Test your knowledge of TLC's biggest hits, deep cuts and iconic moments.
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'Waterfalls', 'No Scrubs' and 'Creep' are among the most familiar hooks of the 90s, so the melody rarely stumps anyone. The real challenge starts once you have the title and have to say what the song is about.
Some of the best TLC questions come from outside the music: a condom worn over one glasses lens as safe-sex advocacy, a number-one single answered by its own reply record, a hit the group openly argued about.
TLC songs work on two levels at once. First the hooks everyone can sing, then the meaning underneath, then the question of who is rapping or singing, and finally the album cuts that only the superfans still place.
The choruses are the easy points. 'Waterfalls', 'No Scrubs', 'Creep' and 'Unpretty' are among the most recognizable hooks of the 90s, and most players land them from a short clip. In a TLC quiz these are the opening rounds, before the questions start digging into what the songs are actually saying.
This is where a TLC round gets interesting. 'Waterfalls' is about drug violence and HIV, 'Creep' is about cheating as a coping habit, 'Unpretty' is about self-image and beauty pressure, and 'No Scrubs' is a pointed rejection of freeloaders. The melody tells you the title; only the lyric tells you the meaning.
TLC was a trio with a rapper. Left Eye delivered the rap breaks, T-Boz carried the low, husky leads, and Chilli sang the higher harmonies. A tougher round asks which member you are hearing on a given verse, and spotting Left Eye's rap inside a smooth R&B track is a classic giveaway.
Beyond the big four, a TLC round reaches for less-played singles like 'Red Light Special' and 'Diggin' on You' and album tracks such as 'Kick Your Game' and the FanMail cut 'Dear Lie'. Placing these from a short clip is what pushes a good score toward a perfect one.
Expect the sing-along hits everyone knows, 'Waterfalls', 'No Scrubs', 'Creep' and 'Unpretty', plus less-played tracks like 'Red Light Special' and 'Diggin' on You' that separate the superfans.
More than they sound. 'Waterfalls' deals with drug violence and HIV, 'Creep' with cheating to cope, 'Unpretty' with self-image, and 'No Scrubs' with turning down freeloaders. Matching the hook to its real subject is a big part of the quiz.
The choruses are easy because the hooks are some of the most familiar of the 90s. It gets hard when the quiz asks what a song is really about, or which member is on a given verse.
It can. Left Eye handled the raps while T-Boz and Chilli sang the leads, so spotting who is on the mic, especially Left Eye's rap breaks inside a smooth R&B track, is part of the challenge.
TLC is T-Boz (Tionne Watkins), Left Eye (Lisa Lopes) and Chilli (Rozonda Thomas), formed in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1990. The group's name comes from the three members' initials.
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