Reviews (page 4 of 8)
kvalitetno arenbijevsko repništvo, dosta više pjevanja, što je kod mene uvijek plus. načelno nisam sklon albumima u ovom žanru koje sam dosad dobivao, ali ovaj je stepenicu iznad njih, rekao bih, pa stoga jedna lijepa trojka
TLC may be more famous in recent memory thanks to Michael Keaton quoting their lyrics in The Other Guys, but they used to legitimately be one of the biggest bands on the planet (CrazySexyCool is certified 12x Platinum 😮). A weak flipside and far too many unnecessary interludes hamper the record, but there's no denying TLC's talent and ability to craft hooks that have remained earworms for decades.
Fun and cool
This is pretty new to me except "Waterfalls" and "No Scrubs" which I now know is from the next album. It's all high quality stuff, except the skits, which are terrible, as I guess was required. The rapping is much better than you'd expect from a non-hip hop album. The production is pretty much perfect. There's a coherent feel across the whole album but each song has it's own cool details that don't get in the way of the song or the album. The fact that Prince's "If I Was Your Girlfriend" fits in so naturally on this album is a sign of the care that was taken in putting every musical element in it's right place. I wasn't expecting the album to be so consistently slow and languid. It's full of slow headnod grooves that gently pull you back and forth. The surface of the water is smooth but you can feel the power of the waves below. It's a strong album and probably deserves a 4, but it's not really my vibe. I'm glad I had a reason to listen to it closely, but I'm not sure I'll seek it out in the future, so it's a 3 for me personally.
I slept through most of it, if that says anything.
Troll skits W
Blind album, know the hit. Another album where the hit was a hit cause the rest of the album id meh. Honestly don't know what I expected but at the same time expecting were met? 3.
There were a few highlight tracks on here. I felt that apart from the highlights, it was just kind of mediocre. Favourite Track(s): Creep, Waterfalls Least Favourite Track(s): Red Light Special
Never listened to this beyond their single, Waterfalls. The album is dynamic with early 90s, soul funk ballads, rap interspersed throughout, neo-soul, pop songs.
Andre 3000 was a welcome surprise! Waterfalls is a bop, the rest a very specific Mood
I'm not sure I've really ever heard anything from TLC outside of their megahit "Waterfalls", so this is all new to me, which is always a nice proposition. I'm not really a fan of 80s and 90s pop music, so this wasn't really how I'd prefer to spend an hour of my life, but we've definitely had far worse from this collection, and "Case of the fake people" and "Switch" are pretty catchy tunes. I was kind of hoping the rest of the too-long album would be able to capture the sort of playfulness of "Waterfalls", but aside from the semi-playful but decidedly un-funny interludes interspersed across the album, most of the tracks (and especially their other singles) weren't all that fun or playful, and seemed more like lite-style lyrical-hip-hop. (And after watching the video for "Waterfalls", I now realize I never really paid attention to the song's not-at-all-playful lyrics or message.) Not that there's anything wrong with that style of music, but the album overall doesn't feel very original or distinctive, despite--or perhaps because of--Puffy Combs' contributions. But Lisa "Left-eye" Lopez' misadventures with the Bills' Andre Rison, especially how she burned down their mansion after setting fire to his shoes in a bathtub, and then spent time on probation and in a halfway house instead of in the recording studio, provide a certain amount of comic relief, although very likely not for her.
7/10 - R&B is not something i really get into. I liked a lot of it tho! Fav Tracks: Diggin On You, Waterfalls, Red Light Special Heard before? --------–- ✅ Saved a new Song? ----- ✅ Saved Album? -------–-- ✅ Will Listen Again? ---––– ❌
NormalAmountSexyCool imho
Godamnit, I was certain I was going to hate this shite based on the stupid ass Waterfall song, turns out it's not that bad out with, even like enough of it to point where it's probably a godanm 3-4. FML everything is wrong in the world 🤮🤮🤮
I knew "Waterfalls" from childhood without knowing I knew it. Hearing it in context made sense of that memory. CrazySexyCool is polished 90s R&B — smooth production, harmonies, confidence. "Red Light Special" is very direct. The genre isn't mine, but the album is good at what it does, and some of it landed. 3/5 — better than expected, Waterfalls earned it.
Okay album. Knew Waterfalls, but the rest was unknown.
Besides Waterfalls, the lyrics are typical for this genre and were a bit of a let-down. Music and production were ok, the skits, or inter-ludes, were not as bad as most others I've heard.
Definitely a little aged, but still important and cool (and crazysexy too?) First half is stronger than the second. But the last track with the Andre 3000 track slaps.
Pleasantly more hip-hop elements than I expected. Really strong tracks top to bottom.
Decent fun here
Good - but feels of it's time
a few iconic songs mixed in with a bunch of alrightness onto it. very much rnb vibes. interludes kinda felt pointless?
You know, it's a mid-'90s R&B album, and it does a great job at pushing that sound. Most of the album is fairly typical, with that more "seductive sound", exactly how I would expect this to be, and "Waterfalls" is a great single. However, the song "Let's Do It Again" is the highlight in producing the sound they really wanted (honestly surprised it isn't more popular!?!).
It’s fine. It’s a slick 90’s r&b album with a hip hop edge. They’d grown up and left rap behind. Creep and Waterfalls were omnipresent juggernauts. The album has a couple of things running through it that don’t make me love it: 1. The focus on cheating and 2. The girls who made fun hip hop before grew up and wanted to be sexy and it just gives me the ick. Anyhow, plainly not for me but I can see why it made the list.
A great album with some really fun songs, and waterfalls is of course a classic with a lot of real emotions. I feel like they should have made more songs like that with real feeling, the others felt overly braggadocio-us and only about sex. To me any way, it just felt like it got a bit old, which makes me sound like an old man but still a good album overall
ATL represent! Great songs with slick, polished production and the right mix of R&B/hip hop, soul and pop ensuring massive crossover appeal. All star guest cast cameos. The blueprint for many female groups that followed in their footsteps! 3.5⭐️
Good
Угорел с одного отзыва, повторю его: Ни крейзи, не секси и не кул. Хз, типа айрэнбишка из девяностых, звучит прилично. По крайней мере, звучит достаточно олдскульно, чтоб отличалось от современного R&B которое в основном вызывает то ли зевоту, то ли рвоту. Ищо напоминает 3 и 4 Персонку, за что тоже плюс, т.к. там были довольно вайбовые r&b'шные OST'ы.
TLC really really want to let us know that they are crazy, sexy and cool. Oh and they know you’re looking at them, they can see you watching and they are really horny ladies. This is pretty much the vibe of the entire album. It’s not for me, I have no fond memories of this record although I would say TLC would have been far too cool for me at the time (I think this was the era I was really into ABBA). It must have been quite unusual for a group of women to be so vocal and open about their sexuality so for that I can appreciate them. Also Waterfalls is a banger.
It feels like half this album is people explaining the title to you. I love Busta Rhymes but he was the 23rd person to tell me that a woman has got to be not only crazy, but sexy when she needs to be, and you know, why not also a bit cool, too? I get it, it’s fine, stop telling me. Anyway, this album was more fun than I thought it would be, relentlessly horny (and crazy and cool don’t forget!!) to the point of absurdity, and there’s a lot catchy choruses on here - and mercifully very few skits. And of course Waterfalls is one of the greatest pop songs ever.
Crazysexycool. Let’s hope it is. Introlude: an intro and a fun play on words. I thought it had a bit of a bop to it. Going into Creep, it was ok but took all the energy the intro had and threw it away. Parts of Kick your game had that energy when the female vocalist rapped. Those were the only bits I liked. Case of the fake people had a nice drumbeat to it. OH, this is the album with Waterfalls on it. Well, I’d be a fool to disparage Waterfalls. I did end up quite enjoying the interludes! Sexy-interlude was probably the first time this album tried to live up to the sexy part of its name, but then it completely derailed at the end with the toilet. Take our time was actually quite pretty. Can I get a witness name-dropping the album title was sort of funny. Switch was quite fun! To close, Sumthin Wicked was probably one of the best tracks on this album! 3.5/5 ⭐️, just for waterfalls and sumthin wicked. I barely thought there was anything crazy, sexy, or cool about this album. 174/1089
I've got high hope for this one going into it. I really like the sexy energy on this one. "Let's Do It Again" is ultra horny. The songs I really find myself liking the most are all of the interludes/-ludes. At the end of the day, I cannot really see myself coming back to this album though. I probably would only ever play it if I was trying to seduce someone.
Crazy and sexy… was it cool. Eh
It’s a beautifully structured album - the use of interludes here makes it feel like a proper mixtape - but the music is extremely ordinary, and for that reason it sits squarely at a 3.
Hip Hop Soul/R&B Favorite Songs: Creep, Diggin’ On You, Waterfalls, If I Was Your Girlfriend Least Favorite Song: I feel like I would be cheating if I choose Sexy (Interlude), so I’ll go with Take Our Time While I don’t have an outright non-interlude song that I hate, and there’s a few good gems in this album (with Waterfalls being my personal favorite due to this song charting the billboard charts on the week of my birth), I wouldn’t say that I crave on wanting to relisten to the entire album again. That’s not to say that it’s terrible or that it’s boring, but it’s more so that I’m not sure if this album is made for me. It’s a good album, but I don’t think that I want most of it in my personal music collection. 7/10
Very good album
This genre just isn’t for me. Generally the hits are great but even they haven’t really stood the test of time and my faves (No Scrubs and Unpretty) aren’t on here, maybe Fanmail should be the pick from them. And the skits are hugely cringeworthy and unfunny, half a star knocked off for them. 2.5
Absolutely not my genre, but it came out in my youth and I liked Creep and Waterfalls back then and it's kind of nice hearing them again. The rest does hold up and it's definitely very sexy and cool.
Wow what amazing woman
A solid R&B album with some really high peaks but also some very mid lows. The smoother songs vibe really well with me whilst the more hip-hop centric songs aren't really my favorites. Interlude parts on a track is also something I don't really vibe with since it takes me out of the moment. I can appreciate artist telling a story but those tracks are an instant skip for me if I come across them at any other time while listening to music.
A milestone album for female empowerment.
Truly classic ‘90s R&B—scratches that itch if it’s what you’re looking for.
“But all the praying just ain't helping at all 'Cause he can't seem to keep himself out of trouble So he goes out and he makes his money the best way he knows how Another body laying cold in the _______” Any sane person would choose rubble to complete the rhyme scheme here but these maniacs chose gutter??? What the fuck. How did they get away with this?
Cool songs. Overall the album was ok.
1001 Albums Generator 306 (6/4/2026) Here's one that surprised me. Nothing comes close to touching Waterfalls, but there are some good tunes here. 3/5. Favs: Creep Case of the Fake People Waterfalls Least Fav: Sexy-Interlude
i really like waterfalls but the other songs are just ok. 3.5/5
I didn't really like this album when it came out. Decades later, it is an alright listen. Some good stuff mixed with a touch of 90's cringe in spots.
Been thinking a lot about the skit that plays it up like its gonna be a sex but shes actually taking a shit. I didnt like hearing it at the time, but the more I think about it, the more I think its genuine genius. If its meant as a piss take of those self indulgent skits on countless early 90s albums, its great. If its just someone taking a shit, who knows The album is good apart from that. Good songs, done well, good features.
Okay overall. I think there may have been too many interlude tracks, but not a bad album by any a stretch.
Just a weird album. Some really high moments, but also a lot of lows. The interludes are not interesting enough for me to warrant their existence (as is the case for most interludes).
I thought they were an unknown band to me, until I heard Waterfalls. At least, I knew them. Good music, by the way.
2026.06.01.
Its fine, enjoyable listen, nice summer album, drags a bit near the end
Favorite Track: Waterfalls
Es ist ein geschmeidiges, warm produziertes R&B‑Album, das seinen größten Glanzmoment mit „Waterfalls“ erreicht – ein Song, der das ganze Projekt trägt und ihm bis heute Relevanz verleiht. Vieles drumherum klingt angenehm, aber auch etwas gleichförmig: butterweiche Grooves, entspannte Vocals, ein Hauch 90s‑Coolness, der manchmal eher Hintergrund als Highlight ist.
I really wanted to love this more you know but it does have some iconic songs
круто музыка для секса плотные биты и ненадоедающий вокал коллектив хороший переслушивать буду 3.5
The soundtrack for Pony Club teen girls getting edgy.
Wel funky old school, maar beetje t zelfde altijd
1. Was okay, favorite songs were Waterfalls (no surprise there) and Sumthin' Wicked This Way Comes.
Good album a anthem for feminisim in music. Few bangers but a lot of the other songs feel like the same exact beat. Last two songs were the best and the different one of the pthers was waterfalls. Definitively aimed for women not my thing. Sone good interludes even sone are better than actual songs.
A weak 3, but still had enough good songs to make it. Having 5 interludes is crazy.
Legendary trio who I haven’t listened to until now. I always liked Left Eye Lopez’s eye black. Points for that.
Everyone knows creep and waterfalls but most of this album is pretty good.
Quintessential 90s RNB . Waterfalls is an all time favourite of mine . polished production and the great mix of R&B/hip hop, soul and even pop resulting in massive crossover appeal. Still sounds great today
Perfectly respectable
The three hits are still fantastic. As always, skits/interludes are a damn waste of time.
Felt the quality dipped after Waterfalls a little bit but I still really enjoyed a lot of what was on this.
Look. I love TLC. I really do. They're innovative, groundbreaking, EXTEMELY talented, and worthy of ALL the praise they've received over their career (RIP Lisa!)... I didn't love this album. I LIKED it, I just didn't LOVE it. It's likely not their fault, but much of it is repetitive; it just starts to sound like the same song over and over. The hits are FANTASTIC (hence the description). Whoever chose those to be singles was right on the money... but the rest of the record just falls a little flat for me.
Not really my choice of music, but I was cruising along in intending to give it a four until I got to the asswipe lyric which cost it a star
you know it aint bad but it aint amazing, girlypop music you go but its not so impressing that i would rate it any higher
Fav- waterfalls 3/5
me calenté
Always avoided this group and most RnB artists. Felt nostalgic and gave this a shot and actually enjoyed it.
Me surpreendeu positivamente. É um disco divertido e bem feito. QKZxHBB Khan.
I like TLC, I used to listen to Fanmail all the time. This was a pretty decent album. The hits from this album are my favorites.
The music is pretty good, and the singles are catchy at times, but beyond that, it is unmemorable. Michael Keaton's character in "The Other Guys" unwittingly quotes this album to great comic effect throughout the movie. I will absolutely rewatch "The Other Guys." It is way less likely I will revisit the album.
The vibes are great. There is only so much smack about frontin' and makin' I can abide, though. A whole album full of it is a bit much.
Went on a long time or felt it. Some interesting instrument choices
I thought I didn't have any recollection of this group, I got a hint of a memory when Waterfall came up, but still felt some nostalgia with the energy of the record. I appreciate the classic hip-hop sound, let's separate the art from the artist with Puffy bringing something very important to this record. It took midway through a second listen before I recognized them from the All That theme song I would listen to a lot in my youth. Which means..there's a lot of darkness surrounding this, I started tying Puffy to the Nickelodeon and then a few names start popping up and... this album is just a bit too sexy overall, even when they're talking about wiping their ass. They got away with a lot by playing off how ridiculous or funny some fetishes can be. Conspiracy theories aside, this was an interesting listen. It's definitely got a theme to it, and TLC have a distinct enough sound to be appealing if your brain's already been exposed to them. I'm not sure I'd highly recommend this, I'm not sure I'd give it another listen past today, I feel like the highlights of the record are the features, top quality hip-hop acts meshing pretty well with TLC and the theme. Definitely a must listen, I just don't see the replay value. 3.4/5
no me gusto tanto algunos temas malisimos otros meh 6/10
Got jumpscared by reading the Wikipedia. What a great album filled with great and catchy tunes!
Just like makin' love; it's starts off hot, sweaty 'n sultry with some deliciously produced beats (?), then climaxes around 30 minutes with a Waterfall (???)... but then it just goes on and on, and you're just kind of waiting for it to finish. ...amirite fellas??? idk man I swear this analogy worked in my head
It's a bit of a silly album, but not terrible
There are some big hits on this and overall enjoyable, album as a whole average however.
Waterfalls ist ein bekannter Hit. Der Rest pätschert so vor sich hin. Nichts störendes, aber für mich auch keine Highlights. 2-3/5
Surprisingly credible. I had this down as pretty mainstream (manufactured?) pop and pretty lightweight. There is some solid music to appreciate. Actually pretty enjoyable. It's very horny. Almost prince levels of horny. Maybe attractive young women being kind of horny is one of the elements that my brain shortcuts as a marketing angle and makes me think it's lightweight (which isn't fair)
Decent album, obv I liked Waterfalls, but I think some of the other songs are strong too. Probably wouldn't listen that often but I could see myself putting this on in the background. Didn't like the interludes too much
Fine. Lots of attitude.
Some really great tracks and some boring ones
Listened to the entire album while in line for Record Store Day. Waterfalls was my jam in fourth grade! Nice to hear Andre 3000 make a cameo.
3.5 stars
One hit wonder, the album ft. Diddy.
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.
Switch
This album is fine, but didn't really do much for me. I enjoyed the Prince cover. High 3.
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 but a little horny for me
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)
pretty good
3 Stars (8/15)
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.
Good.
Better than expected. Sounds and production very similar to Prince on most tracks.in fact there even a Prince cover
crazy, sexy, AND cool
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
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
I like this album though it gets a bit samey in places, not sure if the interludes really work either!
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.
Rating: 6/10
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Nice
It was nice, but nothing grabbed me.
Aika hyvä R&B-levy. Waterfallsin olin kuullut aikaisemmin.
Cool
Andre 3K????
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".
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.
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
cool stuff, some songs I'll return to but album as a whole probably not. Atlanta, Georgia!
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
Waterfalls but not much else tbh
Some vibes, but this era of hip hop just isn’t my favorite
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
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
Never heard an entire TLC album before. It was entertaining. Definitely dig the prank call and Can I get a witness. >D
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
Agradable e inofensivo. Bien grabado con buenas voces de jóvenes negras atractivas.
Waterfalls and Creep are classics, but it sounded worse than I remembered otherwise. Still, a great group.
It’s not my thing but it’s a good RnB album
Def not the target audience but nonetheless had some jams ngl
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..
Some of the interludes here were utterly bizarre (especially the toilet flushing...). Otherwise, a decent enough album with the classic Waterfalls found on it.
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.
Spicy!
Why my shit rock hard. Such a horny album, freakyassshit Fave track: Waterfalls
Cool. 3/5
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....
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.
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
Pas si mal pour un disque de rnb. Un peu de soupe mais quelques morceaux pas désagréables.
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
Pretty ok
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.
Undeniably nineties R&B.
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.
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 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!
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.
nice enough
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.
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
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.)
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…
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
So I creep, daaaada so I creep
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.
It's fine, not really my jam. Very apt title, whoever came up with that for these three was genius. Never really listened to this one as a concept album before.
Good r&b.
The full-fledged songs were nice and smooth and I particularly loved Creep. I could've done without the interludes, which were filler at best and mood killers at worst (the toilet one, eesh)
Soundtrack to youth
This actually wasn’t as bad as I imagined it would be. A ton of filler? Yes…and honestly, I think at the point where half the tracks are interludes, those interludes lose their punch. But there are a fair amount of hits on here, almost none of which I love, but i understand why someone might. Here’s my main takeaway from listening to Crazysexycool: these chicks are super into porking. I do like the song, “Red Light Special”. The rest of it, meh. But that song jibes with me for whatever reason. 3/5
90's hip hop
Not as good as you would hope based on the quality of the singles...
I don’t listen to this kind of music but this was ok. Can't say I loved it.
Cover 5 Classic 90s hip hop. Better than the radio hits. Yes the radio hits are great (Creep and Waterfalls) but more than just those.
En su momento las escuché en la radio, creo que era un grupo más serio que la imagen que daban, cosas del machismo en la música. Recordaba la muerte de una de las componentes y creí que era algo más truculento, pero he visto que fue un accidente de coche ¿Cuántos músicos se ha llevado la carretera? Bastante bien, me he guardado Creep, Waterfall (creo que esta ya la conocía) y Sumthin' Wicked This Way Comes.
Not really my thing
A prime example of an album that is carried by its hits. Now don't get me wrong "Creep" and "Waterfalls" are massive hits and bops to end all bops but they do a lot of heavy lifting. The rest of the tracks leave a lot to be desired, especially when compared to those two tracks. Also I don't think we needed 4 interlude tracks.
When this dropped, TLC stood shoulder to shoulder with the era’s power girl groups, their sound unapologetically feminine, defiantly Black, and smooth as velvet. Listening now, though, the album feels less like a door being broken open and more like a room being polished to perfection. Maybe when it first dropped, it sounded like the future. There are glimmers of that vision still: “Creep” slinks with jazzy ease, effortless and irresistible. “Waterfalls,” meanwhile, remains anthemic. Yet, CrazySexyCool feels tethered to its decade. Compare it to Aaliyah’s final, posthumous album, also orange-hued, guided by Jermaine Dupri & Timbaland, and you sense the leap from polished present to prophetic future. Aaliyah sounded like tomorrow. TLC, like a perfectly tuned version of the now. And then there’s their cover of Prince’s “If I Was Your Girlfriend.” Stripped of its androgynous ache, it lands flat. Prince’s version shimmered with gender fluidity and daring. TLC’s take feels rinsed clean, safer somehow. CrazySexyCool may no longer sound revolutionary but it still sounds like a moment that mattered.
Waterfalls gets this to a 3
It was okay. I'm not really the target market for this kind of music I think. It didn't do anything to change my mind on this but I can see the value of has. Waterfalls is a song I remember from my youth.
this album delivered as promised… some songs are crazy, some songs are sexy, and some songs are cool.
Some good songs, but talk about overstaying your welcome. This album feels incredibly long, and the cheesy interludes (which from previous albums on this list I've come to realise are a staple of 90s hip hop) don't add anything of value. Waterfalls is catchy as ever, but I'm not surprised that I've never heard anything else from this album before
Tiene cosas muy buenas, aunque lo que pasa con estos discos es que pecan de golosos. Se les va largo
I'll have one red light special and some fries please, hold the slaw. This brings some 90s stylings of polished production; people whispering sexily, and songs almost exclusively about sexy times; the obligatory interludes that don't add much. It is dated. Wah-bass is never advisable, as heard in 'Kick Your Game'. 'Case of the Fake People's is pretty derivative and bland-funk; 'Let's Do it Again' is a lazy, monotone attempt at seduction; they choose a torpid Prince song to cover, not much improving it; and the interludes are a waste of time. The phone call interlude, amongst all the album's breathy sexiness, where the caller wipes her arse and then farts (an odd sequence of events when you think about it) is jarring, if chucklesome. There are a handful of decent to great tracks though. For the former, 'Diggin' On You' is kept on track by a good chorus, and some competent harmonies. 'Creep' is anthemic 90s RnB with nice sample; some nice vocal and brass hooks mean it flows along quite nicely. 'Waterfalls' is rightly a classic and dat bass! Had this lost a few of the lounge rnb efforts it would be an excellent album, but as it stands is a good listen, great in places. In fact, notwithstanding the chaff, it's probably a high watermark for 90s pop/rnb.
I joked to my friends about this album. I only know the one song, and ironically that day I was driving to sight see some waterfalls. Well, it's very 90s. I can imagine it's a blueprint for the girls' Rnb album of that era. Light rap, and that classic hip-hop beat that so many albums have are all there. The melodies catchy, and enough attitude to know that it's not three white girls singing. I had it on for a car trip, so I was listening in and out. I will say that it was quite catchy. It didn't pull me away from trying to entertain my son though. I would say that the lyrics painted an odd picture. I'm a bit indifferent to the whole 'we're sexy' vibe that gets put across. These are, of course, very attractive people. And perhaps it's just a product of the 90s. But there must be more to shifting albums than this. I mean, they can sing! Surely that's the selling point! I'm glad I listened to it, but I'm not sure I would bother again. 3 stars.
It is the first class of your sixth form year at school. Halfway through roll-call, a new girl walks into your class and sits down. She doesn't apologise for being late, and has a faint smell of cigarette smoke lingering around her. Dressed in skate shoes, baggy denim jeans and a loose fitting grey hoodie, she slumps into her seat, as if to tell the room she is already bored. At lunch, you go over to her to introduce yourself. She doesn't seem interested in learning your name, but cuts straight to asking if you want to ditch the afternoon and go hang out at her house. Normally you'd never agree to truancy, but something about her draws you to say yes. You're not attracted to her at all. Or are you? You go to her house, where her brother and a couple of his friends are already relaxing, playing playstation and drinking alcohol. You immediately feel out of your depth. Nervously, you question if maybe you should go back to school. You've got a strict chemistry teacher who wouldn't tolerate your lack of attendance. 'You'd rather hang out with Mr Southern than me?' the girl says as she takes off her hoodie to reveal a tight fitting tank top. Next thing you know you are playing Madden while drinking something called Mad Jacks Gold. The girl asks if you'd like to go up to her room with her. You say yes before she's even finished asking. Excitedly you stand up, but she bursts out laughing and says 'as if!', punching you in the arm. This girl is going to be the end of you.
Was ok. Some good tracks. Some drag. Don't know if it stands the test of time.
Better than I expected. Liked the hip hop stuff and the Phife feat. The R&B stuff wasn't for me.
Funky hip hop e jo gøy det:) Kick your game hadde ein goofy as beat. Sexy-interlude smh hahahhaha. Beste sang: Waterfalls
Malik of Tribe being featured on the first song really set the tone in a way I did not expect (my knowledge of their discography extends to ... Waterfalls). There was more diversity in music style than I expected, although the lyrics are fairly one-note
Waterfalls is genuinely good, but getting through 54 minutes of dead weight just to listen to a single is a chore
"Waterfalls"! Ab jetzt kriegen alle nicht weissen dudes, die keine Gitarre spielen, min. 4 Sterne. eine der ersten girlbands? r&B-soul leider nicht so meins...c
It was fun. A very bloated album, but not bad
It’s really crazy sexy cool
Classic. Creep, waterfalls.
The lyrical depth is basically that of a human spread out on the surface if a neutron star - one atom deep. They wanna fuck, and they aren't going to he subtle about it. The music is decent though, very laid back R&B, some quality basslines and it's nice background music. Waterfalls is the classic. The Sexy interlude is fucking hilarious but I don't think I want to listen to it again. Not bad at all but I don't think I'd listen to this on the regular.
A couple bangers and a bunch of meh. I mean, it's incredibly stuck in the niche period it was produced in, but TLC were also super influential in developing R&B for the next decade.
I’m more of a Fanmail fan myself.
I remember how big this album was back in the day. You couldn't go anywhere without hearing Creep and Waterfalls. A decent time capsule to 90s R&B.
Was a little disappointed in this one. I love Creep and Waterfalls, but none of the other songs even come close to being as good. I really wanted to like this more. 3/5
I’ve always loved the hits from this one. Album as a whole is nothing groundbreaking to me, just very 90s. Solid overall, but I didn’t find a ton to come back to
Very 90's. Horny. Not my kind of music but definitely a kind of music.
Random thoughts: * I don’t have a ton to say about this one. Solid listen, I never listened to this album in full before. * Creep and Waterfalls were the big hits when this came out. Especially Waterfalls, which I’m still not sure I know exactly what the song is about but it’s serious. * Red Light Special. Damn! I’m speechless. * I hated the last interlude. I really hate the skits from rap albums and thought this album would be free of them. * Play the hits and the rest for a jammin good time.
First all female band I've seen so far. Unfortunately it's not to my taste, but I can't deny its relevancy nor it's place on this list. No Scrubs is a great song. 5/10
Lots to enjoy, although lots sounded the same. Sumthin Wicked the best track.
I tried to like this. I thought I would. I enjoy the laid back grooves, the lyrically style sits in with them well, waterfalls is incredible... But the rest just faded into the background for me. It just felt like nothing music and I kept finding myself drifting off doing other things and not listening. I dunno, maybe it was too laid back.
To be honest I expected more from this, but I feel like you stil can't go wrong. There is definitely still a coolness about it that makes it feel unique, even if the album as a whole isn't quite as consistent or as dynamic as I would have hoped.
Ok
Pretty good. 3.5
So many hits but doesn’t all work together. The asswipe joke comes out of left field
On kovia biisejä ja tuo muistoja mieleen
Not really my scene but I can see the appeal.
Enjoyed this!
Its good, a bit weird to listen to it while working due to the moaning in some tracks. but overall a solid album
Nostalgic. Some good sounds. Very of its time.
There's only one song i know about these girls and it's not even in this album. I enjoyed it though
enjoyable smooth r&b, but something gets lost on the second half. I really liked the first few tracks!
“Waterfalls” is the clear standout here and I remember how huge it was at the release. That alone gets this to a 3. The rest to me is just good R&B, if it was a preferred genre of mine I would probably round up. It’s a decent listen all the way through, although takes quite shocking left turn with “Sexy-Interlude” LMAO. 3.5/5
It’s probably a fair question to ask whether TLC were more impactful with their effect on pop culture in general rather than the music industry itself. But, the success and ubiquitous presence of this record can’t be denied. I mean there’s nothing too deep going on here. Lots of sexy time lyrics and mid-tempo grooves that I’d probably rate higher if the interludes were shaved down. Still, you gotta appreciate or at least chuckle at lyrics like this from Red Light Special: “I’ll let you go further if you take the southern route.”
So so much 90s cheese. How can you sing Kick Your Game and Diggin’ On You with a straight face. 🤣 But man, Creep and Waterfalls were soooooo massive. They sound a bit dated but still have to respect. I personally love Red Light Special. “Take a good look at it…look at it now…” and it just gets better from there. 2.5 but gotta round up for that.
Can totally see why this is a classic. 90s R&B is hard for me to get enthusiastic about.
Iconic 90’s.
Super smooth and enjoyable R&B, but I can't help feeling it would be better if it tried more things. The most well-known songs are great: "Creep" has a nice and funky vibe and "Waterfalls" is the catchiest song of the bunch (not surprising since it was the big hit). There are a few good rap verses, both from TLC and also from Phife Dawg and Andre. Outside of those moments, it's largely filled with slow jams. These songs aren't bad, but there's also not much to separate them from similar songs from the era. Like "Red Light Special" is a good song, but it sounds like a song many other 90's R&B artists could write. Definitely has a nice vibe, but there's also not enough unique about it to make me want to come back.
Don't go chasing waterfalls. Stick to the rivers and the lakes thst you're used to.
Mid-’90s R&B didn’t just sound smooth—it looked smooth, and TLC were the blueprint. CrazySexyCool is that rare mix of radio-polished hits and personality-driven swagger, with Dallas Austin and Babyface crafting beats that slide right into your head and stay there. “Creep” oozes sly confidence, “Red Light Special” turns seduction into an art form, and “Switch” flips Jean Knight’s “Mr. Big Stuff” into pure bounce. Even the slow jams in the second half keep the vibe warm, though they can’t match the fire of the singles. And when André 3000 opens “Somethin’ Wicked This Way Comes” with that off-kilter drawl? That’s just the icing on an already iconic slice of ’90s soul.
Not bad
Das Album CrazySexyCool wurde in mehreren Studios in den USA aufgenommen, darunter Doppler Studios in Atlanta sowie Larrabee Studios in Los Angeles. TLC ist ein US-amerikanisches R&B-Trio, bestehend aus Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins, Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes und Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas. Musikalisch bewegt sich das Album zwischen R&B, Hip-Hop-Soul und Pop, wobei einzelne Tracks auch funkige oder balladeske Elemente enthalten. Besonders prägend sind die Titel „Waterfalls“, „Creep“ und „Red Light Special“, die sowohl kommerziell erfolgreich waren als auch den Stil der Gruppe nachhaltig mitprägten. CrazySexyCool zeigt eine klare stilistische Ausrichtung und wirkt in seiner Produktion durchgängig kohärent. Das Album verbindet persönliche Themen mit zeittypischem Sounddesign und legt dabei den Fokus auf einen ruhigen, aber bestimmten Ausdruck. Insgesamt ein sorgfältig produziertes Werk, das den musikalischen und gesellschaftlichen Zeitgeist der 1990er Jahre aufgreift, ohne sich rein daran festzuhalten.
Not bad, but not sort of thing I’m likely to revisit. Hadn’t heard any of these songs expect for “Waterfalls,” which was probably the best on the album.
A few things I noticed about this one. There are some great tracks and there are some perfectly mediocre RnB tracks. The great tracks have certain things in common, they either have Organized Noize doing the production (Waterfalls, Sumthin' Wicked) or specifically have Lopes as a writing credit (Waterfalls, Sumthin' Wicked, Kick Your Game, Switch). Unfortunately, there is so much filler outside of these tracks and I think that's a shame. I've seen reviews that say that Crazysexycool is a step up from On the TLC Tip, but the first album was a solid hip-hop album and I think it's a shame that they started releasing more generic RnB. They did help continue to pave the way for strong female RnB acts and for that they deserve a 3 but this offering is just for the most part a bit bland.
A sladak mi je ovaj album, ima tu dobrih hitova. Da bih cijeli rateala nešto previsoko, realno ne, ali oko par stvari sam nostalgična dosta. 3/5, 5.5/10
TLC is really a singles group for me. I’ve never been in love with their deep tracks. However, they sound amazing together, and the singles like “Creep,” “Diggin’ On You,” and “Red Light Special” are so freaking good (I never liked “Waterfalls,” I’m sorry). It’s a fine record, but I’m not in love with it. Still good, but I’m not sure this holds its own on this list, though TLC more than deserves to be here.
3.5★ Title checks out.
"I want you to pass me some tissue... so I can WIPE MY ASS!!!!!!!"
It's not a bad album. It's pretty much just OK. If this is your style, and you were 15 years old in 1994, this album would probably be a 5/5, but that's not me. Waterfalls is still a banger, 30 years later (which hurts me to believe it's been this long).
Waterfalls is great but not really surprised or impressed w the rest. Not bad though.
Some nice surprises in here - Kick Your Game was fun. Not gonna come back to this if I’m being honest, but I enjoyed it
Overall: 6/10 A pretty good pop/r&b album. I honestly just don't have much to say about it, most of the songs were pretty good but it didn't do much for me overall. Fav Song: Waterfalls Least Fav Song: Take Our Time
178/1089 - This definitely sounds like RnB (the diarrhea-shit-poop-fart-interlude caught me off guard, gross but kinda funny). I rate these sort of albums neutrally but I think I find a lot more interest/things to talk about in the albums I strongly dislike and like. Here's my current rating scale: 5 - :D 4 - :) 3 - :/ 2 - :( 1 - >:C
A decent mid 90’s female hip hop album - probably the template for countless bands at the time and waterfalls is still a classic pop song.
Solid album. Not my favorite genre, but it was well done.
Good listenable album, ill probably only return to the hits tho
Their singing is very nice. Cutting the interludes and intro would help the album quite a lot.
As far as hip hop albums go, this one's okay. More remarkable that it's women. (Yes I said that out loud).
90's R&B is not my thing at all. That being said this is still an enjoyable album, especially the first half. Get's a bit repetitive in the second but still. 6/10
An inescapable experience in the mid 90s and it holds up mostly well. Drags a couple times but the high points are spread evenly through out
-Omg Creep reference -Let’s Do It Again got my hormones going crazy so they gotta be doing something right -Sexy has got to be the most insane interlude I’ve ever heard
Way too many moans. Mildly interesting music, but nothing that really sticks. Song I liked: kick your game. Would I revisit this: no.
This is a very good record, but the only downside is that 5 out of the 16 tracks are interludes. This makes it incredibly hard to rate and analyze. While, I loved the record, the interludes made it hard to follow the story. And I feel like I need to rate the interludes, since they are on the album and define it in the R&B world. This made it feel MANDATORY to have to listen to every single track from back to back. But I enjoyed the normal track list, excluding the interludes.
Some great parts. Started to drag a bit towards end
Fine album.
Well produced, but really not for me. I hate the era of RnB/rap that had all these skits - it wasn't that great on the first listen, and it hasn't aged well.