The best-selling American girl group of all time, TLC, have reunited for one last album of smooth, sexy, R&B goodness.
Their swansong is delivered to us via a Kickstarter campaign that saw the likes of Katy Perry, Justin Timberlake, Bette Midler and New Kids On The Block donate to help fund the LP (because Katy had to contribute to at least one good album in 2017, right?).
The remaining two members of TLC – Tionne ‘T-Boz’ Watkins and Rozonda ‘Chilli’ Thomas – have done the band, Lisa ‘Left Eye’ Lopes and old-school R&B fans proud by sticking to their roots and producing tracks that sound like they could’ve been stripped right off an album from their heyday.
Their final hurrah even attracted the attention of Snoop Dogg, who lends his cool-as-a-cucumber vocals to the lead single, ‘Way Back’.
Pay attention to the little Easter eggs thrown in just for the OG fans, like the lyric “We don’t need no scrubs chasing waterfalls” in the opening track as a nod to their signature hits.
Speaking of which, the deluxe edition of the album includes remastered versions of your favourites – ‘No Scrubs’, ‘Creep’, ‘Unpretty’, ‘Baby-Baby-Baby’, and ‘Diggin’ On You’ – to serve as the best friggin’ parting gift ever.
Hats off to the women of TLC: your contribution to music has been noted and appreciated, and any time we ditch a scrub or chase a waterfall, we’ll be thinking of you.
TLC is out Friday June 30 through 852 Musiq/Liberator.
