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The worst of the worst for me. I'm not a fan of 90's R&B, it's way too polished, edgeless and needlessly dragged out. This album switches between boring songs, boring skits, awful skits and awful songs. Waterfalls is a decent song but that's about it. I don't need this album to listen to Waterfalls, might as well listen to the 90's radio station variety hour. There were a few better parts about this album, the runtime isn't needlessly long like other 90's albums and I somewhat like the raspy voice one of the singers here has. Just really not my type of music.
The best from the house of LaFace.
It has the hits but outside of those I didn't latch on to anything. I had my wife listening, who is a R&B aficionado, and she gave the thumbs down so I will round to 3 for 3 incredibly memorable songs. Revised, apparently it had 4 top 5 singles but I only remember 3 so I stay with my ranking.
How many more ridiculously bloated soul albums with a bunch of no-substance, no-brain tracks is this generator going to give me?
3.75
Normally a classic song will bump an otherwise bad album up a star… but man every other song was rough
Not for me.
I have to hear Creep & Waterfalls every day at work on the radio. It’s cemented TLC as this band that I can’t stand & it’s not even their fault.
No All That theme song? Who cares?!
Switch
This album is fine, but didn't really do much for me. I enjoyed the Prince cover. High 3.
Some pretty great R&B and lyrics to go along with it - production and mixing do sound noticeably dated at times
I was really expecting more from this album. Of course this is the one that has Waterfalls on it, but the rest of the songs are just kind of meh. It is very much '90s to the core.
good, chill, but album, enjoyed all of the songs, the interludes also were interesting. 4
TLC – CrazySexyCool I knew “Waterfalls”, obviously, and had always liked the slink of it, but I’d never really investigated the world around it. CrazySexyCool turns out to be exactly the sort of mainstream R&B I tend to enjoy: understated, polished, groove-led and built with a very strong understanding of pop listenability. What I noticed first was how little the record seems to push. The rhythm section sits back, the vocals sit inside the arrangements rather than climbing on top of them, and everything moves with this loose, unhurried confidence. The songs don’t arrive waving their arms for attention. They sort of slide into the room. That is what I’d always liked about “Waterfalls”, without really having a name for it: the slink. The track barely seems to break stride. Even with all that melodic and lyrical weight, it never turns into a Big Song in the usual sense. It glides. And hearing the album around it makes that feel less like a one-off piece of production magic and more like part of TLC’s whole aesthetic. There’s a softness to the sound, but it isn’t flimsy. The grooves have enough definition to keep everything moving, while the vocals remain conversational, intimate and remarkably unforced. Nobody seems interested in proving how loudly or extravagantly they can sing. The effect is much sexier for it. That restraint is probably the important bit for me. A lot of later R&B can feel very declarative: here is the hook, here is the attitude, here is the point, and we will now deliver all three directly at your forehead. TLC are much more c’mere, babe. The confidence is there, but it doesn’t need to announce itself. It also explains why I always had such a soft spot for All Saints, who now strike me as a sort of homegrown village-fête version of TLC. That sounds crueller than I mean it. They had the same instinct for understatement, the same belief that coolness didn’t require shouting, although with rather less American studio luxury and rather more British weather. And the moment Shaznay Lewis opened her mouth, I was putty anyway. There is something deeply attractive about pop that knows how little it needs to do. CrazySexyCool is smooth without being bland, expensive without being vulgar and accessible without sounding desperate for approval. It doesn’t grab you by the lapels. It just moves slightly closer and waits for you to notice.
Album #71: CrazySexyCool - TLC Genre (W): R&B, Hip hop soul Singles: Creep, Red Light Special, Waterfalls, Diggin’ On You I have not listened to this album before. Thoughts?: I wasn’t much of a fan of the production nor the lyrics, but I liked their vocals. That’s about it. Favorite songs: Intro-Lude, Creep, Case of the Fake People, Waterfalls, Switch
I didn’t like many TLC songs growing up. Listening to this album, though I realize that I was missing out on a number of good songs.
por fin un disco bueno. buenos beats, buenos vocals. podría haber sido más corto eso sí.
Good but a little horny for me
4 not 5
These ladies are legends and my mother adored them as a teenager. I was looking forward to digging into something she loved and I learned a lot from just one listen. I never realized how low-key, chill and soulful TLC was. I'm so used to other female vocal groups flaunting their pipes and meanwhile, TLC stays in a lower range vocally unless it's a climax where a member might go up higher. This approach does work on this album where songs like Waterfalls and Diggin' On You stand out. I also did not realize how sexy this album was trying to be though that's on me. It's literally called Crazysexycool, it's in the name. I wanted to vibe and dance, but instead, I was met with plenty of songs in the back end that were fit for sex nights. I wasn't personally participating in the two-person relay race known as coitus at the time of listening, so too many of these caught me off guard. Plus all the interludes too which act as filler for a 56 minute album. I don't want to hear Busta Rhymes describe what girl he wants for nearly 3 minutes AND I DEFINITELY don't want to hear fucking Diddy trying to act slick. His part on this record did not age well at all. That sex hotline interlude which ends with sexual moaning, screaming and toilet flushing noises may be up there for the grossest thing I've heard on this challenge so far. But despite their increased arousal, when TLC gets serious and heartfelt, they hit better and stronger. That sounds sexual too, dammit. On one final note, I thought I would hear Left Eye spit more verses, but I guess she was too busy committing arson. Swagteam, ma (6/10, 3/5 on this scale)
Oh boy, here we go, nostalgia. Very big record for me growing up. I remember its impact on music and society when this dropped and just how distinct it was, in addition to how crazy, sexy and cool it is. For today, it holds up pretty well. The songs I remember from it still resonate with me and it hasn’t lost its appeal. Not something I’d listen to regularly at this stage in my life, but it remains an important record that shaped where I am today. RIP Left Eye
Mwah
Hard
pretty good
3 Stars (8/15)
Better than average hip-pop/R&B. There is attitude in spades and of course, some classic tunes. It does suffer from bloating though (as did so many albums from this era). Great when it's great, very mid when it's not, but should it be on the list? Probably. Best Tracks: Creep; Waterfalls; If I Was Your Girlfriend
Biased but I love this album. Great vocalists, great RnB/hiphop music and production, catchy songwriting, classic hits. It can sound a bit dated at this point but there are so many classics on here: Creep, Waterfalls, Red Light Special, Diggin’ On You, Take Your Time, If I Was Your Girlfriend. I was stuck between a 3 and a 4.
Not my cup of tea.
Unnecessary skits, nothing that really pops, no, this one disappointed me.
Wow, this is crazy dull.
3/10
It’s almost a 5, really great album, cohesive vibe, songs that are still popular.
Good.
Good R&B hiphop album. The singers are good and had a group of established songwriters and producers behind them.
Better than expected. Sounds and production very similar to Prince on most tracks.in fact there even a Prince cover
Not my thing. I was in my early 20s when this came out and waterfalls is good. Other stuff is ok. Very samey
I'd never heard of TLC or Crazysexycool before. I wish I hadn't. A remarkably dull album.
I’m glad I got to listen to more of TLC ofc I know a few of these songs but the rest of this album was pretty good
crazy, sexy, AND cool
Album #200. I was raised on country in the 90’s and I remember TLC were one of the first non-country artists I was exposed to. My nostalgia gives this a solid 4.
Oh lordy - you could NOT escape TLC in 1994. At all. They were all over MTV and the radio. God - that "Creep" video with them in giant billowy silk pajamas....... they must've played that video a thousand times a day. This was not my jam at all in '94 so I missed this album, but the singles were inescapable. I've even heard "Diggin' on You" many times, which has to be the most obscure of the singles. Anyways. What I'm trying to say is that unless you were there, TLC probably seems like a forgotten artifact of the 90s, which also probably colors your view of this album. This record is pretty excellent, if dated, R&B. I mean - if you had to pin mid-90s R&B down to a singular record this would do nicely. It's all there - super sexy slow jams, incredibly stupid skits, a song or two about contemporary issues, just enough guitar, just enough DJ scratches, some funk, some ballads...... And because it was made for CD its way too long but somehow this didn't feel like a chore to listen to after the first 40 minutes. T-Boz's voice is interesting, and perfectly suited for R&B - reedy and deep. But it isn't particularly strong. Chili has a better voice, and the contrast between her and T-Boz works really well and keeps ear-fatgue at bay. Both of them are totally fine singers. One thing I feel compelled to write about is "Creep" - specifically the first verse. "Creep" was the first single released, as well as the first song on the album. Take a close listen to the melody in the first verse. Maybe it's the mix - but it is so low and out of T’s range that you can't really tell what's going on. And yet that song was huge! It's kind of amazing. I liked CSC, but I probably won't put it on again any time soon. THREE STARS
I thought this was gonna be a higher ranking for me but honestly... other than the hits off the album, it was just ok.
Ok hip hop band
Since its opening day of baseball I’m going to use a metaphor that doesn’t fit this album at all. This album is like a good MLB pitcher with just one or two pitches. It does the R&B really well, it’s got its fastball. It’s even got a changeup with some of these rap features, but it’s just missing a 3rd or 4th pitch. It needs a curveball. Really good album, falls just shy of being a great one for me.
Waterfalls will live forever in grocery store playlists.
Waterfalls natürlich n Banger, aber der Rest war ganz okay. Halt so 90er-Early 2000s Sound
Waterfalls ist nach wie vor ganz gut, ansonsten eher durchschnitt bis schwach
Wundert mich immer, wenn man Songs hat mit mehreren Millionen aufrufen, aber selber nicht kennt. Mid.
More generic 90s hip hop on this list. I really like one of the girls’ voice, and she sings so infrequently that it’s like a nice treat whenever it comes up.
This album is very cool, but I do think it's hard to be a straight through listen over and over again. With the songs extracted the whole thing just becomes very easy to listen to. I am most familiar with FANMAIL, but this album is basically as good.
Сексапильно девки пляшут
interesting!
Exactly the kind of music I dislike. Manufactured, flat, lifeless. Songs that sound like they were written by a worker in an office, emailed to a producer who handed them down the production line to the singers and a guy behind a big sound desk. Reading the other reviews maybe TLC were among the first to do this, but for me that just means that this sounds rudimentary as well as opening the door to a million pretenders. Kick Your Game is just so lacking in anything. No one is putting in any effort or passion in the singing or backing, it sounds like a song recorded by 100% session musicians getting paid by the hour. Red Light Special and Let's Do It Again show that it's not just AC/DC or even men who can do distasteful and barely-veiled sexual references. I at least recognise Waterfalls, but the juxtaposition of its material with the rest of the tracks is uncomfortable and ill-advised. The best track for me was the penultimate Switch.
So good. Brings me back to childhood
I know way more about TLC than I ever planned thanks to MTV and VH1. It’s not really my vibe, but I can appreciate it.
I think nostalgia is doing a lot of heavy lifting here. Diggin On You came out as my favorite on this listen. I had completely forgotten about that song. I know interludes were a huge part of 90's albums but I can't ever remember a time an interlude added to my enjoyment of an album. I also can't believe my 9 year old brother had this album...it is much more inappropriate than I remember.
3 - I owned this album like many kids at the time, but I doubt I would have ever listened to it again if not for this app. There are some good songs and a lot of nostalgia. Too much filler though.
Groovy with solid production
Definitely made me feel some kind of way back when I first heard it, but nowadays I appreciated the groove more than the horniness.
iconic, etwas einseitig
sehr nice, zweites interlude iconic, memorable
This album doesn’t kick in for until Red Light Special, but it gets pretty great for awhile there. Even outside of the Prince cover, his influence is all over this thing.
The Principal at our primary school was known to give the boys a squeeze on the thigh or a gentle cup of the bum while boosting you up a tree. Nobody minded. It was fun and games old-school paedo-ing. No harm, no foul. Anyway, my friends and I made up a song about him to the chorus of TLC’s waterfalls. It went like this: “Don’t go chasing little boys Please stick to the wretched old hags that you’re use to” That’ll be all for today, suppressed memories, that’ll be all.
Cool
Au début de l'album je me disais que c'était le bon vieux temps où il n'y avait pas encore d'effet(s) dans les voix. À la fin de l'album je me disais qu'il était un peu trop long.
Le son d'une époque... J'ai l'impression d'avoir 7 ans et ouvrir la radio. Je sais pas si c'est crazy et cool, mais c'est définitivement sexy. Les tounes plus groovy sexy justement j'aime bien, Diggin' on you, Let's Do it again, take your time. Sont un peu toxiques par boutte, Creep c'est pas très gentil, mais bon, on passe. Et 1h c'est beaucoup trop long, je sais pas c'est quoi la manie du hip hop et du r&b avec les longues durées d'album
Cover 3/5. Mysterieux, regards profonds, ça donne quand même envie de voir ce qui s’y cache. Sinon excellent r&b 90s!
Not my cup of tea, bit some songs, like “Red Light Special” are sexy. I knew right off the bat that “If I was Yr Girlfriend” was written by Prince. Also, I didn’t know “Waterfalls” was a parent talking to their kid.
Red light special is so soothing, and waterfalls a a classic. A blueprint for female groups at a time when boy bands dominated mainstream pop stations. They remind me of the Dixie Chicks for their impact on women in music.
The "R&B/hip hop soul girl group" description had me recoiling when this first popped up. I actually didn't hate it anywhere near as much as I expected to, but there's little here which appeals to me or that felt like it's endured the test of time to warrant sustained inclusion. This would have sounded slick for the time, I'm sure, but stylistically it's very dated and very safe.
I like this album though it gets a bit samey in places, not sure if the interludes really work either!
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Not expecting much here. Surprise, surprise! This is a great album. The only "song" I did not at all enjoy: Can I Get A Witness. That seemed like a throw-away. Otherwise, this album swayed, bopped, smoothed, just impressed throughout. Bravo. Not perfect by any means but based on my assumption that I'd hate most if not all of the songs. 4 bravo stars.
3/5. Liked this one more than I thought I would honestly. I’ve always had a mostly negetive perception of all the 90’s boy-bands/girl-bands and this album does occasionally fall into that 90’s pop/RNB cheesiness, but the production is mostly very good and there are some high highs here like the albums biggest hit “Waterfalls.” I also liked the closer with Andre 3000 “Sumthin’ Wicked this way Comes.” Doubt I’ll revisit this one in full, but there’s a handful of tracks here that I’ll definitely be coming back to. And as a side the interludes are mostly meh but I don’t let interludes affect my rating too much unless they are particularly egregious, which none of the ones here are.
Always enjoyed TLC singles from the radio and whatnot but this is my first time ever listening to a full record from them. Absolutely love this era of R&B/Hip-Hop fusion. Don't listen to it nearly as much as I should. Really enjoyed this one.
Rating: 6/10
This is one of those moments where I have to take a step back and remember that the only reason why "Waterfalls" seems like such an obvious part of the cultural fabric to me at this point is because it's such a goddamn good song in the first place. And relistening to this album, it's even more remarkable how much it stands out in relief to the rest of the songs on this album, which are often so goddamn sexy in ways that I didn't remember. "Red Light Special" of course, but "Switch"? "Let's Do It Again"? That genderfuck cover of "If I Was Your Girlfriend"?? Goddamn wow. I think musically I still prefer the Y2K futurism of FanMail, but this remains a triumph on its own.
I never gave this a listen at the time because it was SO everywhere that I was sick of the radio hits. But listening to it now 30+ years later, man, there is so much great stuff on here in addition to the hits.
The scientific definition of three stars. 4 great, world-beating singles, a good Prince cover, then a bunch of filler. An enjoyable trip down memory lane, but didn’t inspire any re-listens.
Sensual and slick
Is the best way to describe me!
With the exception of the nostalgia I hold for Creep and Waterfalls, and despite not knowing that Phife was in the Intro, this album kinda sucked
Htis are great, the rest is a bit filler-y.
An album featuring Len Houmous’ greatest attributes. 3.2 8/16 Waterfalls
não consegui prestar muita atenção depois de notar que pescaram o refrão quase inteiro de uma música do macca sem nem darem um shout-out pro meu goat, mas the album itself is fine/fun enough mixagem é boa
I liked waterfalls and if i was your girlfrie nd
I liked the beat on diggin on you so much I had to listen to it 3 times in a row before I could get onto the next song
Weird that the their popular songs are their least horny songs. Was not expecting that. The album itself was fine I guess, kind of mid.
Beats Destiny’s Child. I still couldn’t tell you what exactly defines “New Jack Swing” R&B, but these three def had some catchy hooks and sweet but steely vocal harmonies
When CrazySexyCool came out, my daughter was 13 and really wanted the album. As responsible parents, we checked it over and didn't see a Parental Advisory label, so we let her buy the CD. Big mistake. She became completely obsessed with it, playing it nonstop. I got so tired of hearing those same tracks over and over. Personally, I still know every song from all that repetition, and for a pop/hip-hop album, it's actually not bad at all. It's just not my style, and forcing myself to listen to it again was a real struggle.
An almost pleasant pop-album lead by the single "Waterfalls". 2,5
I can see the appeal, but it's not for me
ConsistentlyGoodButDidNotFullyClick.
It was fine. Plus one for waterfalls, otherwise it's very normal RnB/Pop.
A bit weird but enjoyable
For me this album represents the end of the late 80s, early 90s R&B/soul sound that dominated radio and MTV. By the mid 90s songs went harder into hip hop or pop or dance but groups like TLC represented a hybrid of those styles that was exciting when it first hit.
Partially known. Nostalgic and a couple of iconic songs, and the rest was ok.
Album #1,056 Going in, I know Waterfalls, maybe Creep, and I know the Prince version of If I Was Your Girlfriend. And I know one of them died young. Let's hear the album now. About what I expected. Poppy, catchy R&B stuff with a little rap thrown in. Didn't care for the rap or vocal fry. Almost took a full point off for the literal toilet humor. (Why was that here?!) Other than that, it was OK. Diggin' On You was pretty good. A very low 3/5 gnome sayin'? Word.
good
This really was a great album.
The album is a good mix of R&B/hip hop, soul and pop. If you like that sort of thing I'm sure it's great. I thought that it was good, I had it on in the background while I was working. It was ok.
never crazy about all the interludes but TLC always makes smooth-ass r&b
4*
This is fine
You know how there is a song or artist that you would sing mockingly back in your youth, but then you relisten years later and admit that it was secretly a banger...? ... this is not that. It's not *bad*. It's just very mediocre corporate radio pop with R&B flavor. It was pretty mediocre for its day, and it does not hold up. Their voices are good though. Nice to hear real musicians actually singing, and not a bunch of auto-tuning or quantization or anything.
I see why it’s a classic of its genre. Carefully produced and carried by the charisma of the performers and has some absolute classics in its tracklist. It’s a little too long (I could really do without the interludes) and some of the vocal mixing isn’t great. This era of R&B isn’t my cup of tea, but I am glad that I listened to it. A worthy bridge from the girl groups of yesteryear to the girl groups of yesterday.
Great to have an excuse to listen to this, as I've always loved hits like Waterfalls and No Scrubs. I'm pretty sure I've heard Fanmail in full, but never this earlier offering. What a gorgeous vibe. Warm and enticing, with some real tunes. The best kind of hip-hop, for me: "Peace in a groove on a Sunday afternoon," indeed, but with social realness and some spiky attitude. I did find it a tad long, due to the trad "interludes", but I really liked all the tracks. Lopes was a tragic loss, and any listen to this is tinged with some sadness; they went through a lot. PS were the Sugababes big fans of this or what? ❤️
This was good
carino nothig special, bel sottofondo
Aggressively not for me Best Song: Waterfalls Rating: 4/10 Stars: 2/5
Good solid album
Nice
It was nice, but nothing grabbed me.
very sexy, very cool (crazy)
Aika hyvä R&B-levy. Waterfallsin olin kuullut aikaisemmin.
Cool
Andre 3K????
Not bad, not my thing tho.
Peak RnB
first album that I'm listening to second time right after. from now I'm gonna try to do it each time. its fun, its exciting, its groovy i love it! very enjoyable – rnb, 90's pop so well composed makes you dance even when you are sitting 5 out of 5
Het spijt me zeer, maar wat een ontzettend vervelend en saai album. No scrubs vind ik leuk, maar die staat niet op dit album. Ik dacht dat ik chasing waterfalls leuk vond omdat ik die ken, maar die is eigenlijk helemaal niet leuk. DNF
This was enormously successful at the time and they were seen as the biggest girl group of their era. Financially they were ripped off and there were subsequent tragedies, but this is a fine RnB sound of the time with a mega hit single and a good Prince cover on it. Not my scene but good if it’s kind.
Do go chasing, Prime 90s hip-hop waterfalls. i like how you have to branch out on some of these. 90s hip-hop is that for me. It's an Ok album that i would have never listened to otherwise. it has the Mega-Hit "Waterfalls" and i did like "Red Light" and "if i was your girlfriend".
Well I didn't hate it. And this is probably the closest I'll get to liking a hip hop album. It kept me interested and never became background music.
Can't really say any positive or it's an average alblum if it includes a person taking care of business followed by a flushing toilet
I like the big songs from the album
TLC were massive in the pop charts, so I expected more of that here. However, this is a really well produced record with a lot of good beats and performances throughout. A surprisingly well-rounded album and worthy of a spot on the list. Horny AF, mind.
56 minutes feels like a lot of listening just to hear Waterfalls.
Top 3: 1. Sumthin' Wicked This Way Comes 2. Creep 3. Kick Your Game Least Favourite: Switch I really liked 'Sumthin' Wicked This Way Comes', the Andre intro and the chorus are amazing. The rest of the album is solid too, with some questionable rnb lyrics.
I don’t usually listen to hip hop, but I actually have heard “waterfalls”. I found some of the lyrics a bit (unintentionally?) humorous. Not really my style of music.
3.5 stars The interludes are obnoxious. The hits are great. The deep cuts are often dull and forgettable, but there are some vibes. All in all it is a satisfying listen, but seriously the interludes are a total waste.
Felt like such a bad bitch listening to this
Thought this was very chilled. Could easily have it on in background. No idea if it’s cool to like “tame” rappish stuff. Lol
Surprised at this, some pretty good music but would pass on a few songs, plus the interludes were a bit weird
The songs weren’t terrible but the interludes were stupid. Not my kind of music, but I can understand why people liked this. 3/5
Very groovy, I normally hate RnB and rap but enjoyed this one
cool stuff, some songs I'll return to but album as a whole probably not. Atlanta, Georgia!
A calming soundtrack to the Oasis buying stress
TLC son un hito en la historia musical. Cuando un piensa en tríos lo hace con la mente en la Jimi Hendrix Experience, Cream o Police, pero olvida a las TLC. Sin embargo son tras la Dixie Chicks, otro fenómeno, el segundo grupo femenino que más discos ha vendido en la historia. Y con solo tres discos (los de los 90, los otros dos... no cuentan). Funk, R&B, Rap, Hip-Hop, Pop... ellas saben cómo juntarlo y darle un toque tan sexy como delicioso. Solo Janet Jackson estaba a su nivel. Este segundo álbum fue un éxito merecido y global. Sus singles arrasaron, sobre todo Creep y Waterfalls, imprescindibles en cualquier recopilatorio. Diggin´on you rezuma estilo por todas sus notas, como Red light special, otros dos sencillos exitosos. Switch usa un sampler de Mr. Big Stuff (Jean Knight para Stax) y también hay una versión del If i was your girlfriend de Prince, más varios interludios y cameos.
If they trim some of the fat, this could be a solid 40-minute album. Still, it's fine. Some good stuff, mostly unmemorable. 5/10
OK
Many unknown songs in this but I enjoyed the variety of influences. Red light special
Probably don't need much of a relisten. Solid pop album with lots of influences showing.
How in the world did they make infatuation so boring?
Much worse than I was expecting (2.5)
Waterfalls but not much else tbh
Throughout listening to this album, I heard the words Crazy, Sexi and Cool too many times.
No thanks
Lot better than I expected. Some songs I recognized but not my favorite genre. Production and funky guitar impressed me and the ladies' vocals fit perfectly
Приятное, но не любимое Надо дослушать
TLC changed the game. Beautiful vocals, fantastic production, showing women can go just as hard as men and be just as sexual while staying smart. 3.5 album rounding up to 4 because they kept producing and speaking out.
Some vibes, but this era of hip hop just isn’t my favorite
Some R&B classics here, from a time when R&B was not annoying yet.
Even by 90s pop-rnb standards I found this particularly unexciting, sadly. The interlude parts were really grating, too.
Creep and Waterfall stand out, but the rest fades for me.
4 great tacks (creep, waterfall, the prince cover and the last track) and some solid R&B in between. Low 4/5
Not for me
Something to keep in mind while listening to this record, is that this group essentially just want to make their listeners feel good, raise a smile, and of course show the world that they are crazysexycool. It's an approach that defies critical analysis because it just feels mean spirited to anything other than to just go with the flow and enjoy. I would say that this record could do with a handful more killer singles, and that it does tread water for some of the tracklist. I also would personally would have removed the interlude with the flushing toilet - while it made me laugh, I don’t think that needed to be kept for posterity!!
A high 3 for TLC for me, ahead of its time in someways and iconic in others, doesn’t quite hit any big heights for me but consistently close
Classic
I really like Waterfalls, but unfortunately the rest of the album is just generic RnB Hip Hop whining.
They don’t make ‘em like they used to. From start to finish, this album is such a vibe. I could have this on repeat all day and not get tired of it. It sends me right back to the nineties, and those were, at least to me, chill times.
My wife would disagree wholeheartedly with me, but a lot of '90s R&B just leaves me cold, and Jermaine Dupri's production exemplifies the reasons why. You know what you're getting the moment the track starts, because it rarely deviates, and almost every song follows a boilerplate that is exhibited in a thousand other songs. Too me it sounds very monotonous. I'm not really a fan of T-Boz's singing, either, and she handles the majority of verses on most tracks. Not that there aren't pleasures here. The cover of "If I Was Your Girlfriend" is nice and the closer "Sumthin' Wicked This Way Comes" has an intensity the rest of the album is missing. The harmonies between T-Boz, Chili and Debra Killings (who handles Left Eye's singing parts) sound nice and Left Eye's (surprisingly infrequent) raps are occasionally snappy, but most of the music barely rises above a languid pace and T-Boz's sultry whisper. I know a lot of people enjoyed this album and I think that's great, nobody should get mad about the opinion of one person, but I prefer my music to be a little more energetic and adventurous, and that just isn't what this album provides.
Some classics... and a lot of filler! The trend to have "interludes" between songs was such a weird 90s thing. Glad it has been mostly scrapped. Hah.
Slay
Carried by Waterfalls imo - I'm not really a fan of the genre but I feel like the rest of the album is weak
Not bad. Not good.
Might have blagged a 3 if it also had Unpretty on it
Not for me Clive.
Horny
I saw this pop up this morning and was ecstatic to revisit this classic. I’ve had a couple fantastic albums from my teens recently. I had a huge crush on Chilli growing up! While I prefer their debut album more in terms of fun, this album is all about horniness. It’s such a changeup from that debut, and absolutely slaps. 4.5 / 5
Nice!
Wah Wah is cool, didn't enjoy this.
Never heard an entire TLC album before. It was entertaining. Definitely dig the prank call and Can I get a witness. >D
TLC are on the radio all the time. They played Glastonbury last year. I don't feel like I needed to listen to this album before I died. One of the filler tracks on the album, titled 'Sexy-Interlude' ends with the line "Pass me some tissue so I can wipe my ass". What you choose to do with this info is up to you...
1088 albums down, one to go. This one. Wish me luck. If everything was like the last track it would have been a nice surprise, that was a bit gritty, but most of this sounds like dudes writing songs for chicks to sing to make dudes happy.
Despite knowing all the single, and this being a big hit, don;t think if I've ever heard the whole of this record before. The hits are UNDENIABLE, and most of the rest is really excellent, and the title is an apt description of the contents. A few forgettable bits, plus a couple of parts that feel a bit dated now, mean it's not quite a 5-star. Will definitely be coming back to this one.
never heard this before aside from maybe a couple popular tracks. rating will exclude interludes Intro-Lude - no rating Creep - 5/5 Kick Your Game - 4/5 Diggin' on You - 4/5 Case of the Fake People - 3/5 CrazySexyCool (Interlude) - no rating Red Light Special - 4/5 Waterfalls - 5/5 Intermission-Lude - no rating Let's Do It Again - 3/5 If I Was Your Girlfriend - 3/5 Sexy (Interlude) - no rating Take Our Time - 4/5 Can I Get a Witness (Interlude) - no rating Switch - 4/5 Sumthin' Wicked This Way Comes - 4/5 Average score: 3.9/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ initially, i was a little worried this would be another album that was horribly dated (it's like a 50/50 chance with this list so far in my listening journey). however, i was terribly mistaken it got that polished 90s rnb production while still managing to be timelessly enjoyed. and sure, it's pretty sensual and "horny" at times, but with just the right amount of class to not distract my overall enjoyment. i'm not even that mad at all these interludes either, which is super rare
No. 83 Great sound, amazing vibes, very well produced.
A smooth fusion of girl group r&b and hip hop with decent but perhaps mixed results - not for me, save for If I Was Your Girlfriend (best Prince cover outside of Sinead O'Connor)
it was fine. not my favourite but it was still fun to listen to
I had forgotten how many singles came off this album. Mid 90s this album was everywhere.
Agradable e inofensivo. Bien grabado con buenas voces de jóvenes negras atractivas.
a very appropriate name for this album, it was incredibly sexy and playful but i was sadly a bit bored, the themes of the songs were also very repetitive. i don’t think i will be coming back much but i did love kick your game
Waterfalls and Creep are classics, but it sounded worse than I remembered otherwise. Still, a great group.
There's no way around it. Everything you need to know about the album is right there in the title. Hit, after hit, after hit, this album is everything you want in a hip hop record, and then some. Woof. Highlight: Waterfalls Highlight #2: Red Light Special Surprise Hit: Diggin' On You
It’s not my thing but it’s a good RnB album
Def not the target audience but nonetheless had some jams ngl
I've long adored this album, and I personally think it's TLC at their best. They certainly matured here too, exploring sexuality and romanticism with an amount of swagger and charm that would vault them even further into the pop culture limelight in the 90's. The production is top-notch too, with the team of Babyface, Jermaine Dupri, Organized Noize, etc. (no need to mention that other guy...) combining these smooth and funky rhythms to give us a sensual R&B sound with some rap elements. It's also worth mentioning the features from rap icons such as Phife Dawg, Busta Rhymes, and André 3000! This album might objectively be a 3 or 4 (interludes and the overall horniness could be a bit much for most I'm sure), but I'm going to rate this with emotion & nostalgia attached, dammit. Best tracks: Pretty much all four singles, but I've always liked the feel-good nature of "Diggin' on You" Underrated tracks: "Kick Your Game" and "Switch"
A bit torturous to get through this one. I was waiting for the song Never Ever but then I realised I got them confused with All Saints. Not my cup of tea. The only good thing about this group was the Weird Al thing.
Singles are good, rest is filler
Nice hip-hop + r&b album that sounds funky as hell. Better than the Destiny's Child album.
Busta Rhymes is that you? I apologize TLC - I was not familiar with your game. This album was WILD. Between the intense hetero sexuality of it, the little interludes, the ladies basically talking to each other, and the constant reference back to crazy sexy cool, there was a lot to unpack. But to go from the horniness of the first 80% straight into Switch and Sumthin' Wicked This Way Comes was wild. Also the number of names on this album is crazy - Prince was a big green flag. P-Diddy....major bummer to see his name on it
Not my style but it was good, especially the classics
Je sais pas trop quoi en dire, ça s'écoute, rien de transcendant
Je connaissais pour leur banger « no scrubs » et « waterfalls » ! Cool d’avoir des nanas et que le style change ! Un 3,5/10 car c’est un peu lent dans l’ensemble..
J'ai vraiment kiffé ! Je pourrais réécouter sans souci, vibe un peu R&B et tout c'était coooool
Saliendo de No Scrubs se quedan mu flojas, algunas canciones parecen que se han sampleado de los juegos de pokemon. Un poco lachosas.
The albums hit (waterfalls) is by far the best thing here
Some of the interludes here were utterly bizarre (especially the toilet flushing...). Otherwise, a decent enough album with the classic Waterfalls found on it.
Having only previously heard No Scrubs, this album was really good. It’s such a vibe, and is a really fun album. My favorite tracks were Waterfalls and Diggin’ On You.
Going into this, I wasn't particularly excited: I don't particularly like No Scrubs, and this is nearly an hour long. But it turns out that this is pretty good. It's very much '90s R&B, with a cool hip hop/soul tilt. The beats are fun and funky and slick. And more importantly, Tionne Watkins, Lisa Lopes, and Rozonda Thomas have great vocal chemistry. They can sing, they can rap, and they are dynamic and fun to listen to throughout. I'd also like to say that ending with Sumthin' Wicked This Way Comes was a really cool choice. The vocal features throughout the album are few and, until this point, pretty much just spoken word/interlude things. So, when this track came up, I was *shocked* that (a very young) Andre 3000 is on it. It feels mean to say he probably has the best rap verse on the album, because he and TLC are kind of playing different ballgames (vocally), but he does. But even aside from this song, there are plenty of fun and memorable stand-outs here. I really enjoyed Creep, Kick Your Game, Red Light Special, Take Our Time, and the ultra hit Waterfalls. And I'd also like to shout out their extremely creative cover of Prince's If I Were Your Girlfriend, which they flip on its head in a really cool way. But honestly, I don't think any of the real songs on here are bad. The interludes are kind of a mixed bag on the other hand. But they're brief, infrequent, and usually entertaining enough. Like I said, I enjoyed this a lot more than I expected. The chemistry, consistency, and fun factor here are just undeniable.
BANGER 10/10 RIEN À DIRE PERIOD
Groundbreaking R&B record. Very good production and at least two amazingly catchy songs that are still sung today. Not usually my genre but this is a very very good record.
I knew TLC from their early days. Back then, I was even somewhat interested in their music. This combination of pop and funky hip-hop is fun at times. Overall, however, the pop is too insignificant. 3/4
It is distinct of a moment in time - early 90s R&B mixed with hip-hop. I found some of the tropes of the time period, the constant branding/remphasizing of "crazysexycool" throughout the interludes annoying and cringey, but it was a key fixture of albums of that era (and this might have been a trailblazer). Overall the production is really good, just overall not my style. "Waterfalls" is the clear highlight.
Really liked this one
It is indeed a cool album. Some really good R&B smattered with some really good classic hits. fav tracks: Waterfalls, Red Light Special, Creep
Spicy!
Why my shit rock hard. Such a horny album, freakyassshit Fave track: Waterfalls
Cool. 3/5
I keep bouncing off this, though "Creep" and "Waterfalls" are inarguably classics. Plenty of wit, some decent hooks, just short of a full meal for me.
Love it - tuneful, lively, funny, horny as hell and beautifully produced. I vaguely remember some of my "indie" colleagues stanning for this album back in the '90s; will add to the collection.
Not normally my thing, but a pretty solid and fun album overall. Also Waterfalls is an unqualified banger. 3/5
I've listened to this before and based on that fact I thought this was gonna be quite awful and frankly most of it was. That said the 2 core singles are pretty good. Also the Andre 300 feature was great and I was surprised by the Busta Rhymes feature even though it could have been better. The content of the songs was kinda bad but a lot of the production was pretty good. Moving on now....
One decent song with a lot of boring stuff around it. 2 stars or D-.
It was a lot hornier than I expected but I liked it. Definitely not something I would listen to with my mom though 💀
very nostalgic, and somewhat holds up in 2025. Actually it’s awesome after a second listen.
Not as good as I remembered
I just never cared for this album.
TLC, huh? I mean, it makes sense for a list like this. This album especially is rather iconic and I think it's warranted to have some sort of 90s girl-group representation on here. How do I feel about CrazySexyCool? It's good. It's definitely not perfect, but it's got some good elements and good moments. I think the album does a good job of being accessible and fit-for-radio without sacrificing the sensuality that TLC were going for. All three members have solid vocal capabilities. There are some pretty solid songs on here. "Creep" and "Waterfalls" are classics for a reason. They even have some cool surprises on the album, like a pretty solid Prince cover and an André 3000 feature on the last song! This was less than a year after Outkast's debut album, so it's pretty cool to see that, especially seeing as the feature itself is great. However, CrazySexyCool has some flaws. For one, I think that this album suffers a bit from "Ready to Die syndrome." What does that mean? Too many unnecessary and sometimes-uncomfortable interludes, that's what it means. It even shares the issue of having the presence of Sean "Diddy" Combs. Oh, joy... Additionally, while I respect that these girls are willing to embrace their sexuality, I do feel that the album gets a bit repetitive on the lyrical front. Overall, this album is pretty okay. Has a few flaws, but nothing that completely ruins the album for me. It's a solid 90s r&b album. 3/5.
I went in with trepidation as I've never liked the two hits I knew from this album ("Creep" and "Waterfalls") But the rest of the album really rode on those mid-90s R&B vibes and took me back. A bit long, and interludes are just part of 90s Hip-Hop and R&B that that don't interest me, but otherwise a fine listen.
Waterfalls is great. The rest wasn't to my tastes. It wasn't bad, but I'm not sure it is something I would choose to put on.
Creep-4/10 Kick your game-5/10 Diggin on you- 4.5/10 Case of the fake people-3/10 Red light special-4/10 Waterfalls-6.5/10 Let’s do it again-4/10 If I was your girlfriend-3/10 Take our time-3/10 Switch-3/10 Sumthin wicked this way comes-3.5/10
It's alright, but the moments I enjoyed most were when guests like Andre 3000 or Busta Rhymes made an appearance.
It was okay. Idk why I was expecting more from this album maybe because of the name haha. Was enjoyable
It’s hard to believe this is one of the biggest selling for group albums. Or the biggest, even. It was fine for what it was for a while, but the tipping point was If I Was Your Girlfriend. Covering a Prince song is risky to begin with, no or least because Prince didn’t like anyone to cover his stuff. But also because, really, how do you top him? Even worse, though, was the choice of song. It makes no sense sung by a woman it is specifically from a male point of view and it is ruined by a female lead vocal. After that I was done with this album. I continued to listen, but what I would have tolerated as ok was now annoying. I was particularly increasingly annoyed by the interlude segments, which this list has taught me is incredibly common in hip hop and R&B albums. It can be a cool effect, but has been terribly overdone. Now anytime I see it on an album I cringe. Also, skipped Scrubs. I worked in a pharmacy when that song came out and it was just me and the pharmacist every other weekend. She listened to the top 40 station that played it almost hourly and if I ever hear it again my brain may begin to bleed.
from a historical perspective its kind of revelatory to basically see the blueprint/torch that would be run with by destiny's child (and i think even fugees to a certain extent), its such a commanding statement that its easy to imagine that Everyone doing anything remotely similar just took immediate notice. often referred to as a "coming of age" album, i have no idea what the behind the scenes direction was like, but if the feeling that TLC themselves were the most authoritative forces behind the creative energy here is an illusion, its a HELL of an illusion...it just feels so bold, but somehow without overstepping itself...the way sex is talked about feels so grounded in lived-in emotional reality, and the delivery sells it even more. i dont think i ever felt like anything was contrived, which is kind of astounding. very cool production and tunes throughought as well...the singles are the obvious highlights, and are Quite a bit higher than everything else, but the other songs still hold together the total Statement as strongly as they need to
Pas si mal pour un disque de rnb. Un peu de soupe mais quelques morceaux pas désagréables.
This was awful.
I liked the rapping but there is far too little and far too much soulless saccharine R&B.
intro lude- 5 creep- 5 kick your game- 5 diggin on you- 5 case of the fake people- 5 crazysexycool- 5 red light special- 5 or 6 waterfalls- 5 or 6 intermission- 5 lets do it again- 5 if i was your girlfriend- 5 just a tad boring
Literally crazy, sexy and cool. Brilliant album, blending R&B with edgy hip-hop beats from a brilliant trio. Love it
Pretty ok
Just a bit bland and dull really.
Laugh it off and let it go and When you wake up it will seem so yesterday, so yesterday Why does this stuff sound so dated when something like The Supremes sound so very fresh? Keep in mind that The Supremes were at their prime some 25 to 30 years before CrazySexyCool came out. I think this likely sounded absolutely great in the mid 1990s the talent is there, but this is about the most unrelatable music I have heard in almost a year of taking part in this project. CrazySexyCool is a tough album to rate. I'm used to rating STRICTLY on how much I enjoyed the music, and I didn't have much fun with this one, but I can't give it a 1/5 because as dated as it is well again TLC was overflowing with talent, but this stuff is just not my cup of tea- at all. To the right listener this is a strong 5/5 but seeing how I couldn't wait for it to end I can't go higher than a 2/5. Waterfalls was the only song that I almost enjoyed and would sound great at a dance club to this very day & beyond but I'm not at a dance club, I'm not sipping on a $25 cocktail that I didn't pay for and I don't look or feel hot so sorry ladies but as Hilary Duff once said, this is so yesterday. Feel free to rate it higher (if you wanna)
I've never liked TLC. I always found their voices a bit grating and shrill. When this popped up, I thought, "I only know the singles, but I don't like them. I've never liked them. No way I appreciate them now, but maybe some secret is locked within the rest of the album. And you know what, that very secret was locked within. The rest of the songs are so big a miss, that I actually appreciated the singles when they came around. They still stink, but they stink less in perspective. So much of the instrumentation sounds like synthy kids toys, I just can't believe this many people produced this thing and people liked it, but here we are.
An absolute snoozefest like all these 90s R&B albums are. Waterfalls is worth a star, but otherwise nothing interesting here.
Meh wasn’t that crazy, sexy, or cool
Fun album with a few real highlights, but it drags. Too many tracks, and several blur together. Still enjoyable overall. 7.5/10.
Thought it was going to be a chore to listen to the whole thing, that was actually ok. So a 2.
This sustained me through a chunk of 5th grade. I will be fond of it. RIP Left Eye
Not really as excrutiating as most of the contemporary R&B, but I've heared stuff that is much crazier, sexier and cooler than this.
Smooth
Undeniably nineties R&B.
Thought his would sound more dated but it still jams!! Liked it more than I thought!
Stopped working half way through the album for some reason
The ladies can clearly sing, but I just find this style of music lackluster. The Switch is the one track that has a little more oomph, which I appreciated.
CrazySexyCool established TLC as the preeminent female R&B group of the ’90s—and arguably one of the greatest of all time. “Creep” and “Waterfalls” retain their power and relevance three decades later, while nearly every track gives space for each member’s distinct personality to emerge. Alongside Salt-N-Pepa and En Vogue, TLC helped bring female R&B fully into the mainstream, reshaping expectations of what women in popular music could sing about and how they could say it, seamlessly blending social awareness with sensuality.
Other than Waterfalls, I liked Switch a lot, a good sample of Mr. Big Stuff. But there's a fair bit of filler on here, and I could do without the interludes.
The whole album is very chill, it sounds good, and I can imagine people enjoying it in the late 90s. Waterfalls is my favourite one from these, the rest are alright as well, pretty enjoyable.
There are two or three icon tracks on there, but not much else to really grip me.
It's alright. I like the group and the tone of their music, this album has some great songs on it as well, however a lot of the songs just aren't that great overall. At least the skits/interludes are minimal and actually sound pretty good.
Lots of filler surrounding Waterfall.
Not a whole lot of variation here. At the end of the day, teen girls need hip hop too!
Very good
Other than Waterfalls this album really isn't great.
Lots of classics that hold up well. Also pretty dated and too many stupid interludes. Came very close to 4 stars, but couldn't get all the way there. A very good 90s album!
Cool indeed. Favorite track: Creep other picks: digging on you, waterfalls, i was your girlfriend
That was a kinda weird time in hip-hop and R&B. I remember. It’s still decent, but it defies the normal genres in a way that only made sense at the time.
Not necessarily my favourite genre but there's some stuff here that is good. Waterfalls holds up well and Red Light Special is a sexy song. A lot of it is quite similar with a number of short interlude tracks, with Take Your Time being the best of the rest.
I can see why this was so iconic! Great vocals and harmonies, great vibes.
Shockingly learned I like 90s R&B, I just needed a female POV
Också ett album där en låt är så bra (Waterfalls) så hela albumet blir bara overall bättre. Väldigt många interlude, inte alltid nödvändigt, men många väldigt svängiga låtar och nice vibes :)
nice enough
I didn't hate this but it took an effort to get through it all. A pretty insipid collection of tunes.
I gotta admit I wasn't ready for the Sexy Interlude. Bring back albums with interludes! Don't listen to kids that say that interludes are unnecessary just because they're not used to it in these streaming music times where nobody listens to albums anymore.
ta weno
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Sumthin Wicked This Way Comes Kick Your Game Creep great album, blends all the title elements together seamlessly while being funny and introspective
Album name checks out
That was a very good album, and the best from start to finish from that genre of R&B girl bands. Waterfalls is one of my favorite songs, but there were really no weak songs on this album.
Meh apart from waterfalls
This is so the 90s in the best way. It’s pretty chill and the songs have a groove. There are some good messages in here and it’s really fun. For me personally, I don’t care for really “sexy” songs if that makes sense, but I feel like most of them were actually done really tastefully. Not too bad. Standout songs: Creep, Case of the Fake People, and Sumthin’ Wicked This Way Comes.
What I expected from the name of the album is different from what I got. I thought that this would be very fun and energetic, and instead I got a rather slow, intimate and sexy record. All songs follow a very similar line of romanticism, sexual expression and defense of the women figure, which makes the album very solid. However, if I'm being honest, I am not a big fan of this sound. Neither the voices nor the beats appealed me enough to make me return to the project, regardless of how much I appreciate the feminist messages.
TLC were *the* hip girl band in the 1990s - this album is the perfect balance of R'n'B, hip-hop, New Jack swing, pop and soul, with very nice production that doesn't sound dated at all (unlike so many other albums from that era). This album is smooth, and sexy but not overdone. They paved the path for so many other groups who followed. Waterfalls stands out and it's so catchy it often stucks in my head. I was into them in the late 90s and that time (especially No Scrubs) was as great as their mid 90-s stuff. Lisa Left eye's talent was special, may she rest in peace.
Not bad. Some songs are better than others. OK to have on the background but I wouldn't go back to the artist to listen to more by them. 2,75/5.
This is good. It really grooves and makes you want to dance. "Waterfalls" is iconic. I enjoyed this. I HATE vocal interludes tho. Liked Songs: "Creep" , "Kick Your Game" , "Case of the Fake People" , "Red Light Special" , "Waterfalls" , "Let's Do It Again" , "Switch" , "Sumthin' Wicked This Way Comes"
Good vocal harmonies 3
они действительно крейзи, секси и кул, не соврали
It isn't bad, it just isn't interesting to me.
Beat my expectations. Some really funky jams with undeniable style. Love Phife and Busta showing up, and 3 Stacks to end it! Maybe the strongest 3 yet (but still a 3.)
Just listened to this once in the morning. Not my cup of tea but it's not bad, in fact just in the middle of the road for me, not great either. But it's groovy, funky and great production, I was aware of Waterfalls and that's it. First time listening to this group. Probably 2 or barely 3 stars. Rated 2.5/5.0 on RYM.
Throwback to the 90s for sure. I didn't know a lot of these tracks, other than Waterfalls of course, and I kind of remember Creep and Red Light Special. "If I was your Girlfriend" is a pretty funky track. This is definitely a little better than some 90s R&B, due often to hiphop influence. Phife Dawg, Busta and Andre 3000 all make appearances. 3/5
Took me straight back to my 8th grade jr. high dance…
Ladies take a turn on sexy R&B from the 90’s
No private session used for Spotify. HipHop Soul isn't my thing, didn't one of those girls, I don't know if it's T L or C has a nasally voice not fit for mainstream radio.
I mean its allllright. Not a huge fan of them but the instrumentals are fire tho. Creep was cool. But what are some of those interludes? Idk man
Not for me outside of the 2 hits
So I creep, daaaada so I creep
I disliked this more than the other hip hop albums we've gotten so far. I don't know why. My best theory is that musically, the others have at least been interesting that this was really dull to me.
This album is very boring and uninspiring. Nothing in this album is something I want to listen to. It's not bad. There are definitely redeeming factors to it. I can understand why it is popular, but this is not for me at all. It is also way too long. I usually like interlude tracks, but none of them add anything more than the last. This is just not my style of music and that's ok.
Incredibly dull.
While I do enjoy this, only a couple things even stand out! Also while I enjoy skits, there's too many here I think
Fun album, demonstrating one of the best examples of the "hip hop soul" style that took over R&B in the 90s. As is typical for hip hop of this era, the skits were the weakest, with Sexy in particular coming across as unnecessary. Creep and Waterfalls were easy highlights, though, and some of the finest that 90s R&B has to offer.
A really cool album brought down by some incredibly stupid skits. Waterfalls was stuck in my head all day.
Funky, fresh, danceable album. I was sensing a heavy Prince influence in a lot of these tracks which I enjoyed; hearing them straight up cover If I Was Your Girlfriend later on was a highlight for me. Unfortunately, as an album there's not a lot of substance or variety that would have me coming back for a full listen. Lots of solid tracks to bump ass to though. Standouts: Kick Your Game • Creep • Diggin' On You • Red Light Special • Waterfalls • If I Was Your Girlfriend
Never been a huge fan of R&B and this is not the album that will change my mind. It's pretty long and the interludes don't add much. To me, it's fairly samey throughout too. There are some really good songs on here but I wasn't too interested.
BANGER NO NOTES