Ooooooohhh...On the TLC Tip

by TLC

Overview

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

Product Details

Release Date:	10/13/2017
Label:	Laface / Legacy
UPC:	0889854492618
Rank:	19679

Tracks

Disc 1

1. Intro
2. Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg
3. Shock Dat Monkey
4. Intermission 1
5. Hat 2 Da Back
6. Das Da Way We Like 'Em
7. What About Your Friends
8. His Story

Disc 2

9. Intermission 2
10. Bad By Myself
11. Somethin' You Wanna Know
12. Baby-Baby-Baby
13. This Is How It Should Be Done
14. Depend on Myself
15. Conclusion

Album Credits

Performance Credits

TLC   Primary Artist,Shouts,Vocals (Background)
Babyface   Keyboards
Kevin Wales   Shouts
L.A. Reid   Drums,Percussion
Dionne Farris   Vocals (Background)
Debra Killings   Vocals (Background)
Kayo   Bass,Vocals (Background)
Mr. Dalvin   Vocals
Darren Lighty   Keyboards
Daryl Simmons   Keyboards,Co-Producer
Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes   Vocals
Mary Brown   Vocals (Background)
Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas   Vocals
Rick Sheppard   Sampling
Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins   Vocals
Dallas Austin   Shouts
X-Man   Sampling,Scratching
Seldon "Big Wally" Henderson   Strings
Fabian Ford   Shouts
Marsha McClurkin   Vocals (Background)
Tye-V   Vocals (Background)
Eloc   Shouts

Technical Credits

TLC   Concept,Composer
Alvin Speights   Mixing,Engineer
Terrance Shelton   Composer
Babyface   Composer,Producer
Kevin Wales   Composer
L.A. Reid   Mixing,Composer,Producer
Frank Heller   Engineer
Dionne Farris   Composer,Vocal Arrangement
John Pace   Engineer
Marley Marl   Mixing,Arranger,Composer,Producer
Perri Reid   Art Coordinator
Jermaine Dupri   Mixing,Arranger,Composer,Producer,Programming,Instrumentation,Vocal Arrangement
Jim "Z" Zumpano   Engineer,Mixing Assistant
Kayo   Composer,Producer
Darren Lighty   Programming
Daryl Simmons   Composer,Producer
Dave Way   Mixing
Matt Still   Mixing Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Kenneth Edmonds   Executive Producer
Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes   Composer
Phil Tan   Mixing Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Rick Sheppard   Programming
Antonio Reid   Executive Producer
Dallas Austin   Mixing,Arranger,Composer,Producer
Herb Powers   Mastering
DeRock Simmons   Vocal Arrangement
Darin Prindle   Engineer
Brandi Parisi   Assistant Engineer
Bill Tan   Mixing Assistant,Assistant Engineer
John Kellman-Grier   Make-Up
Donald Parks   Programming
Michael Lavine   Photography
Davett Singletary   Art Coordinator
De Funky Bunch   Producer
Steve "Stizz" S'berg   Assistant Engineer
Constance Armstrong   Coordination
Yvette Whitaker   Coordination
Marie Davis   Hair Stylist
Calvin Lowery   Design,Art Direction
Mitch Eaton   Assistant Engineer
John Rogers   Assistant Engineer