To celebrate TLC‘s 25th anniversary, we are giving away 20 copies of TLC’s amazing greatest hits album “Now & Forever: The Hits“, featuring all the hit singles and containing a bonus DVD with the hit videos and some behind the scenes footage!
The limited edition album also contains names and messages from thousands of fans across the world, paying respects and tributes to Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes, a must have for all fans who missed out in the past!
To be in with a chance of winning, simply CLICK HERE! and share the post of the competition, commenting your favorite song, and thats it!
Deadline will be on December 31, 2016! So don’t miss out! Good luck!
TLC are one of the artists announced to be performing at Empire star Taraji P Henson‘s Fox Christmas television special, “Taraji’s White Hot Holidays” on December 8, 2016!
Fans hopes to finally have TLC perform their amazing Christmas single “Sleigh Ride” may just come true, as TLC megafan Heather Harris popped the question to T-Boz on Twitter!
T-Boz followed up the tweet with a coy ‘maybe’ to keep fans guessing!
Other artists set to perform on the hour long TV special include Snoop Dogg, Alicia Keys, Missy Elliott, Empire’s Jussie Smollett and Pharrell Williams!
The ladies dropped their debut single “Ain’t 2 Proud 2 Beg”, produced by Dallas Austin, on November 22, 1991, on LaFace Records and the rest, as they say, is history!
TLC in the Ain’t 2 Proud 2 Beg video, directed by Lionel C. Martin
From the moment TLC refused to back down from speaking their minds to promote positive messages to young people across the world in a way that captured everyone’s attention creatively, it was clear TLC was here to stay!
TLC even turned down a performance on In Living Color, a hugely popular entertainment show at the time, because they refused to tone down their image for the shows producers. TLC always stuck with their principles, no matter what!
“People thought we were just a fad and that we were probably not gonna it, and that we’re just a bunch of kids in colorful clothes“, T-Boz said about the medias perception of them when they just came onto the scene. “Everyone thought we were 16 or 17, shoot, younger than that“, Left Eye explains, “but when we first came out we were 21, 22 years old, we just had baby faces“.
TLC rockin’ Cross Colours in 1992
The intro on 1992’s “Ooooooohhh… On The TLC Tip” summed up what the critics people were saying about them, “they look pretty cool, but I don’t know about the whole attitude and dressing in baggy clothes, its kinda lame you know, its just a fad I think”, but the girls were set to prove the world wrong – and they sure did in the most explosive way, selling millions in the process to cement themselves as the biggest selling female trio of all time!
TLC in the studio in 1991Megafan Charmaine Miguel’s TLC collection from their debut eraTLC on the Hammer tour in 1992
Happy Birthday on your 25th anniversary T-Boz, Chilli and in loving memory of Left Eye!
Shah Wonders is most famous for his incredible artwork on the TLC cover for their timeless hit, “Waterfalls“, but he has done so much more for the girls, and played a bigger role in some of their major projects than we thought!
Shah sat down with Left Eye immediately after completing the “Waterfalls” single cover art and brainstormed creative themes for future releases.
He created a futuristic theme while in his non air conditioned apartment, waiting for his first check for his work on “Waterfalls”. The futuristic theme was initially just called “Fantasy“.
Initially called “Fantasy”, this inspired “FanMail”
It partly inspired Seb Janiak’s futuristic shoot which eventually was delivered in the form of, “FanMail“!
This portrait was also included in TLC’s “FanMail” fanclub merchandise printed on t-shirts.
Tobias Dante Eaton’s TLC shirt from the fanclub
Shah’s character designs of Left Eye also went on to be the basis of the animation used on her ‘Eyenetics‘ website, in support of her debut solo album, “Supernova“, in 2001.
Left Eye on her ‘Eyenetics’ site. Screencap by LBG
Shah Wonders is indeed a talent ahead of his time! This is why his creativity and artistic skills would be perfect for use on future upcoming TLC projects!
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