. FanMail is TLC's second best-selling album after 1994's.

Contents. Background After the members of TLC filed for on July 3, 1995, the girls went on a recording hiatus. The suit was eventually settled on November 25, 1996. Preliminary work on TLC's third studio album was delayed when friction arose between the group and their main producer, who was by this time dating group member and helping to raise their son Tron. Austin wanted $4.2 million and creative control to work on the project, resulting in a stand-off between the producer and the artists.

TLC eventually entered recording studios in April 1998 to start work on their then-untitled third album with producer Dallas Austin. While Austin contributed most to the album and served as its, TLC also worked with long-term producers Babyface and, as well as and. The album was scheduled for release on November 10, 1998 but was pushed back to February 23, 1999. The album took on a new world, futuristic style, which was highly popular throughout the late 1990s to early 2000s. This style was effectively portrayed in the album's most popular song ', along with the music video, which embraces a modern emphasis on female strength and independence. The album also featured a custom font design, cover art with decode-able, along with pictures of the group members in metallic skin tones. The album's CD insert folds out to form a large poster featuring a picture of TLC and the names of thousands of people who sent them fan mail along their career.

A limited edition of the album was released, and had an insert with a lenticular version of the cover placed in front of the original booklet in the jewel case. The album contained several tracks featuring vocals by the computer modulated voice Vic-E (Vikki), a talking android later featured in the. The album title is a tribute to TLC's fans after their five-year hiatus. The title came from group member, who also coined the group's first two album titles, and CrazySexyCool.

There is an explicit version and a clean version replacing certain curse words, some sexual remarks, and some racial slurs. The explicit version comes with a Parental Advisory sticker, their first album to do so. FanMail was the group's final album released during Lopes' lifetime, before she died three years later. Lopes co-wrote five of the album's songs, while Watkins also co-wrote five and Thomas co-wrote one. Critical reception Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating B− 8/10 6/10 The album received critical acclaim. Declared FanMail 'equal parts steely bitch and sweet sister, superfreak and misty romantic, self-centered coffee achiever and spiritualized earth mama.'

Commercial performance FanMail debuted atop the US Billboard 200 and spent five non-consecutive weeks at number one. It also debuted at number one on the chart. According to, it has sold 4.7 million copies in the United States, and has been certified six-times platinum by the RIAA for shipping six million copies.

Internationally, the album reached the top 10 in New Zealand, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Singles ', ' and 'My Life' served as for the album. Those songs charted on the US Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. ' was the official lead single and topped the US for four consecutive weeks, becoming TLC's biggest commercial success in years. It also ranked at number two on. Follow-up single ' also topped the Billboard Hot 100, spending three weeks at number one and placing at number 20 on the Year-End Hot 100.

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'Shout' was planned to be the next US single, but it was cancelled in favor of ', which was released as the album's final single, but never made it to the US top 50 as it was only released internationally. The album has sold over 10 million copies worldwide. Legacy At the, the album received eight nominations, including one for Album of the Year. The album won three awards. Singer-songwriter covered 'I Miss You So Much' for her sixth album and rapper/singer recorded a cover of the opening track, 'FanMail', for his song, 'I Get Lonely Too'.

A remix features, while another extended mix and mashup features TLC. The songs are featured on The FanMail Mixtape and It's Never Enough mixtape on DatPiff.com. Year Nominee/work Award Result FanMail Album of the Year Nominated Won ' Nominated Won Won ' Nominated Nominated Nominated Track listing No. Title Writer(s) Producer(s) Length 1.

'FanMail' Cyptron 3:59 2. 'The Vic-E Interpretation – Interlude' Austin Cyptron 0:19 3. ' Austin Cyptron 4:15 4. 'Whispering Playa – Interlude'. Austin.

Briggs 4:33 Japanese edition bonus tracks No. Title Writer(s) Producer(s) Length 18. 'U in Me' Austin Austin 3:50 Digital download track. 'I Need That' ( exclusive track) – 3:52. Released online by TLC on to promote the. Produced by Rico Lumpkins for PWPX, LLC.

Written by R. Lopes, and S. Left Eye's rap was later expanded and rerecorded on the track 'Gimme Some' from 's album as well as being completely reused and shortened on the track 'Whoop De Woo' from the compilation, originally intended for the group's fourth album. Notes. signifies a co-producer. signifies an additional vocal producer.

'I'm Good at Being Bad' contains elements from '. On initial pressings of the album, 'Whispering Playa – Interlude' featured a sample of ' by playing in the background. The sample was removed on subsequent editions, likely due to copyright reasons, with the background music being a clip of another TLC song, 'U in Me', instead. The song 'I'm Good at Being Bad' originally featured interpolated lyrics from 's ', but the interpolated lyrics were later removed on later pressings of the explicit version. They were never removed from the clean version of the album. Known outtakes. 'It's Alright' – 2:48.

Leaked on a UK radio station in January 2002. ' – 4:47. Recorded by Left Eye with T-Boz on backing vocals. Remixed and released as lead single of Left Eye's posthumous album.

' – 3:38. Offered to TLC, but they rejected it. It was then famously recorded by for her debut album of the and released as her debut single which launched her career. T-Boz commented on rejecting the song to saying 'I was like, I like the song but do I think it's a hit? Do I think it's TLC? I'm not saying 'hit me baby.' No disrespect to Britney.

It's good for her. But was I going to say 'hit me baby one more time'?

Every song isn't good for each artist, and when you're a real artist you know what you believe in and what you really want to sing. So, I'm clear that it was a hit, but I'm also clear that it wasn't for TLC.' Chilli also added that the group was 'not just passing up hits' and it 'didn't feel the song represented the band appropriately.' . ' – 3:10. Another song rejected by TLC, recorded it and it became their biggest hit. Chilli would later comment about it and said she regretted declining the song because 'it was so TLC.'

. ' - 4:41.

Another song rejected by TLC, recorded by, and. Group Member once complained to Vibe Magazine about being unhappy that the other 2 members turned the song down. Personnel. – vocals, lead vocals. – vocals, rapping. – vocals, lead vocals.

– arranger, background vocals, producer, executive producer. – arranger, background vocals. – arranger, background vocals.

Babyface –, acoustic guitar, guitar, keyboards, producer, drum programming, executive producer. Jermaine Dupri – producer, mixing. – background vocals. Ricciano 'Ricco' Lumpkins – producer, engineer, keyboards, Synclavier, drum programming Charts.

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