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Only rounding down because so many interludes, this would be a 5 without those. TLC was actually so crazysexycool
Honestly never listened to the album before. Sure, that Waterfalls video was played a million times on MTV, but I really liked the 90’s, horny chick, r&b vibe the rest of the album had. Maybe Andre Rison had that shit coming. Red Light Special, Diggin On You, and Sumthin Wicked This Way Comes were my favorites. 4.5 ⭐️
This album bugged me 16 tracks - 5 of which (31%) are interludes....what the shit? Why is Puff Daddy all over this thing? it's a LaFace record A bland/uninspired Prince cover into a toilet humor skit? gimme a fucking break. Busta Rhymes talking for 3 minutes? what is happening? At least Phife Dawg and Andre 3000 made decent appearances Honestly, the Andre 3000 verse, the radio hits for nostalgia's sake, and maybe that 'Mr. Big Stuff' sample on 'Switch' are the only things worth a listen.....hated it.
did not fuck with it
When this came up i had positive feelings, however i also had them when it finished. Very dated mid 90's girl rnb with very little to stand it out from the crowd.
Album 748 of 1089 TLC - Crazysexycool (1994) Rating : 2 / 5 I remember it being a pretty successful album. Waterfalls is ok but part of it is just the memory of hearing it so many times.
Just an alright listen. Felt it got a bit boring and monotonous at times. I liked the rhythm, but the vocals and production weren’t really for me. Wasn’t a fan of the interludes. ‘Waterfalls’ was definitely the standout, though it was the only track I knew before listening.
Rock was undergoing a huge surge at this time but you had to be careful and avoid top 40/teen radio because it was full of this junk. My hatred was only magnified by them purloining R'n'B as a title for this dull, wimpy, repetitious drivel.
Not my sweet spot but very much enjoyed this on an early morning. Good vibes, great sentiment and an anthem of the 90s.
As someone who likes things that are sexy and cool, I was able to overlook the crazy. Except for the toilet-flushing “prank call” track, which almost spoiled the mood beyond the point that even “Waterfalls” couldn’t save it. Almost.
The more I listened the less I liked it.
I liked this album quite a bit. If I'm in the mood for something a little frisky and Marvin's not tickling my fancy for some reason, Crazysexycool might be just the ticket.
Waterfalls
Started off the album thinking that maybe it wasn’t going to be as bad as I was expecting. Finished the album realising it was every bit as bad as I was expecting.
What a awful album, I can’t find any redeeming qualities to say about it.
Question: Do people actually get the horn from, or have sex to ‘sexy music’ like this? I’ve generally been of the feeling that getting it on while someone (male or female) not involved in said act is gently singing to you to get it on all night is somewhat of a turnoff. It’s a bit like when you’re playing football as a kid and your Dad’s watching on the sideline shouting ‘’Welly it Jimbo!’ Am I in a minority here? Either way, it’s all pretty bland stuff, and it could do with getting out of sexy 2nd gear occasionally. Fair play though for the skit which is rather mocking male gansta rap shite.
Love TLC! I actually own this one so I listened to my own copy, which was fun. I laughed a lot seeing someone say that this was probably the "horniest" record on this list, and you know what? Who am I to argue? ha. I thought this was all I was going to write about this record, but I actually had more to say than I would have figured for an album that I own. TLC singing "Waterfalls" here and singing about the AIDS epidemic (without being super explicit that's what they're singing about), was really important at the time. There was even more stigma of having an AIDS diagnosis back in 1994 when this came out and coupled with their safe sex advocacy (left eye's condom, anyone?) is very impressive for the time. Additionally, and I could be really wrong about this but I think that it was great for them to sing about female sexuality explicitly and sort of had them being before their time. Even Madonna had not been this explicit. Also, I'm still sad about Left Eye.
Really solid album. TLC was getting radio play when I was a little kid, but I can't say I appreciated it much at the time based on my age and interests. I enjoyed this one and thought it was good all the way through. I would say it felt a little dated in some ways; it's hard to describe, but it's almost like you can hear the 90s in the music. I didn't hate that, though. Overall: 3.6/5
Great album start to finish. There's definitely a time and place aspect to this album. They were so ahead of their time and so many groups copied what they did afterwards. Enjoyable and re-playable.
I listened to this quite a bit when I was in college. Good album. More interesting band members.
Diddy record
Creep is good.. Waterfalls is fine.. The rest of album is really kinda boring with just some really bad production.
No thank you. Why is this middling (at best) record on this list? Waterfalls is ok.
Maybe this was better at the time. Seemed like generic R&B now. I'd be happy to never hear the waterfall song again.
I think maybe 2 decent songs but overall this is an extremely boring album. The singing is out of key, and the production is just bad.
Not for me. At all. The hip hop portions are OK, but I just don’t like it. Gave up after three songs.
started off slow, but picked up pretty decently well what the fuck is sexy (interlude) doing
Waterfalls is the only song I'm familar with & would listen to again.
Buttery smooth R&B, wonderfully seductive, and catchy. This shit was fire. Top 3 Favorites: Diggin' On You, Waterfalls, and Creep No bad songs 4.25-4.50/5
Disgusting.
There are some good songs on here, but also far too much filler.
I cannot believe CrazySexyCool came out in 1994! TLC absolutely are trailblazers. After the eighties and early nineties male-dominated hip hop, CrazySexyCool is a breath of fresh air with these women owning their sexuality while making such a smooth album (with really sick beats). The power that came from their lyrics is undeniable. I loved their cover of Prince's "If I Was Your Girlfriend"; somehow TLC made it even funkier and I have to trust that Prince loved what they did. And speaking of other artists, I suspect TLC and CrazySexyCool influenced Christina Aguilera, particularly for her Stripped album.
TLC was always great at striking such a strong balance of hip-hop and R&B, and this album that put them on the map exemplifies that. Outstanding album production and sultry voices with compelling harmony add to the album's charm. At this point in the 90s, both the hip-hop and R&B genres were typically pretty "heavy" genres, production-wise; they were full of very thick, very weighty sounds. That said, TLC found a way to take these sounds and make them a little bit different; they found a way to make hip-hop a little more light and R&B a little more airy. They somehow manage to do this while also including a fair bit of funk in their sound. TLC would go on to become a bit of a blueprint for girl groups in these genre spaces, but nobody ever did things quite like TLC.
Not a fan of this type of music so much. Not horrible but not my thing.
Classic
No me gusta
decent album, got some nice R&B songs
Smoother than I expected. They excuse 90s cool. I wonder why they faded away. (I know one of them died, but I thought was way beyond their success)
TBD
What a cool and sensual album, I enjoyed listening to every song. I don't listen to much Pop and R&B, but this album feels so smooth and polished. The beats and the mix are like butter, the vocals are soulful and nicely blended in. I also liked the hip-hop elements which are also mixed in well and the crossover between vocal styles is seamless. The album also feels so 90s, the vibe is 100% there, which is a good thing in my opinion. There is nothing exaggerated on here, the album is sexy, but not overly so. The vocals are tamed and there are no crazy highs or falsetto. for example. Solid album, an easy listen on any day.
Hard to rate. 3 great tracks (Creep, Waterfalls, Kick Your Game) but a lot of the rest I thought was just forgettable or filler.
Love the hits
Really fun album. Great beats
++: Creep, Diggin' on You, CrazySexyCool – Interlude, Waterfalls, Let's Do It Again, Can I Get a Witness – Interlude, Sumthin' Wicked This Way Comes +: Red Light Special, Intermission-lude, Switch +-: Intro-lude, Kick Your Game, Case of the Fake People, If I Was Your Girlfriend, Take Our Time -: Sexy – Interlude 5,8/10
A couple of good songs but most of it sounded the same and ran together
Silky smooth production with a great blend of R&B, Rap, and Pop.
One for the girls.
The songs I already knew are great. The songs I didn’t we’re fine to good. The interludes were terrible and annoying.
Childhood memories. ...I remember it as being better though. Waterfalls is good of course. 3,5/5
Really enjoyed this album despite not having listened to this before.
Liked this album a whole lot more than I expected to. Waterfalls was the only song I had heard before and I didn't really care about it. I had never really listened to it. I heard it in We're the Millers and didn't recognize it, for context. Amazing learning this was where R&B evolved, bringing hip hop attitude and beats into R&B vocals and instrumentation for the first time. And it sounds really cool. It's also very clearly put together for an album experience, with "crazysexycool" incorporated throughout.
I only knew "waterfalls" before listening this album. I don't like this kind of music but is well produced. I just don't like it. And I hate that the assholes Diddy was involved in this. The story of Lisa "left eye" is just sad RIP.
TLC (These Ladies are Cool)
Funny, also! (Along with those other adjectives)
so fun and nice!! TLC rocks :)
вроде норм но интерлюдии меня поломали и просто переключилась
A perfectly listenable album. Nothing particularly stood out to me as bad, or amazing either.
4/5
I can't say I enjoy this kind of 90's R&B, the production just sounds like I'm in an indoor pool. It's certainly not an unpleasant listen, but wasn't for me.
Boring
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I just don't like this album. I know it is going to be controversial but, I have my reasons. Sorry TLC but, you get a 1.
meh it is off to a very relaxed hip pop start. This is the Waterfalls album? okay cool. Andre 3000 on the last track! the guest spots are cool and the album has occasional flashes but is broadly a miss for me
It's slick and well produced and Prince like at times. I just find it a bit of a dull genre and find it hard to get excited.
solid 90’s rnb, not too much more to say tbh the performances and instrumentals don’t wow me by any means, but i didn’t expect them to either just perfectly enjoyable overall
DNF
I was not expecting so many popular features, but even beyond those this was a pretty damn fine album. Waterfalls was my favorite TLC song for a while, so I naturally loved that, but other tunes like Creep, Kick Your Cool, Case of the Fake People, and Sumthin Wicked This Way Comes hit as well. There was a little slump in the middle for me, but overall I got a kick out of this one. Definitely gonna come back to it.
I like “Boom!”. I like “Bap!” I really like “Boom Bap!” But the mix on this album is awful.
Objectively, this is a very solid album in the genre. Subjectively, it's fine, just not totally my cup of tea.
-okk this is a vibe… i had actually not heard anything by TLC other than No Scrubs and I didn’t realize how melodic their stuff was. I can see the roots of a lot of modern r&b and hiphop I like coming into being here -rip lisa lopes -I would plug this somewhere between 3.5 and 4 tbh -Favorites are Creep, Kick Your Game, and Waterfalls
Probabil bombă, not my style too much
Pretty good. I enjoyed this album more than I thought I would. Creep and Waterfalls are still amazing songs, and people will still be listening to those in 100 years. At its best this album sounds of its time but not dated, if that makes any sense.
A nice 90’s throwback, a little longer than I liked, but these jams are still smooth.
Some of this was great. I couldn’t help but think of Girls5Eva during a lot of it. They were/are very clearly very talented and Waterfalls is a masterpiece. Comes out to a solid 3 for me.
Nope.could only listen to a few songs. Never could get into this type of music.
A fine example of trash sold as music to the deaf.
[3.5]
Pop or R&B, whatever combination this is considered just doesn't do anything for me. I remember liking 'waterfalls' as a kid, relistening to it didn't hit the same. Heard way more cheesy porn music sound in it, that I don't remember haha. What seemed like lots of repetition of the album title during skits or interludes and I found it a little annoying.
This was fine. I'm not really into R&B, but this felt well-produced (if a little too long). The songs are mid, but I can appreciate the cultural and musical impact the album ultimately had. I don't expect it'll be one I revisit.
# 434 : 12/03/2025 : They've done a pretty decent job. I think Its OK, I could listen to it and a couple of things stood out. There are interesting bits of R'n'B in it and the background music is pretty OK, But there were more songs I wasn’t really a fan of. But most songs are cool and horny LOL :-D. Honourable Mention : Waterfalls
Classic RnB, love it
I like this album much more than I thought I would. The song with Andre 3000 is particularly great. Overall, it does stand up, and it has a lot of amazing songs. I'd maybe give it a 4 for my own personal taste, since I'm not so into R&B and some of the album falls flatter to me, for that reason. But, I'd bump it up to 4.5 to add a bit for the overall influence and impact. However, since we can't do half-stars here, I'll bump it up to 5.
Just like the album's title, this is Crazysexycool. TLC was a force of nature, and its passing has left a void that will never be filled.
4.4/5: Really good and phenomenal length. Perfect balance of music vs interludes and perfect length for its style. Just a really good female RNB album.
Lost my attention as soon as it hits track 3. It is entirely my problem but I really don't like and am not familiar with this type of music, i guess it's some kind of hip hop...? I wish they could do more instrumental arrangements, though I suppose this is not what they do in hip hop? I really don't know. Gonna gently put a 2.5 here but I guess it's my reason for not enjoying this.
Until I listened this album, I always associated TLC with the amazing Waterfalls video. Now I associate them with a poop joke. Gross.
Crazysexycool is fairly apt. It’s definitely is sexy, exotic even. Told from the woman’s point of view, it was unique at the time. But the songs are most mediocre. Waterfalls is iconic and other than that Something Wicked This Way Comes is the highlight 5.6/10
Kinda sexy, mostly cool. Virtually no crazy
This rocked. "Waterfalls" and "Creep" were the standouts. I wonder if The Lonely Island's "Do the Creep" was influenced by this and I just never knew it.
5*
Better than you would initially think. Love Red Light Special. Waterfalls is a bit overplayed, but overall a pretty solid album. 3.5/5
A perfectly balanced no-skip R&B album. I’m slightly too young to have been a fan when it came out, but you still couldn’t escape Waterfalls. Still great!
this was so refreshing after like a week of lyricless 70s rock. thank you TLC. there was a lot of interludes but I felt like they all contributed to the vibe of the album. my favorite song was lets do it again
I had only heard waterfalls before bit this album has lots more. It just kind of flows well through the whole thing. I definitely liked it a lot more than I expected
Relationships and sex from a female perspective… so excited to hear the boys take on this one 😉 Not something I’d usually listen to but I appreciate it for what it is and what it represented especially in the 90’s - a sex positive album. However I don’t know that I personally need an entire album about sex from a male or female perspective lol. I really like the actual music of this album and how it blends rock, jazz, r and b. Also waterfalls in an incredible song and I will hear no other opinion. Switch and Somethin wicked this way comes were also so great what a way to end the album. I hope we all feel closer after listening to this sexy album together ❤️
I love a concept album! 3/5
me lo aspettavo un po' più potente, ma ci sono "Creep" e "Waterfalls". Anche "Switch" molto carina.
3.5
Enjoyable listen. Waterfalls brings back a lot of memories. For me, not something I will revisit too often.
A bit too long, was expecting more because the only song I knew before listening to the album, Waterfalls, is so good and a r&b classic
Crazy? Nö! Sexy? Nö! Cool? Nö! Turn off!
Heck yeah. TLC on Valentine's Day. Banger. This isn't my usual listen but this group was obviously very good at what they do. Consistently strong throughout.
solid 4
This was a surprise! Seeing a hip-hop record from the 90s usually makes me sigh but this has a nice vibe. Felt a bit weird between all the prog metal that was fuelling my work day but this is absolutely something I would like to revisit when the time is right.
As far as girl band RnB goes, "Crazysexycool" is surprisingly great. I wouldn't normally go for this kind of music but there is a certain understatement to much of the album that lets it breathe and allows it to just feel sexy without trying too hard. The beats are smooth, soulful, and often minimal. The vocals are young, sexy and free. It could be considered empowering in the sense of women proudly embracing their sexuality. "Waterfalls" is the clear hit here with just a hint of jazz underlining it all. The worst parts of the album are the interludes and skits, which were a generally an unnecessary bane on a lot of 90s albums. "Sexy" in particular breaks the narrative of the album by injecting crude humor into the album. It's unlistenable though part of me respects how subversive it is. And hey, Andre 3000 is on here too! Overall, a pleasant surprise.
Boring.
Not really my thing but I can respect it. The beats are very well produced and chill. Waterfalls is a fun song. I think they should've trimmed a couple tracks, especially the interludes and made it a bit tighter.
Я был уверен, что это 1, но в целом альбом окэй-иш, просто не моя музыка. Лучшая песня - Sumthin' Wicked This Way Comes.
This wasn’t bad. Not my usual kind of music. Nothing memorable though.
Hop hop bien fuerte y técnicamente bien soportado, voces fantásticas, pero tristes vidas de lujo y droga. No es mi música ni mis héroes, pero respeto su calidad.
I found it so boring and uninteresting - It just feels very generic.
One-dementional poppy R&B album. There were a couple interesting rap features but not enough to redeem it for me. I don't think that the singing is bad or anything. It just feels like it is nothing special and it's just not flavor of the R&B genre that I'm into.
I had previously listened to the radio hits on this, but it's been a really long time. It was fun to hear Andre 3k on this.
I liked their first album much better
Rentoa radio RnB:tä. Yksi tuttu biisi, Waterfalls. Outo vessahuumori interlude. Parhaat: Waterfalls, Sumthin' Wicked This Way Comes, Creep
283/1001 🌕🌗🌑🌑🌑
wasn't looking forward to it but really enjoyed it actually
This was the album that all the white girls suburban who thought they were hood played in High School. Waterfalls is a great song and creep was playing everywhere .. outside of that it is more nostalgia than actually good. Still, when I saw the cover I was "automatic 5" and it lost a star after actually listening to the whole thing.
not my taste
I feel like this is the embodiment of the “love and basketball” soundtrack vibe. 90’s LA may have had the best vibe of all time. Some classics for sure otherwise good easy listening
Barely a track that doesn't hit hard. Could go without the interludes of 90s hip hop, but worth it for the main content!
Mediocre
So incredibly stellar, what a treat.
Just amazing perfect time capsule of a really awesome time in music.
I like it fine. Heard it for so many years it’s hard to get excited about it.
nope
Kick Your Game
Kinda cheesy. Waterfall is a great song; gotta love Red Light for its frank request for eating out. Can I get a Witness is cringe.
The tracks are OK with some good songs. The production and the beats are the star of the album. I will probably not listen to this one again.
1.5 Got as far as the Red Light Special track. Think I deserve some sort of medal for withstanding 20 minutes. Absolute shite. Boring music, sounds like when you played on a keyboard in school in the 90s and it had 1,028 pre-programmed background beats. They seemed to cycle through 15 of them. The lyrics absolutely woeful. Like it was made for teenage boys in an era devoid of online porn. The only redeeming point is if you tune out of everything the vocals didn't sound terrible, just bad. Congrats.
Empezó muy bien pero luego se estancó en temas muy tranquilos aunque sensuales. Creep, gran canción. Nota: 3.0
Meh not too crazy about this. Not bad. Just not my taste
I have always said creep is their best song, miles ahead of no scrubs or waterfalls. With that said, it's an interlude, creep, three more interludes. The tracks are pretty forgettable, big closer with andre 3000, but that's it. 2/5
Helt ok, inget svinnice som stack ut
Entretenido a secas
Mehh
Was hoping for more. Still an extra star for Waterfalls!
I can’t believe this album is 30 years old. I can remember it coming out and Waterfalls being all over the radio! Its OK with some good pop songs but not really my thing. Favourite song: Switch, waterfalls and creep are great tunes Least favourite: Sexy interlude and Intermission lude. I am not sure they were needed Album artwork: Standard album cover
alright i guess
Meh
decent hip-hop R&B sound, liked Waterfalls.
🙌🙌🙌
CrazySexyCool is the second studio album from TLC, a trio from Atlanta that made music combining R&B, soul, and rap. They made catchy, melodic songs that appealed to pop audiences, with danceable, hip-hop based beats, which helped make some of their songs club classics. Their work has a confidence - a swagger - that show it's connection with rap and hip hop. CrazySexyCool incredibly successful, becoming the best-selling album by a "American girl group" of all time. The album includes "Waterfalls," one of the group's biggest hit singles. The song's positive spin on a cautionary message was part of its universal appeal. It also includes "Creep," a song that has been remixed dozens of times by a range of DJs and producers.
Nice enough RnB but not ground breaking for me.
very catchy and fun 90s rnb. that’s all i gotta say. it’s good lol
CrazySexyCool is one of the sexiest records of all time and one of the very best albums of any genre of the 1990s. Read more about it: https://open.substack.com/pub/richcain/p/project-1001-crazysexycool-by-tlc?r=4ztyq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
Good 90's R&B, but I don't really love 90's R&B.
Awesome beats, better production, catchy melodies, great vocals and vibes. A peak intersection between 90s hip-hop, R&B, and pop. Best song: Waterfalls
Favorite Track: Creep
A fun throwback listen. Very much of its time - so some parts of the album have aged better than others. On a whole - there’s a lot here to like. Creep and Waterfalls are 90s R&B Classics.
you know what it is crazysexycool. Killer singles, some solid album tracks and a great Prince cover. Skip the interludes and this doesn't outstay its welcome, a rarity in 90s/00s hiphop/randb. 3.5 but glad to be taken out of the comfort zone.
Surprisingly good and surprisingly horny
Diggin' on this for an entire generation. Still wonderful.
Cool
Ik ben geen groot fan van R&B, maar dit album is wel heel lekker!
Why don’t all R&B albums Sounds like this? It’s perfect from front to back. Not a single mediocre track here.
Not my kind of music but yeah not bad...
Fun album, with several good songs on it. Probably too many skits, but they weren't terrible.
Creep Waterfalls If I Was Your Girlfriend (Prince cover)
this made me want to chase waterfalls
They did 2 iconic songs. But I really didn't need to listen to a whole album. Boring and very generic, I had to skip half the songs.
One track I remembered
The type of music that is well made and performed, but I wouldn't ever purposely choose to listen to it. If it comes on the radio, I wouldn't change that channel, but not much more than that
Girl power
Despite the fact that I don't generally care for R&B, this album sat right with me!
super cool, very solid
Roughly what I expected, and definitely better than a lot of the 90s pop we’ve encountered here. Still don’t care much to listen though. That’s life.
Not my thing
The groovy RnB beats make this album. Pretty vintage 90s hip hop bbq stuff. I was surprised to hear Busta Rhymes and Andre 3000 on this album. Their timelines did not overlap in my mind. I ultimately, found the subject matter to be pretty shallow, save for waterfalls, and I could definitely have done without the skit where someone flushes a toilet.
A very slick record. Beautiful vocals. You can't argue with Waterfalls. A classic. Red Light Special, Creep, Something Wicked... Solid 3. Think it might reach a 4 over time
Banging female MCs, 3 monster hits and a bunch of great features. But with the interludes and extensions, the album drug. It was good, but the idea of an album statement wasn't really what this was all about.
Me asusté con Creep, no me gustó para nada los versos, los graves sonaban muy forzados y no fui muy fan del coro, exceptuando esa canción el álbum es increíble, todas las canciones tenían algo muy llamativo, Sexy-Interlude me hizo reír muchísimo, muy buen R&B, buenas voces, buen rap. 4½ / 5
Never really engaged in this era/genre of music. Skits were kind of fun, over all pretty middle of the road.
Disappointed to find out that Creep wasnt a cover of Radiohead like I was hoping. The disappointment though continued throughout. I quite like No Scrubs and was hoping for some more bangers like that, but was left with a pretty bland / lifeless record that sounds at times like it could be so much more. Again though, this sort of thing isnt for me. I’ve tried, but it’s just not very good imo. Maybe it is a classic for fans of this type of music. I imagine the same people who think a Korma is too spicy.
From the limited music I'd heard I'd always thought that TLC were probably the best of this sort of poppy r and b/hip hop. Waterfalls and No Scrubs are decent and more interesting than the usual. I tried to hold on to this opinion as we went through this album, there were a couple of decent beats here and there. Well before the official death knell of Busta Rhymes showing up I was forced to admit this was rubbish. It didn't take any interesting turns and pretty much sounds like any other similar album on this list.
Waterfalls is fine, but drags on. The album is very much a celebration of monotony - the vocals are pretty bland throughout. Not for me this.
BoringSkettyShite Waterfalls is an ok pop song, the rest I found really quite awful. Loads of pointless interludes too. Don't like the RnB sound at the best of times Best part was Andre 3000s verse in the final track 1, worse than Britney
In the 90's the singles from this album were played to death, and I haven't purposefully listened to any TLC since then. Listening now though, I liked this album quite a bit, even the old popular singles. The singing and songwriting are just great, so I'm glad I had the time away to appreciate it now.
Haven't heard this since I was a kid. This was like the first CD I bought myself. Still lots of fun but a bit long and my tastes have changed. Still, was a good time. 3.5/5
As good as R&B could get in the 90s… maybe ever. A
Classic 90’s R&B
In the midst of such turmoil, T-Boz, Left Eye and Chilli transform from rappers with attires scribbled with crayon on the tip to sensual yet serious songstresses keen on shaking off any preconceived notions on what they should be and what they were meant to be. Crazysexycool is an appropriate title for such an undertaking and is ultimately a success given what came out of it. Outside of the "ludes" (which were fine in their own right), Crazysexycool has a consistency that would surprise any first time listener into feeling that this album warrants another listen. Favorites: Creep, Kick Your Game, Diggin' on You, Red Light Special, Waterfalls, If I Was Your Girlfriend, Take Our Time, Switch, Sumthin' Wicked This Way Comes.
Pretty repetitive, but not bad. It can get old pretty fast and it is not aided by the 56 minute run time. Mid three, it was alright.
A mix of old-school hip-hop, G-funk and smooth and sultry R&B. I liked the hip-hop leaning tracks more than the baby-making tunes, particularly on the earlier half of the album. “Waterfalls” is the big track but there’s a lot of style throughout.
What a record. This came out in 94 when I was 4 and I remember really for the first time paying attention to the radio and starting to form memories around music. Since then I feel like I've specifically had some of these songs on repeat in my head. Which I find kind of funny, because this type of R&B Pop isn't necessarily my favorite style of music. I love "Waterfalls" and nothing could ever stop me from being able to remember that chorus. In my house if you start to hear someone hum that part you better not let them sing it alone. It's great hearing this one through nice speakers for probably the first time in my life (after thousands of listens)- the bass is amazing! I love the short intermezzo track "Intermission-lude". I was actually just driving yesterday for Thanksgiving and was listening to a more modern R&B album and it had this same little fade-in, loop4x, fade-out type track right in the middle of the album and I found it to be interesting. I wonder if it was inspired by the one on this album? Great album cover. They're obviously supposed to be looking sexy, cool (and crazy?), but to me they look cute and wide-eyed.
Un muy buen álbum de R&B y hip-hop que a pesar de durar casi una hora se siente corto y conciso, perdiendo poco tiempo en skits y transiciones. La temática del disco, enfocada en la sexualidad feminina (vista desde un punto de vista claramente machista, son los '90s y el productor es "P Diddy"), puede en ocasiones sentirse absurda y misógina. But go off girl I guess. Ciertamente no indispensable, pero muy disfrutable. Escúchelo.
Not really for me
Insanely horny. Like, the perfect album for teens to do clumsy heavy outside-the-pants petting in 1996. Waterfalls is, of course, a megahit, but this brand of R&B is really not where I spend my time. It's obvious how this album was a huge hit: slick, well produced, well sung, but it has the unfortunate position of having set the tone rather than being superlative, so it's kind of forgettable in that sense if you didn't grow up to it blasting sex-vibes straight into your teenage brain. Which I didn't.
I knew I was going to enjoy this, but didn’t realize how much. Lots of great tracks. The whole thing has that mid-90s Babyface production sound. Lots of fun. Creep is 30 years old and it’s still one of the best songs. Everyone of a certain age can sing every word. Half can pull a full lip sync battle. Gen X geriatric centers are going to be a trip.
I'm not typically an R&B lover but this album was great and I would listen again. Obviously I know their hits so it was a pleasant surprise to enjoy more of their music.
kinda mid
Modern R&B... Meh just not my thing2.5 stars
Waterfalls is a good song
这是，rap？？？
Much better than I expected
It’s strange that I was thinking of TLC only minutes before being generated this album. The only track I recognised here is Waterfalls which is undoubtedly a banger. The rest of the album, however, felt ultimately rather forgettable. There is an interlude track called Sexy which will stick with me, but for all the wrong reasons. As a whole, this album was ok. One obvious banger, but then a lot of filler. Maybe it’s just not to my taste and others out there love it from front to back. Who knows?
Solid, Andre 3000 verse a nice surprise
Whoever decided to record a skit with Diddy trying to have phone sex should have to share a cell with him.
I've never listened to this full album, and I can say this morning that it is fucking flawless. No skips, amazing production & hooks, the interludes and skits are short and funny, the singles are perfect, and it deservedly went diamond and changed the course of pop r&b.
Funny how these things line up sometimes. This album turns 30 years old in exactly a week. Although I’ve personally never heard of TLC before today. I’m more familiar with the TV program of the same name than this group. And I’ll take the blame for this one. Because clearly I needed to educate myself. This may be some of smoothest and most seamless R&B music I’ve ever heard. In the 90s, R&B definitely reigned supreme over many different genres. But records were more focused on vibes than anything. Brown Sugar is a perfect example. Few people create a buttery smooth vibe like D'Angelo does. This album feels more in line with the pop rap side of things, while also bringing late 20th century soul music into the mix. And while these three might not be as renowned for their talents as something like Destiny's Child, but I find them equally as enjoyable to listen to. Aside from the closing track, the subject matter of most of these songs is generally pretty simple-minded and in line with the music of the time. But their delivery just oozes so much charisma that I don’t really care. They have good voices, good chemistry, and good energy on every song. Initially I didn’t know what to expect from this, but once I saw the admittedly brief, but stacked list of features, my interest was piqued. Anybody that can get André 3000 on a song has my respect. And man, the production is so awesome. How could it not be, considering many of these songs have Organized Noize credited on them. They do an amazing job too. Unfortunately, another name that can be found in the list of credits is P. Diddy. Which might be a first for me on the list. The weird thing to remember is that for as horrible of a person as he is, the impact he had on hip-hop in the 90s was pretty massive. But his very minor presence doesn’t bring this down much at all. I love when something I’m unfamiliar with is as fun as this is. Good stuff. Rating: 7/10
Kinda cool, certainly sexy, but that's not crazy. I quite love "Waterfalls", but it wasn't my jam in '94, so I have no connection to this. It's outstanding pop music of its time, but - again, bar Waterfalls - I'd never put this on. I'd be happy if these played on the radio, today, but that's about it. Right now, in its entirety of little under an hour? Eh.
TLC were probably the world’s best pop stars at this time, but even the greatest of pop stars don’t make great albums. Because they don’t make albums at all. They make singles. And the singles here are incredible, but the rest of this is filler. I don’t blame TLC for that. That is just what pop stars do. I am going to rank this fairly highly on the strength of “Creep” and “Waterfalls” and “Diggin’ on You” but honestly this deserves no stars as an album because that’s not really what it is.
"Sexy"-Interlude? WTF?! This kind of music holds no interest for me and I would never seek this out. I didn't hate it and it wasn't horrible but doesn't reach a 3 for me. 2.5/5
Usually not a fan of this kind of thing, but TLC nailed it. It's both fun and heartbreaking ("Waterfalls" tackles hip-hop themes from a female perspective), but it never gets into the kind of watery, schmaltzy filler tracks that usually drag this genre down.
warning: tolit
Bem pretensioso, um disco tão arrastado, ter "doideira sexy" no título.
Tässä on suorastaan Nylon beat -viboja (tai siis toisin päin). Hämmästyttävää, että jo -94 kuulosti tältä! Harmittavan paljon filleriä, 40-minuuttisena toimis paremmin. Sekavahko kokonaisuus sanoitusten osalta, taustat ja säkeistöjen melodiat turhan samoja etenkin tässä mitassa. Mut Waterfallsilla ja arvosteluni ekalla pointilla saa mun pisteet.
Tuntuvia koukkuja - ja silloin kun ei, koukkuisia taustoja. Yhtye ei koe tarpeelliseksi täyttää jokaista sekunnin sadasosaa hokemilla ja huudahduksilla. Hyvä niin. Lajissaan parhaimmistoa (enkä ole lajin suuri fani). 3,5
Yikes
Overall liked this one. Some of the slower songs are not my thing and the album is aggressively 90’s music. But their group dynamic is great and the beats are good. 3.5/5 Might listen again
Nice
Waterfalls will always get me pumped
Girl power all the way, but this? Nah
God, what a joy that was to listen to. I loved it as a 13 year old. I still love it now. The mood is perfect, TLC have such a cool balance between the members. I am just such a fan of this
Хороший альбом, приятный флоу
Dull
yep sexy and cool, sometimes crazy
One or two decent songs - Waterfall especially familiar - but overall like being on hold with a utility company... High 2 but still a 2.
Must resist the urge to make puns based on the title. Oh well. Creep is...cool. Overall not as dated sounding as I expected. Relaxed beats and atmospheres with some good bass. Waterfalls is still a big song and If I Was Your Girlfriend is probably my favorite track here. Okay, we could lose some of the interludes. I do like this though.
Very solid album with a lot of great tracks but man am i glad that there aren’t pointless interludes on albums anymore 4/5
pretty good, very very RnB, and a couple iconic songs but it's not an album I would revisit 6/10
Easy 7.5 - 8 album. It funk, it flow it smooth. The type of music you'd listen to getting a manicure done, ladies gossiping on the side, you leaving the place extra fine, and yo fingers with a shine.
banger
Pre-listening thoughts: DONT GO CHASING WATERFALLS Post/during listening thoughts: well… hmm. It’s really good at some parts and then other parts I feel like I’m walking in on something. It also gets weaker in the back half imo. Going to give this 4 stars because like out of context a lot of these songs eat so hard but idk if I’d revisit this as a full album (especially cause I'm not a fan of interludes) 8/10 DID I NEED TO HEAR THIS BEFORE I DIE: not as an album no Fav tracks: Creep, Kick Your Game, Diggin on You, Case of the Fake People, Red Light Special, Waterfalls
That took me back. I hadn't listened to this album in years. It still sounds great even now, 30 years later. There are a few filler tracks that do let it down, but there are more than enough absolute classics that far outweigh the weaker tracks and elevate it. It was ground-breaking in many ways at the time, and led to a whole host of other female groups combining R&B and rap.
didn’t really like this album much
Typical 90s goodness 😋
I LOVE TLC ICONIC FOREVER
Jeg har måske et lidt mere nostalgisk forhold til TLC end I har - de var uden konkurrence den mest cool pigegruppe fra den æra, og sådan synes jeg stadig de lyder! Pfife Dawg, Busta Rhymes og Andre 3000 er en sindssyg samling features på 1 album, særligt i forhold til hvor tidligt i Andres karriere det er. Busta er dog lidt spildt på et interlude
Meget solide beats, kendte overraskende mange af sangene i forvejen! Måtte da godt have været 40 tight minutter i stedet.
I thought that reading their wiki was more interesting than the album
I'm not really a fan of overtly horny songs. I'm not really a fan of this genre. I'm not really a fan of their voices. I didn't know 'Waterfalls' came from this. I wanted to stop before the album was over, but I powered through. Do I regret doing that? I don't know.
Cooool, smooth.
It ended up being too long, but the good songs hold up pretty well 30 years later (including a couple of all time classics). 3.9
Este grupo de chicas alcanzó el estrellato convirtiéndose en superventas con una mezcla de hip-hop, soul urbano y música pop, sobre todo con éste, su segundo disco en el que el rap prácticamente desaparece para dar una mayor presencia al soul contemporáneo. Versionan a Prince en un álbum que suena a Prince, con el tema de funk erótico "If I Was Your Girlfriend". Destacan sus dos grandes éxitos extraídos del disco, "Creep" y "Red Light Special", pero el tema que más me gusta, Waterfalls, suena como un clásico del R&B.
Boring
An immaculately vibey album. These are some of the most interesting beats and flows I've heard in a while. I absolutely loved the N64-ass stuff they used on "Diggin' on You". Intermission-lude and Sexy-Interlude were definitely not needed, but I adored the other ones. Favorite songs were Creep, Diggin' On You, Waterfalls, and Sumthin' Wicked This Way Comes.
This album is a really good time. Biggest complaint here is the overabundance of interludes. The beats are fun, the vocals are good, the verses are tight, and everyone’s favorite person Diddy makes an appearance. Favorite songs were Creep, Waterfalls, Switch, and Sumthin’ Wicked This Way Comes.
legalzinho
esse aqui é sexy ATÉ DEMAIS, viu. tem uns beats legais e é bem gostosim. não olhem quem produziu o album.
Waterfalls has got to be a top 100 song of all time right? objectively Other than that, kinda boring :/ I wanted to like more than I did. Andre 3000 though!
Saved Prior: Waterfalls Off Rip: Intro-lude, Creep, Kick Your Game, Diggin' On You Cutting Edge: None Overall Notes: "I don't remember it being this horny" is an absurd and unserious thing to say about an album with MULTIPLE phone sex interludes and a song called "Red Light Special". 2.5 rounded down cus it's too long for its own good, but when it hits the spot it hits the spot (pause). Kick Your Game is up there with the most underrated songs I've gotten from this generator how in the world was this not a smash hit.
Fun!
This is just not my genre of music. It felt very 90's, especially the interludes.
Intro was ok and second song wasn’t awful but this album draggggged, best part, it finished
This was better than I was anticipating. Solid mid-90s R&B album. TLC was everywhere in 1994, especially MTV. You couldn't go more than 30 minutes without seeing their videos for either "Creep," "Red Light Special," or especially "Waterfalls," which I believe dominated the VMAs the following year. A handful of tracks felt easily forgettable and the subject matter rarely veered away from their sexual escapades. However, the album suffered from pointless filler, cramming several meaningless interludes in between songs. While not as brazen or upbeat as Salt-N-Pepa, this was still a nice chance of pace.
Huge album when it came out. This is a solid R&B album when you remove the stupid interludes.
Not my bag
Crazy sexy boring, well overproduced hip pop, i liked the groove on waterfalls however it which followed that weird 90s morality forumla, 3 stories making some weird ass point or bad anaolgy. On the whole poor.
This met all of my expectations.
I could have done without this pop shit this morning. I did not not want No Scrubs.
✔️ Crazy ✔️ Sexy ❌ Cool** ** with the exception of Waterfalls, that's pretty cool.
Pretty grim listening. Creatively pretty dull, the beat was the same for every song more or less. A couple of catchy tunes but mostly an expression of a movement and a culture that I play no part in.
Waterfalls is a great song, the rest of the album is not for me. I did appreciate the humour in the interludes, especially Sexy-Interlude. Fave: Waterfalls.
Hmmmm, I had Christina Aguilera and Destiny's Child this week as well - bit of a pop streak! I think I had a more intense, but more variable reaction to this album than those other two. With them, I was pretty much ambivalent throughout, but with "CrazySexyCool" I actually kinda dig some of the tracks, and then actively dislike some of the others - I guess it's gonna wash out to a 3, but maybe a 3.5 if that were an option. 🤔 Fave tracks - I think I prefer "Creep" to "Waterfalls" when it comes to the singles, and "Diggin' On You" for the album tracks. Oh, wikipedia tells me that was a single too, huh. 🤷
Trash.
More fabulous than I recalled.
Fun enough 3.5 rounded up since I let it play most of the work day
this is more my vibe! Best tracks: diggin on you, waterfalls
Loved this album when I was younger
a girl group! finally!!! I didn't love this as much as I thought I would. 3.5 stars
A strong 2, if there's such a thing.
This album is goated when it comes to 90s rnb/pop. This album always feels so nostalgic and still has the charm and awe that it did when I was young. I thought tboz was the shit when I was little and I still do. This album brought back good times.
Has some good songs, really horny though
Not my thing, but they do have nice voices.
sexy r&b.. not for me
This has to be one of the horniest albums ever made
I was sort of vibing with it then she did a shit whilst on the phone to somebody and it ruined the album for me.
slop but with a good beat
I actually like this a lot. Maybe went on a little bit too long for me. But good beats. I think it aged pretty well too.
I fucking hated this album.
For years I thought the lyrics were 'Don't go Jason Waterfalls' and that the song was about a wayward youth called J. Waterfalls. While RnB isn't really my thing, I have big respect for these talented ladies and the roads they paved for many other artists.
I never knew phife was on the opening interlude track. A ton of good singles off of this
This started extremely badly (Intro-lude is a truly terrible piece of "music"), so badly I nearly stopped there. The rest upto and including Waterfalls was actually somewhat enjoyable. Unfortunately after Waterfalls it was all downhill with irritation quickly increasing.
It's really hard to separate this album as a work from my memories of how big it was when I was 14. The harmonies are beautiful, and the production on this album is great. I didn't feel bored during any of the songs, and the hits were definitely hits for a reason 4/5
Nice enough - vocals are good, groovy songs, some of the beats are enjoyable. Waterfalls is a classic of course, and the 3 singers mesh well, they all have distinctive voices which come together. Nothing massively offensive here Surprised they mostly don't have writing credits, I gave TLC a bit more credit than that because Left Eye also had a solo career. I now position them more of a manufactured girl group than a rap collective, and that's nothing particularly special
No va
Being an old fart, I know how HUGE this album was back in the day. Not just with the sales generated, but the cross-over effect it had. Period. Waterfall, top 200 song all time no problem. And anyone who covers a Prince-song gets an additional point. 3*
This does not move the needle one bit. One of the “I can’t wait for this to be over so I don’t have to ever listen again” albums.
I’m not super into R&B but I know this one is a classic. I only recognized “Waterfalls.” I think I would have preferred FanMail but I didn’t mind this.
p731. 1994. 4 stars. Classy 90s US R&B done right, and the source of a host of mostly poor imitations (Spice Girls, All Saints, Destiny's Child, Sugababes). To what heights could they have aspired if they hadn't gone bust and burnt down their boyfriend's house?
Har altid synes TLC har været kedelige.. waterfalls :) 2.5/5
I don't think I'd ever listened to the whole album. I was optimistic but it failed to deliver.
I’m enjoying this way more than I thought I would considering this isn’t my genre at all. Honestly the only stuff I know about TLC is from VH1 retrospectives. I know Left Eye burns a house down around this time. I also agree with the opening track she was FINE. One issue with the format of the album a day thing. Somedays I’m not prepared for a song like Red Light Special, which is incredibly sexual. I’m driving to work and someone is talking about pussy. Like god DAMN. My sympathies to anyone who listens to these albums with family members lol. Other than that, very surprised by how much I liked this. It really does deserve the hype VH1 gives it. Since it isn’t my genre there are parts I was a little bored or underwhelmed by but over all? Thumbs up.
LameSmuttyVacuous
Enjoyably funky R&B songs, the strongest of which are the famous singles which will always be classic 90s tunes
Teiniaikaisen tyttöystävän ja hänen kavereiden sen ajan suosikki. Waterfalls oli siihen aikaan repeatilla soiva ja nyt kun levyn kuunteli niin syystäkin. Yksi hyvä biisi ja loput täytettä. Pitäydyn tutuissa vesissä ja jätän nämä jutut muille.
Pari letkeetä biisiä ei vielä yläilmoihin riittäny, mut hyvää tekemistä tasaisesti
not terrible
Surprisingly good. I hate hiphop, but this... maybe its because I just came from holidays 😅
Why was there an interlude of basically just phone sex?? Ridiculous
Dated 2000s r&b
never heard the whole record, its pretty cool
It can be hard to digest an entire album when the group is so immemorially identified by their huge hits. This one was fairly listenable. But it’s a bit like Blind Melon: Sure that one song was great and the video was iconic, but do we really, 30 years later, need to know what else you did?
Okay I really am not a fan of this genre haha. This was a hard listen for me. I'm not against music made for teenage girls by any means but this one didn't do it for me at all. Waterfalls is by far the best song on the album. The interludes were hilarious though.
2-3
August 7, 2024 HL: “Sumthin’ Wicked”, “Waterfalls”, “Diggin’ on You”, “Creep” I haven’t really given classic hip-hop its due recently (with both Digital Underground & Eminem ranking pretty low on albums I can’t wait to listen to again). CrazySexyCool, while more neo-soul than rap, has been more enjoyable. Like the previous two, it also has the skits working to, if I had to guess, fill out the length to an hour. Idk if it's an essential album, but it contains some essential songs ("Creep", "Waterfalls")
CrazySexyCool by TLC is a groundbreaking album that solidified the group's place in R&B history. The blend of T-Boz, Left Eye, and Chilli's voices creates a unique and harmonious sound that's both captivating and soulful. When it's good, it's phenomenal, with standout tracks like Creep and Waterfalls showcasing their innovative approach to music and compelling storytelling. The album's production is slick, with smooth beats and lush arrangements that perfectly complement the trio's vocals. CrazySexyCool remains more intriguing and engaging than most R&B offerings of its time. NUMBER OF BANGERS - 4 STAND OUT TRACK - Waterfalls
So good!
nope voor de beeldjes een vijf, voor de geluidjes een 1