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TLC's debut album, Ooooooohhh...on the TLC Tip, established the trio's image and unorthodox fashion sense, which at this point was based on baggy, brightly colored clothes and Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes' trademark condom. Some accused them of borrowing their look from Bell Biv DeVoe, and their female-positive, pro-safe-sex attitudes from Salt-n-Pepa, but TLC has the boundless enthusiasm to make it all convincingly their own. What they don't always have are the songs to pull off a consistent album. The most infectious songs are naturally the singles: "Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg" is bouncy, catchy, and sexually assertive, and "What About Your Friends" is an equally danceable meditation on true friendship. The chart-topping ballad "Baby-Baby-Baby" is typically well-crafted Babyface, if a little by-the-numbers. Some of the album tracks keep the sense of fun going, but others fall flat -- not that they're bad, they just aren't that memorable. On the plus side, Left Eye gets a lot of space for her distinctively nasal, girlish rapping, and the entire group drops rhymes on "Das da Way We Like 'Em." Although it's uneven, the best moments of On the TLC Tip deserved their popularity, and set the stage for the group's blockbuster success the next time out.
© Steve Huey /TiVo
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TLC, Performer - Unknown, Composer - Unknown, Lyricist
(P) 1992 LaFace Records LLC
Debra Killings, Background Vocal - Dave Way, Mixing Engineer - Fabian Ford, Vocal - Dallas Austin, Vocal - Dallas Austin, Composer - Dallas Austin, Mixing Engineer - Dallas Austin, Lyricist - Dallas Austin, Producer - Dallas Austin, Arranger - Eloc, Vocal - Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, Lyricist - Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, Composer - Rick Sheppard, Programmer - Kevin Wales, Vocal - Herbie Powers Jr., Mastering Engineer - TLC, Background Vocal - TLC, Vocal - TLC, Performer
(P) 1992 LaFace Records LLC
Antonio "LA" Reid, Lyricist - Antonio "LA" Reid, Composer - Donald Parks, Programmer - Babyface, Composer - Babyface, Producer - Babyface, Keyboards - Babyface, Lyricist - Dave Way, Mixing Engineer - Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, Composer - Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, Lyricist - Kayo, Bass - Kayo, Background Vocal - Kayo, Co-Producer - L.A. Reid, Producer - L.A. Reid, Drums - L.A. Reid, Mixing Engineer - X-Man, Scratches - Herbie Powers Jr., Mastering Engineer - Daryl Simmons, Co-Producer - Daryl Simmons, Composer - Daryl Simmons, Lyricist - TLC, Performer - TLC, Background Vocal
(P) 1992 LaFace Records LLC
TLC, Performer - Unknown, Lyricist - Unknown, Composer
(P) 1992 LaFace Records LLC
Debra Killings, Background Vocal - Dave Way, Mixing Engineer - Dallas Austin, Mixing Engineer - Dallas Austin, Lyricist - Dallas Austin, Producer - Dallas Austin, Arranger - Dallas Austin, Composer - Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, Lyricist - Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, Composer - DeRock Simmons, Vocal Arranger - Rick Sheppard, Programmer - X-Man, Scratches - Kevin Wales, Lyricist - Kevin Wales, Composer - Herbie Powers Jr., Mastering Engineer - TLC, Performer - TLC, Background Vocal
(P) 1992 LaFace Records LLC
Mary Brown, Background Vocal - TLC, Performer - TLC, Composer - TLC, Background Vocal - TLC, Lyricist - Marsha McClurkin, Background Vocal - Darren Lighty, Keyboards - Darren Lighty, Programmer - Marley Marl, Lyricist - Marley Marl, Producer - Marley Marl, Arranger - Marley Marl, Mixing Engineer - Marley Marl, Composer
(P) 1992 LaFace Records LLC
Rick Sheppard, Programmer - TLC, Background Vocal - TLC, Performer - Dave Way, Mixing Engineer - Dallas Austin, Composer - Dallas Austin, Lyricist - Dallas Austin, Mixing Engineer - Dallas Austin, Producer - Dallas Austin, Arranger - Debra Killings, Background Vocal - DeRock Simmons, Vocal Arranger - Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, Composer - Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, Lyricist
(P) 1992 LaFace Records LLC
TLC, Background Vocal - TLC, Performer - Rick Sheppard, Programmer - Dave Way, Mixing Engineer - Dallas Austin, Composer - Dallas Austin, Producer - Dallas Austin, Lyricist - Dallas Austin, Mixing Engineer - Debra Killings, Background Vocal
(P) 1992 LaFace Records LLC
TLC, Performer - Unknown, Lyricist - Unknown, Composer
(P) 1992 LaFace Records LLC
TLC, Background Vocal - TLC, Performer - Dionne Farris, Vocal Arranger - Dionne Farris, Lyricist - Dionne Farris, Composer - Dionne Farris, Background Vocal - Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, Lyricist - Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, Composer - Da Funky Bunch, Producer - Terrance Shelton, Composer - Terrance Shelton, Lyricist - Jermaine Dupri, Performer - Jermaine Dupri, Producer - Jermaine Dupri, Composer - Jermaine Dupri, Lyricist - Jermaine Dupri, Mixing Engineer - Jermaine Dupri, Arranger - Jermaine Dupri, Programmer - Jermaine Dupri, Vocal Arranger - Seldon "Big Wally" Henderson, Strings
(P) 1992 LaFace Records LLC
Antonio "LA" Reid, Lyricist - Antonio "LA" Reid, Composer - Donald Parks, Programmer - Babyface, Lyricist - Babyface, Composer - Dave Way, Mixing Engineer - Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, Composer - Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, Lyricist - Kayo, Composer - Kayo, Lyricist - Kayo, Producer - Kayo, Bass - Tye-V, Background Vocal - L.A. Reid, Drums - L.A. Reid, Mixing Engineer - Daryl Simmons, Keyboards - Daryl Simmons, Producer - Daryl Simmons, Lyricist - Daryl Simmons, Composer - TLC, Performer - TLC, Background Vocal
(P) 1992 LaFace Records LLC
Antonio "LA" Reid, Producer - Antonio "LA" Reid, Lyricist - Antonio "LA" Reid, Composer - Donald Parks, Programmer - Babyface, Lyricist - Babyface, Keyboards - Babyface, Composer - Debra Killings, Background Vocal - Dave Way, Mixing Engineer - Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, Producer - Kayo, Bass - L.A. Reid, Drums - L.A. Reid, Percussion - L.A. Reid, Mixing Engineer - Daryl Simmons, Composer - Daryl Simmons, Lyricist - Daryl Simmons, Producer - TLC, Background Vocal - TLC, Vocal
(P) 1992 LaFace Records LLC
TLC, Background Vocal - TLC, Performer - Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, Composer - Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, Lyricist - Darren Lighty, Keyboards - Darren Lighty, Programmer - Marley Marl, Lyricist - Marley Marl, Producer - Marley Marl, Composer - Marley Marl, Mixing Engineer - Marley Marl, Arranger
(P) 1992 LaFace Records LLC
Rick Sheppard, Programmer - TLC, Performer - TLC, Background Vocal - Dave Way, Mixing Engineer - Dallas Austin, Lyricist - Dallas Austin, Arranger - Dallas Austin, Composer - Dallas Austin, Producer - Dallas Austin, Mixing Engineer - Debra Killings, Background Vocal - Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, Composer - Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, Lyricist
(P) 1992 LaFace Records LLC
TLC, Performer - Unknown, Composer - Unknown, Lyricist
(P) 1992 LaFace Records LLC
Album review
TLC's debut album, Ooooooohhh...on the TLC Tip, established the trio's image and unorthodox fashion sense, which at this point was based on baggy, brightly colored clothes and Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes' trademark condom. Some accused them of borrowing their look from Bell Biv DeVoe, and their female-positive, pro-safe-sex attitudes from Salt-n-Pepa, but TLC has the boundless enthusiasm to make it all convincingly their own. What they don't always have are the songs to pull off a consistent album. The most infectious songs are naturally the singles: "Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg" is bouncy, catchy, and sexually assertive, and "What About Your Friends" is an equally danceable meditation on true friendship. The chart-topping ballad "Baby-Baby-Baby" is typically well-crafted Babyface, if a little by-the-numbers. Some of the album tracks keep the sense of fun going, but others fall flat -- not that they're bad, they just aren't that memorable. On the plus side, Left Eye gets a lot of space for her distinctively nasal, girlish rapping, and the entire group drops rhymes on "Das da Way We Like 'Em." Although it's uneven, the best moments of On the TLC Tip deserved their popularity, and set the stage for the group's blockbuster success the next time out.
© Steve Huey /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 15 track(s)
- Total length: 00:55:24
- Main artists: TLC
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Arista - LaFace Records
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B R&B
(P) 1992 LaFace Records LLC
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