Reviews (page 5 of 8)
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.
I was surprised that "waterfalls" was lifted from such a horny album. I thought everything was really nice sonically. The instrumentation was very clean and the whole album was pretty groovy. Something about it did feel like hip hop musical theater or something though. I got pretty bored about halfway through and the rest felt like a slog
Outside of Waterfalls (LOVE the chorus in this song), I don't think I've heard other songs from this group. Love the beat in Intro-Lude off the rip. Shame it's only a 1 minute song. Creep is just some solid 90s hip-hop/R&B. Loving the beat on Kick Your game. Into this so far. Vibes dip from Diggin' On You until it gets to Waterfalls (DON'T GO CHASING WATERFALLSSSS). The horns and the funky bass give the song such a smooth flow. Such a jam. Unfortunately nothing else stands out until Andre 3000 comes on the last track. This one was probably a little too R&B heavy for my taste. It's usually hit or miss with straight R&B songs and it was 50/50 for me on this album. It made the album drag slightly and the runtime is fairly long. I'd give this a High 3 (3.5 stars) that borders on a 4.
NGL the Intro-lude was pretty dope. Pulling Phife Dawg in to throw down a solid 45 second group intro is a fine investment. Creep is some solid downtempo R&B. Vocals trend a little nasaly for my liking, but are otherwise fine. Good cruising music. Kick Your Game has a distinctly 90s funk vibe about it -- mirrors some other boy band production elements (cowbells, etc.) -- I'm into it, solid mic passing and vocal layering. Not diggin Diggin' On You. Kinda makes me sleepy. Waterfalls is a classic for a reason -- that chorus is catchy as hell and the production is delightful. The mic'ing on the toilet flush of Sexy-Interlude was for some reason deeply uncomfortable. Always enjoy early Andre 3000 -- this coming before they even dropped ATLiens. Sumthin' Wicked This Way Comes is a solid track to end on. When I think of 90s R&B I don't tend to get excited, but this scratched a certain nostalgic itch this morning. As a whole the album runs a bit long for my liking, but the production throughout was fine and there were only a couple of songs that I found skip-worthy. For me this sits somewhere in the high 3 territory.
Had a couple songs I really liked and the vocals were really great all the way through. Ultimately though this falls into the same bucket as all other 90's hip-hop where it's fine/good, but it's just too long and never really excites me outside a couple songs.
Der Sound ist sehr recognizable und distinct, gute Wissenslücke gefüllt, gut klingendes Album.
Good vibes, did not appreciate the overly sexual songs. 2.5
Too horny for Monday at 11am in a cubicle lol. While it’s fun at times, the production is incredibly dated. The slang is dated too, so much so that I’d sooner use the word “cringe” than “cool.”
3.5
I can't quite tell, but suspect that some of these songs were about sex.
Crazy, sexy, 90s pure bliss.
Good for what it is but 90s R&B really isn't my sort of thing.
This is fine but nothing special. Makes me think of Michael Keaton quoting TLC lyrics in “The Other Guys”, and Will Poulter doing the complete middle rap of Waterfalls in “We’re the Millers’. Both are hilarious.
Verdict: Crazy? In 2025, there is something “crazy” about having Diddy intoning “crazy, sexy, cool” on your record, but I can’t blame 1994 TLC for including him. I doubt they knew. “Ready to Die” only came out two months before this album; Diddy hadn’t even gotten big yet. I give this a 1/10 crazy. Sexy? Yeah, so much so I’m surprised we had this in our house when I was 11. Cool? In the 90s, you could not get cooler than this album. But its production now feels a little dated. I haven’t even watched the Waterfalls video and its CGI attempts. So, not awarding full “cool” points.
Pretty standard
big ones and filler. could i write poetry to this? n
Remember when Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes burned Andre Rison's house down? That shit was crazy, right? And then the whole David Justice and Halle Berry thing...that was some news back then. Winona Ryder was dating all those shaggy-looking Rock stars and shoplifting too? Just nuts, right? Aww, man... I almost forgot about Jennifer Lopez and that green dress. Wasn't she with Puff Daddy at the time? Damn, I miss the Nineties. Anywayyyy.... "Waterfalls" is a killer track. The rest is pretty alright, I guess. Minus at least a half-star for TLC's association with the aforementioned Sean "Puff Daddy" Combs.
Pretty good. 2 bangers and some generics, but good enough for a 3.
Big bangers, a load of clangers. There's a real consistency in the big pop albums on here being simply too long. When they hit though, they hit hard, and obviously Waterfalls is a huge song.
Some good/forgettable moments
Really wish I could give this a 3.5; it deserves more than a 3 but doesn't quite reach my personal criteria for a 4.
One of the better female group. Some vibey songs. "Don't go chasing waterfalls" album
Ok, some very nice songs, some not so ...
Happy to listen to this, nice flow
Would have been four stars if it was half the length
#574. I remember TLC being a force to be fucking reckoned with back in the 90s, but listening to it now it just doesn't seem to be as powerful for whatever reason. I suppose all pop music expires after the time period it existed in, and there's no getting around that. 3/5: still not terrible by any means
Aight
This was a dope album. Just vibes all the way through, you can see why they popped when they did. Not particularly my cup of tea, but good.
The more I listened the less I liked it.
Waterfalls
I listened to this quite a bit when I was in college. Good album. More interesting band members.
Diddy record
started off slow, but picked up pretty decently well what the fuck is sexy (interlude) doing
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.
decent album, got some nice R&B songs
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
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
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.
вроде норм но интерлюдии меня поломали и просто переключилась
A perfectly listenable album. Nothing particularly stood out to me as bad, or amazing either.
Boring
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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
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
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.
[3.5]
# 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
Kinda sexy, mostly cool. Virtually no crazy
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
3.5
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
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.
This wasn’t bad. Not my usual kind of music. Nothing memorable though.
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.
Rentoa radio RnB:tä. Yksi tuttu biisi, Waterfalls. Outo vessahuumori interlude. Parhaat: Waterfalls, Sumthin' Wicked This Way Comes, Creep
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
Mediocre
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.
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
Helt ok, inget svinnice som stack ut
Entretenido a secas
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
decent hip-hop R&B sound, liked Waterfalls.
Nice enough RnB but not ground breaking for me.
Good 90's R&B, but I don't really love 90's R&B.
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
Cool
Ik ben geen groot fan van R&B, maar dit album is wel heel lekker!
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)
Girl power
Despite the fact that I don't generally care for R&B, this album sat right with me!
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.
Never really engaged in this era/genre of music. Skits were kind of fun, over all pretty middle of the road.
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.
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.
Much better than I expected
Whoever decided to record a skit with Diddy trying to have phone sex should have to share a cell with him.
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.
warning: tolit
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
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
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.
pretty good, very very RnB, and a couple iconic songs but it's not an album I would revisit 6/10
Meget solide beats, kendte overraskende mange af sangene i forvejen! Måtte da godt have været 40 tight minutter i stedet.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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. 🤷
a girl group! finally!!! I didn't love this as much as I thought I would. 3.5 stars
Has some good songs, really horny though
Not my thing, but they do have nice voices.
This has to be one of the horniest albums ever made
slop but with a good beat
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.
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.
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
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*
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.
I don't think I'd ever listened to the whole album. I was optimistic but it failed to deliver.
Enjoyably funky R&B songs, the strongest of which are the famous singles which will always be classic 90s tunes
Pari letkeetä biisiä ei vielä yläilmoihin riittäny, mut hyvää tekemistä tasaisesti
not terrible
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?
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
TLC and Crazysexycool paved the way for future black women to dominate the pop sphere, specifically Beyonce. They had the hiphop/R&B crossover influence that set the tone for the '90s, which cannot be understated.
Pretty meh. Some decent tracks but nothing that was really for me.
This is an overall groovy time, and legitimately sexy, I'm impressed. It's not really the kind of thing I would listen to, but I enjoyed this, and Waterfalls is SUCH a tune. 3.5 rounded down.
3.5
Day195 - there’s some good songs but also some really bad over-produced crap. looking back those three had tons of talent unfortunately with lots of drama around them. they should release a stripped down version of this like the beatles did with let it be
Pretty cool, very sexy, but definitely not crazy
I've never listened to TLC despite them being an always popular band when I was growing up, and only heard the hits from this album, like Waterfalls and Creep. This album gives me middle school dance vibes, but I guess that's just because it's a product of that time for me. I liked Diggin on You. It's beat kind of reminded me of the one in Geto Boys Damn It Feels Good To Be a Gangsta. The guitar on Red Light Special gave me some real Prince vibes that I dug. You can also add Switch to the list of good songs that have sampled Mr Good Stuff.
Too many fillers
Maybe not as crazy as promised, but definitely sexy and cool. Dim the lights and cuddle up with your partner for this one. It's gonna get hot n heavy.
Favorites were Diggin' On You and Take Our Time
Ratings: 5: I will happily play this album anytime 4: I may occasionally play this album of my own free will 3: I will happily listen to this if someone plays it in the background 2: I will tolerate this if it is playing in the background 1: I will leave the room if someone plays this in the background A little bit of a manufactured sound for my tastes. Watefalls is the clear standout.
3.5/5
Classic 90s
Je m'attendais à beaucoup plus. Ce n'était pas mauvais, mais très similaire sur toute la durée, un peu trop long, pas tellement de pièce qui s'est démarquée. Je sais l'impact de ce band, mais ça a un peu mal vieilli. 5/10
I am not the target demo for this album or this genre of music. 90’s R&B is one genre that is almost entirely foreign to me. TLC, Boyz II Men and their contemporaries were undoubtedly insanely popular during their era, but I was under 10 years old at any point during the 90’s, growing up with white parents and friends, none of whom listened to this genre. When an episode of Parks and Recreation referenced Ginuwine, I thought his name was so ridiculous there was no way he could be real. So you see the angle from which I approached this album. I recognize the cultural importance of TLC. I recognize the talent the group had and how well made this album is. It just really isn’t for me. There are some excellent grooves here, and I really could see myself vibing to this in the right context, with the right people, in the right mood. But in a vacuum (or as much of one as I can ever exist in), this just didn’t hit like I think it was meant to. Enjoyable enough, fun, but nothing I connected to or will remember. Not yet at least. The more I listen to albums in this project, the more I can feel my tastes expanding. Maybe I’ll come back to this one later and see if it hits different. For now, three stars because I think I’m just missing something. Also the guitar on “Red Light Special” kicks ass even if the song itself is just ok. Oh and I could’ve done without all the interludes. The names were kinda cringy and it felt like they were only there to pad the runtime. Standout tracks: Kick Your Game, Case of the Fake People, Waterfalls, Switch
R'N'B classic
I had it my head that TLC were a girl pop band from the mid 2010’s, so I was pleasantly surprised to discover this slice of engaging R&B with some quirky interludes. The wiki page has the obligatory back story of drugs and crazy stuff, including Lisa ‘Left Eye’ Lopez setting fire to her boyfriend’s shoes and burning down her mansion. Yikes. Highlight is a cover of Prince’s If I Was Your Girlfriend.
Quite a nice sounding album, not just pop
It was better than I expected, but not by much.
Cantan bien. Rythm & Blues. Son las de waterfalls.
An ‘ok’ album except for the RAP tracks
Again, 90s hip-hop too long. Trim the fat. Choruses go on too long, interludes contribute nothing. Could have been a 4, because these three ladies were great.
I'm pretty sure musicians love making "interludes" way more than people like to listen to them.
The music is mostly calm and does sound like decent R&B but the album is a little bit too sexual for me, and one of the tracks has farting and toilet sounds at the end so I am giving this a low 3/5. A few songs are ok like Waterfalls however.
Ei oikein iskeny tää, mut ehkä en vaan ymmärrä. Ysäri ylipäätään vaikea vuosikymmen meikälle. 3/5
This album slaps. Good way to step back into 90’s R&B. Good for the sexy time playlist too. Waterfalls and Creep are two highlights for sure. They’re great. Not sure how much I would go back to this album, this would probably be a 3.5 for me, so I’ll drop it down to a 3
The album is alright, it goes on for too long though.
Creep and Waterfalls are awesome...the rest is solid. Wouldn't put it on, but didn't turn it off.
A couple of great tracks mixed with some filler
Waterfalls was a constant on MTV when I was listening to all the Grunge music. I enjoyed listening to the album and probably appreciate it more now!
Yeah, classic album from the 90s. I enjoyed several of these songs as a teen... but not all of them, as they were pretty inappropriate for me back then :-)
Good
Sehr lässiges Konzeptalbum.
Eh, didn’t really do anything for me. We don’t talk about Let’s Do It Again.
Creep // Diggin’ On You // Waterfalls //
nice change of pace. so many good songs. the end of the album falls off. 3.5
Horniest album on this platform. Man there are some bangers on here, “Diggin on you” & “Waterfalls” but when over half of the songs are about fuckin and being a slut it really drags the listening down. Theres also 5 “songs” that are bits and just people saying Crazy Sexy Cool. Andre 3000 in the last song just shows how he can steal the spotlight instantaneously. I started to feel like some of the singing and rapping was almost a parody of itself as the voices began sounding humorous instead of serious. A bit dated and waaaay to horny. 5/10
sexual female voice... JA PASKAA PASKAA PÖNTTÖÖN VETELÄÄ PASKAA RIPULIA SE ON MÄRKÄÄ PASKAA JOTA MENEE.. TAJUATKO HERRA ALBUMI MIES SIELLÄ... TLC TUNTUTAMTON PERSOONA.. KÄSI OLI HOUSUSDA SAATANA.. JA MENEE RIPULI ÄÄNI... YLI LAILLA POMMIKONELAIVUEEN.. ja minä kun en koskaan kysy hintaa... Itseasiassa heh.. ole näillä lääkkeillä paljon tarvinnut semmoisia.. semmoista tehdä..
Þetta er fínt, en fyrir utan Waterfalls þá er þetta ekki eitthvað sem ég þarf að hlusta aftur á.
I'll have to concede that I just never really dug TLC - I'm not much of a fan of early '90's American R&B with the notable exception of En Vogue. Polished production, plenty of special guests like P Diddy and Dre, but some songs sound pretty dated to me with the DX7 sounds. Aside from Waterfalls which is definitely the highlight, I was pleasantly surprised by Switch.
very sexual TLC album with a lot of interludes
All i knew of TLC was Waterfalls, and thats still a pretty great song. The rest of the album is ok, though I think most of the appeal to me was it being R&B, which I haven't had a lot of. While it was nice to listen to something different, it's a little too romantic for me to seek listening to this. My favorites were probably Diggin' On You and Waterfalls.
This isn't really a style of music I care for, but it does it pretty well. Overall I didn't mind listening to it, a few bangers, and extreme horniness. A classic 3.
Didn't hold up like I thought it would for me. L loved some songs, annoyed by others
Liked it less than Destiny's Child, but more interesting than most other 90s R&B acts that I know about (admittedly not many of them)
90s R&B, but without the moaning, except for a skit. Made me uncomfortable. Not my style, but the vibes are good. There is a sort of story throughout, strung together with the interludes and such. Some songs really embrace the 90s funk and sampling. The finale has a really cool blown out guitar. I liked it a little more than the D’Angelo album I had listened to. Standouts: Kick Your Game, Waterfalls, Let’s Do It Again, Sumthin’ Wicked This Way Comes.
Yeah, it's fine.
Wikipedia says the genre is R&B / Hip Hop Soul, which feels about right - a better description might be a female version of Prince, but not quite as funky/
- Classic - Not as many Bangerz as I thought there would be.
Certainly not the genre that would be high on my priority list to check out, and that’s part of the reason I’m forcing myself to do this project so that’s good! Solid album, a nice mix of vibes and moods for the most part and a lot of head bobbers. Didn’t amaze me at any point, I think because other groups have taken inspiration and done these sounds so the novelty has worn off, but an enjoyable experience overall. TLC’s Waterfalls is an absolute, timeless bop.
It's alright. Favorite song: Switch.
Nice maar niet wow ofzo
carried by creep and waterfalls ... why didnt andre 3k have a verse?
Not my thing, but that doesn't mean it's without merit. If you like this sort of music I suppose this would be pretty good. But it's music you don't need to engage with.
I thought this album was pretty good, which makes sense because TLC have reached legendary status as far as 90s music in general goes. I knew Creep and Waterfalls coming in, but I was pleasantly surprised by a few of the other tracks Diggin’ on You and Switch. Still, I wouldn’t say it’s an album I’d listen to on repeat, I’d just come back for that handful of songs. Rest in peace, Left Eye.
"Wouldn't ya like a girl who has a nice sense of humor? That can kick it? Make you laugh? Then on the other side in the bedroom whip that thang on?". Yes ma'am. I do like that kind of girl. A fun change of pace. Not my typical genre, but I still enjoyed. Who doesn't like "Waterfalls"?!
Not really my thing.
The opposite
Throwback to the 90’s hip hop poppy music
Good R&B album
One of prominent music acts of the 90s. I could not stand them at the time; have really come to appreciate their art since. Still, not something I would intentionally seek to listen to, but not opposed to hearing if it's on.
I think this is the first time I have enjoyed interludes on an album also “Waterfalls” is a classic.
funny
Pop-soul comercial. Un megahit. Ni fu ni fa.
Waterfalls is an absolute banger. In my opinion, if you take that one song out, this album would have some good songs but be pretty mid as a whole product. The production is nice but nothing special, there are too many interludes (and a lot of filler in general), and the vocals can border on annoying. I think this one just didn't land for me. I did appreciate the callback to Prince with If I Was Your Girlfriend. 6/10. Favorite Songs: Diggin' On You, Waterfalls, Sumthin' Wicked This Way Comes Least Favorite Songs: All of the interludes
respectable. easy to ignore. Not really craved.
Nokkur af lögunum eru þekkt og góð en ég fílaði þetta ekkert eitthvað ofboðslega mikið. Ekkert slæmt, bara ekki fyrir mig og ég er ólíklegur til að hlusta aftur.
Not a huge fan of it myself, but I recognize it's legacy. Without TLC we wouldn't have the likes of Destiny's Child today. Also, what's with all of the interludes?
not my favorite tlc album.
I really liked some of these and forgot about others. Suffers from a lot of bloat like other albums from the 90s
Liked it more than I thought I would. Some cool funk elements to go along with some smooth R&B and hip-hop. Some of the interludes are annoying. It's also too long and a bit too horny. But a decent listen.
Just okay imho with two good songs.
Well executed 90's nympho RnB... Obviously not exactly a high brow genre but waterfalls pushes it to a 3
Decent all round
Some songs great but overall hard to listen to, clearly an album made by a man designing a girl group that was "different" from other girls
- Fands echt ganz chillig so am morgen - Ich kann mich ja für diese Art von early 2000er Musik immer mal gern erwärmen - R&B ist jetzt nicht zwingend mein Genre, aber wenns gut gemacht ist... - ...und das Gefühl hatte ich hier schon - Besonders die erste Hälfte hat mir gut gefallen, hintenraus hat das Album aber doch stark abgenommen Rating: 2,75/5
Waterfalls is a banger
Yep
I think it's okay, I didn't find any enjoyment nor dissatisfaction listening to this
Just seemed like a standard 90's pop album to me. Not bad but I didn't find anything special about it.
Enjoyed this much more than I expected didnt think TLC had much more than their big singles. This is a top 90’s female hip hop album, with a couple of annoying skits as standard. Not one I’ll add to my rotation, but worthy of its place on the list.
"Waterfalls" is an obvious fave on this, and overall it's a good R&B pop album with some edge, solid production, and talent. But it's really just not my style overall and I don't see a need to relisten outside of the few singles.
Enjoyed it more than I thought. Great beats great flow.
Pretty standard 1001 entry here, reasonable album with a few good tracks. Enjoyed the closer.
This is a music of its' time with all good and bad aspects of 90s.
- This is a very sexy album - Production and mix was very crisp - Not really my thing but it was totally enjoyable - 3.5
Funky but a little repetitive for my ear. An enjoyable listen and 90’s nostalgic
Didnt mind it. not amazing.
3.5
Well, it's better than most of the R&B on this list but it sure didn't age well. The beats are dated, the lyrics are cringe, and overall vibe is just kinda... yech. It was gonna be a 2 but "Creep" and "Waterfalls" are both alright.
Red light special était bien... Sexy interlude c'était une expérience 😳 Enthousiasmée quand j'ai vu le nom TLC, je suis finalement un peu déçue... Je pense que je préfère le RnB des années 2000 psk il est + teinté de pop
Fun, 2,5
Waterfalls and some good lesser known songs, but nothing special.
It's certainly sexy and cool but the last 15 minutes takes forever to get through
first listen good album, i think i'd rate it higher if i was 5 years older and grew up on it
would be a 4 if there wasn’t so many goddamn interludes
Some bangers. But why do they have some fake as sex scenes? Also the skits are pretty dead, saying that as a fan of skits
Very 90s R&B. Waterfalls is a banger. Wouldn't go back to listen to the album very often.
Best selling album by a girl group! Just launches right into CREEP. Damn. Have never listened to the whole album... but the hits on this are bangers for ever.
Sumt alveg top notch R&B, annað í miðlungsflokki. Overall næs plata.
This album was super popular when I was a kid and it pretty much holds up. I had a good time listening.
Thought this was going to be awesome because Creep and Waterfalls are bangers. Nope, those are the only good songs on the album
Mid.
incredible jack swing r ja b research and belevopment... honottava vinkumisääni... eli tosi hyvä.. tarvi mitään hienostella kultakurkut.. loppujenlopuksi kuitenkin 90's R%B hip hop genre genre lisää tähän joku genre vielä.... näin arvostellaan albumi vittu listataan genret...... suatana sentään mitä.. mikä päänpisto tullut että ei TUNNETA ALBUMIA....SIELUSSA..... KOLME KAU?TTA VIISI.. wotahfalls
MEH.. You go right to "Waterfalls" aft listen through the first few song... "Take Our Time" not bad... like early Janet Jackson.
There are a couple of amazing tracks on here, but the rest are underwhelming
The highs are really high, but just too many lows in between to make me want to come back to it. Could’ve cut some filler songs and probably didn’t need 34 interludes and would’ve given it more replay value. 6/10
Two conflicting thoughts 1. I have never liked “Ooh, ooh Baby” music 2. I’ve always liked the Waterfalls song Is this where I say the exception proves the rule? I like that one song - Switch was okay too. But I am generally not a fan. Samey,Lamey,Dull
On one hand, I really appreciated listening to a pop/R&B album from the days before vocal acrobatics and auto-tune ruled the day. On the other, this dragged in the same slow-tempo "I know you know I know you want me" vibe for the entire album. Even "Waterfalls" was way slower than I remembered, and the Prince cover was a miss. Prince singing "If I Was Your Girlfriend" is one thing, but the new perspective here doesn't lend any new insights. It's just safe and flat — which kind of describes the whole affair. This might be more of a 3.5, it was solid enough, but the material and insistence on sticking to thumping slow beats tamped down any excitement these ladies bring to the party.
That cover art is fire. The music's all right, I guess. Seemed kinda average, but what do I know.
While I still love the song Waterfalls so much, the whole album was a bit bland.
1994, the year right before I moved here again from Montana. What an awkward time of my life that was. Creep was definitely still playing on the radio when I came in 95. I almost died that year. Tried killing myself by jumping out in front a car one morning on my way to school. It was still dark, but I remember it so vividly. I tried so hard to time it just right, and then was even more depressed to know that I couldn't even kill myself right. Looking back now, I'm glad I didn't succeed. I'm grateful for every day I wake up to a new sunrise. I'm grateful for every experience I've had since then. All the good the bad and the ugly. Teenagers are so stupid. lol