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Post by Oprah on Oct 26, 2013 23:23:06 GMT -5
Neeeeeevermind then. Still a mess, though.
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Post by Resident_Evil on Oct 27, 2013 14:16:50 GMT -5
They're hungry for it? They didn't appear in the "Crooked Smile" video and performed the song with J. Cole once. I was mad about that too but after seeing what T-Boz went/goes through due to her disease I don't blame them for not being "out there" interms of promotion.
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Post by George on Oct 28, 2013 13:21:58 GMT -5
Billboard.com: Sales of TLC's '20' Surge by 200%, Could Hit Top 20 on Billboard 200By Keith Caulfield, L.A. | October 25, 2013 TLC's new greatest hits album "20" is set to fly into the top 20 of the Billboard 200 chart next week. Industry sources say the set might sell around 15,000 to 20,000 copies by the end of the tracking week on Sunday, Oct. 27. That could represent at least a 200% gain over last week's sales, when it debuted at No. 72 with 5,000 sold (according to Nielsen SoundScan). The gain was triggered by VH1's premiere of its biopic "CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story" on Oct. 21. Its bow scored nearly 4.5 million viewers, according to Nielsen, making it VH1's highest-rated original movie ever. According to VH1, "CrazySexyCool" is also the No. 1 original cable movie of the year among adults and women 18-49. It also logged a 2.9 rating in the 18-49 demo. "20" was released on Tuesday, Oct. 15, and features 13 previously-released hits, along with one new song, "Meant to Be." The act was last in the top 20 with 2002's "3D" album, which debuted and peaked at No. 6 on the Nov. 30, 2012 chart. I hope they exceed expectations and crack the Top10! I may have to purchase my copy this week now, instead of waiting for Black Friday/Christmas.
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Post by So Pure on Oct 29, 2013 10:17:57 GMT -5
Finally caught CrazySexyCool last night. Lil Mama was the stand out. She had Lisa down really well. I couldn't believe how bad the actress that played Tionne was! I know Tionne. I went to school with her cousin and worked with her Uncle for years. I knew her pre-fame too. She's always been a tough chick but she also has a charm and an incredible sense of humor. This actress didn't capture any of that. She came off as some pseudo-lesbian hood rat. FAIL!
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Post by mikeshere on Oct 29, 2013 16:56:21 GMT -5
AGREED^^^^^
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Post by spoonabdul3 on Oct 29, 2013 17:00:18 GMT -5
I also agree. I did enjoy the movie a lot more than I thought I would have
Its nice to see them back on the Billboard 200, even if its just a hits compilation. I wish they would take advantage of the movies success and the hit single they have with J Cole now...I don't understand; they seem to be just sitting back.
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Post by jenglisbe on Oct 29, 2013 17:21:07 GMT -5
The movie had so many inaccuracies that I couldn't take it seriously: 1. Why was "What About Your Friends" playing when they heard a song of theirs on the radio for the first time? It was the third single. 2. Lisa's breakdown of finances was done on Behind The Music, not a radio interview as shown in the movie. 3. The raid on Clive's office was more intense than shown (T-Boz has said they held him hostage with guns). 4. Lisa's challenge to the other girls was in a letter to Entertainment Weekly, not an interview with Vibe. 5. The members of TLC had all been fighting right before Lisa's death and hadn't worked it all out as the movie portrays. Their original Behind The Music even covered that regret. Lisa had visited T-Boz in the hospital right before her fatal trip, but that's it.
The weird thing is, I don't know why those things were incorrectly shown in the movie since they were all small and/or previously known.
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Post by SHOOTER on Oct 29, 2013 19:44:27 GMT -5
^I noticed a lot of those things as well.
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Post by Sir Benji on Oct 30, 2013 7:24:46 GMT -5
We have to remember that the biopic is still a movie and it is entertainment so there were bound to be some inaccuracies here and there.
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Post by wavey.✨️ on Oct 30, 2013 7:37:39 GMT -5
I enjoyed the biopic overall. They didn't have to go into detail with everything, but they touched on the most important parts of the career. I was not going to watch Lisa's final moments, if they showed that.
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Post by HolidayGuy on Oct 30, 2013 9:45:06 GMT -5
Haven't watched it yet, but EW's little review of it noted that T-Boz and Chilli come out looking good... which makes sense as they were involved in the making of the movie.
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Post by Rican@ on Oct 30, 2013 9:59:37 GMT -5
Haven't watched it yet, but EW's little review of it noted that T-Boz and Chilli come out looking good... which makes sense as they were involved in the making of the movie. I wouldn't even say that. I don't think they went that in depth with their drama leading up to Lisa's death. Everything moved quite fast after the first two eras they focus on but if certain things were cut from those, we would have probably gotten more info on the Fanmail era and such.
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Post by jenglisbe on Oct 30, 2013 10:15:03 GMT -5
Haven't watched it yet, but EW's little review of it noted that T-Boz and Chilli come out looking good... which makes sense as they were involved in the making of the movie. They do. Pebbles is made to look like the devil, though that could be how she was for all I know. I would say their office situation with Clive was downplayed, and their standing with Left Eye was definitely downplayed (which isn't to say the fallout was all their fault either).
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2013 11:15:18 GMT -5
In a recent interview Chilli said she didn't remember having a gun, and T-Boz said that it was the people that they went in with that had the guns, not them, and they didn't pull them out, they just had them "just in case". It was something on the VH1 website, but I can't remember exactly which one. "What About Your Friends" playing on the radio did bother me, though, lol. Still, I enjoyed the movie a lot. I thought it was very well made.
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Post by George on Oct 30, 2013 12:42:47 GMT -5
The movie had so many inaccuracies that I couldn't take it seriously: 1. Why was "What About Your Friends" playing when they heard a song of theirs on the radio for the first time? It was the third single. 2. Lisa's breakdown of finances was done on Behind The Music, not a radio interview as shown in the movie. 3. The raid on Clive's office was more intense than shown (T-Boz has said they held him hostage with guns). 4. Lisa's challenge to the other girls was in a letter to Entertainment Weekly, not an interview with Vibe. 5. The members of TLC had all been fighting right before Lisa's death and hadn't worked it all out as the movie portrays. Their original Behind The Music even covered that regret. Lisa had visited T-Boz in the hospital right before her fatal trip, but that's it. The weird thing is, I don't know why those things were incorrectly shown in the movie since they were all small and/or previously known. I think it was mentioned somewhere that TLC wasn't able to use "Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg" that much in the movie (I guess except for that video recreation clip) which would explain the "What About Your Friends" being used a lot. Also, I read that Left Eye had done the finance breakdown on a radio interview (in addition to the TV special). T-Boz & Chilli's memories probably forgot about the EW/Vibe correction, while I do believe the movie wanted a slightly happier ending (after all the hardships they went through) than the girls not being on great terms before Left Eye's death.
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Post by HolidayGuy on Oct 31, 2013 10:25:26 GMT -5
I watched most of it last night (until American Horror Story came on). It was decent, but I would have liked to see stuff like Pebble's reaction when they cut her loose, etc.
Aside from 20 at No. 12 on the Billboard 200, there's also CrazySexyCool, re-entering at No. 108, and Now and Forever...The Hits re-enters at No. 169*.
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Post by SHOOTER on Oct 31, 2013 13:17:43 GMT -5
I wonder why CSC is the only catalog album of theirs still available for sale at retail. All four were released under the LaFace/Arista umbrella.
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Post by George on Oct 31, 2013 14:57:10 GMT -5
I wonder why CSC is the only catalog album of theirs still available for sale at retail. All four were released under the LaFace/Arista umbrella. I still see "3D" and "FanMail" at times when I was working at FYE. They were like the $5 CDs though.
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Post by SHOOTER on Oct 31, 2013 17:44:24 GMT -5
I wonder why CSC is the only catalog album of theirs still available for sale at retail. All four were released under the LaFace/Arista umbrella. I still see "3D" and "FanMail" at times when I was working at FYE. They were like the $5 CDs though. New or used?
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Post by Hashtag Pow on Oct 31, 2013 17:50:06 GMT -5
Yeah...I have seen ALL their albums in the $5 bins at Walmart this year.
And there was obviously gonna be some inaccuracies in the film considering they had to give each woman an individual story line within the group's story, and condense it to 2 hours. I was more bothered by the fact that I saw current cars, and Ciroc bottles in the film..
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Post by Hashtag Pow on Oct 31, 2013 23:54:18 GMT -5
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Post by Hashtag Pow on Nov 1, 2013 9:57:38 GMT -5
V MAGAZINE TLC: LEGENDS PHOTOGRAPHY CHRISTELLE DE CASTRO FASHION HALEY WOLLENS TEXT MARK JACOBS THIS IS V WORLD: THE PEOPLE THAT V CARE ABOUT RIGHT NOW This past October, for the first time in far too long, TLC was not synonymous with toddlers, tiaras, extreme cougar wives, or anything called Say Yes to the Dress. TLC, the four-time Grammy-winning, 65-million-albums-selling R&B girl supergroup named for members Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins, Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes, and Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas, reclaimed the initials with the premiere of the VH1 original movie CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story and an accompanying greatest hits collection, 20, which delivered a new single, “Meant To Be.” Written by Ne-Yo, the song, according to Thomas, “sums up the whole 20 years of the relationship between the three of us and the ongoing relationship between T-Boz and myself.” As any true pop-culture enthusiast knows, this is no small feat. TLC’s story is no less breathtaking than the scope of their influence. From humble Atlanta beginnings to global superstardom, the band has lived a triumphant, outrageous, often tragic tale perfectly suited to a “Behind the Music” segment. Watkins would struggle with chronic sickle cell anemia (and later be sidelined by a brain tumor). Thomas publicly endured the throes of a relationship with Usher. The group suffered an astounding bankruptcy. And then Lopes, after infamously burning down the house of her boyfriend, Atlanta Falcons football player Andre Rison, and acrimoniously challenging her bandmates to a solo album showdown, suddenly passed away, in a 2002 auto accident while on a spiritual retreat in Honduras. (Her final moments are recorded in the 2007 documentary The Last Days of Left Eye.) “In our hearts and within our music, she’ll always live,” Watkins says. At the V photo shoot, which their publicist cites as their first since Lopes’s death, the duo became emotional when their 1995 slow jam “Red Light Special” began playing, and requested it be replaced with the Notorious B.I.G. While there has been but a flurry of TLC-related happenings in recent years—including unrealized solo projects, a run of reality-show programming, and a 2011 performance on American Idol—appreciation for their talents has only grown. Stylistically they are a crucial touchstone for the lighter side of ’90s revivalism: consider sporty elastic attire, Cross Colours brights, sharp video-game-fighter bangs, and Olympic midriffs. (“I’m going to be 85 years old, still with a six pack. I’m not playing,” says Thomas with a laugh. “I’m going to have these abs until I go home to Jesus.”) CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story is an appropriately extravagant biopic, executive produced by Watkins and Thomas, written by Kate Lanier (What’s Love Got to Do With It, Set it Off, Glitter), and starring Keke Palmer as Chilli, Drew Sidora as T-Boz, and Lil Mama (who filled in for Lopes at the group’s July 2013 performance at the Mixtape Festival, in Hershey, Pennsylvania) as Left Eye. It details their saga and features exactingly reenacted music videos from “What About Your Friends” to “No Scrubs,” with choreography coached by Watkins and Thomas and even costumes pulled from the TLC archives. “Lil Mama wore Lisa’s, because she was that size, but the other two girls are more top heavy, because, you know, we’re the tittiless crew, T-L-C, Titty-Less Crew, so those outfits had to be re-created,” explains Watkins, who admits to being shaken up while watching her life played out on set. “It was really, really weird. Especially with Lil Mama, because her real eyes are hazel and so they put these big, round black contacts in, like Lisa’s eyes. She looked up at me one time and I was like, ‘This is weird.’” Fortunately the TLC renaissance is in its early stages. An as-yet-untitled full-length album, their first since 2003’s 3D, is currently in the works. “Im telling you, it’s a blessing even being in the studio recording. I can’t wait till you hear some of these songs! It’s TLC 2015! It’s TLC today and tomorrow!” says Thomas, who promises more futurism, signature dance moves, and a familiar sound that continues what began with Left Eye. “It’s definitely just a different period, because she’s not here physically. But even when she was alive we had a lot of songs that did not have her on there. So with Tionne’s voice and my voice it still sounds like our stuff. But we’ll have a few features, because we’ve never had features before,” she says, mentioning likely but unconfirmed contributions from Drake, T.I., 2 Chainz, and Lady Gaga. “I don’t think you can ever have enough records about self-esteem and loving yourself and not taking no crap, especially females,” says Thomas. “That girl-power thing is just missing right now. And it’s not like we’re in the studio trying to make songs like this—we’re naturally like that, so it naturally comes. We’re still being who we are. And by saying that, it’s going to help a lot of people. And that’s all we care about. We want jams to make you jam but at the same time make you think.” vmagazine.com/site/content/1798/tlc-legends
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Post by Resident_Evil on Nov 1, 2013 12:49:37 GMT -5
Fortunately the TLC renaissance is in its early stages. An as-yet-untitled full-length album, their first since 2003’s 3D, is currently in the works. “Im telling you, it’s a blessing even being in the studio recording. I can’t wait till you hear some of these songs! It’s TLC 2015! It’s TLC today and tomorrow!” says Thomas, who promises more futurism, signature dance moves, and a familiar sound that continues what began with Left Eye. “It’s definitely just a different period, because she’s not here physically. But even when she was alive we had a lot of songs that did not have her on there. So with Tionne’s voice and my voice it still sounds like our stuff. But we’ll have a few features, because we’ve never had features before,” she says, mentioning likely but unconfirmed contributions from Drake, T.I., 2 Chainz, and Lady Gaga. Uh..2015? The features bit sounds great though. Get Ms. Minaj on there too please.
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Post by Agent Yoncé on Nov 1, 2013 13:06:14 GMT -5
Ewww. Gawd no. Keep that thing away from my g0rlz.
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Post by Rican@ on Nov 1, 2013 17:52:18 GMT -5
Yeah...I have seen ALL their albums in the $5 bins at Walmart this year. And there was obviously gonna be some inaccuracies in the film considering they had to give each woman an individual story line within the group's story, and condense it to 2 hours. I was more bothered by the fact that I saw current cars, and Ciroc bottles in the film.. Lol I couldn't with the Beats headphones they were wearing in the studio. I was like, they couldn't hide them better
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Post by Hashtag Pow on Nov 1, 2013 21:53:04 GMT -5
Fortunately the TLC renaissance is in its early stages. An as-yet-untitled full-length album, their first since 2003’s 3D, is currently in the works. “Im telling you, it’s a blessing even being in the studio recording. I can’t wait till you hear some of these songs! It’s TLC 2015! It’s TLC today and tomorrow!” says Thomas, who promises more futurism, signature dance moves, and a familiar sound that continues what began with Left Eye. “It’s definitely just a different period, because she’s not here physically. But even when she was alive we had a lot of songs that did not have her on there. So with Tionne’s voice and my voice it still sounds like our stuff. But we’ll have a few features, because we’ve never had features before,” she says, mentioning likely but unconfirmed contributions from Drake, T.I., 2 Chainz, and Lady Gaga. Uh..2015? The features bit sounds great though. Get Ms. Minaj on there too please. That was her way of emphasizing "current" the sound is....
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Post by PLAYBOYoriginal on Nov 2, 2013 2:24:17 GMT -5
I'd rather watch The 5 Heartbeats and tired ass Moesha than to watch this bullshit again. Horrible acting! Why was KeKe's ugly mug playing beautiful Chilli? My cup is waiting on Pebbles booking that interview with Wendy ASAP for the real Lipton.
Anyways, I just wanted to say that Chilli SUNG her ass off on this new song. Ne-Yo got her vocals right together. I hate T Boz but I almost downloaded "Meant To Be" off iTunes.
ALMOST! T Boz and that Macy Gray voice.... I fucking can't get wit it!
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Post by HolidayGuy on Nov 2, 2013 9:07:14 GMT -5
T-Boz had that voice before we knew Macy Gray, so.... I like all the ladies- they each bring/brought their own flair to the trio.
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Post by NeRD on Nov 2, 2013 22:03:27 GMT -5
Whatever happened to Chilli's solo album project? I just remember her having that reality show on VH1 like five years ago, and she kept talking about it. Did they both bomb?
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Post by HolidayGuy on Nov 3, 2013 8:40:46 GMT -5
Bi-Polar, the album, apparently was shelved.
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