TLC

2017 822 Entertainment 12 tracks

Produced by Sean Garrett, Stargate, Chuck Harmony

822 Entertainment R&BHip-hopNew Jack SwingPop
67%
Authorship
Songwriter

TLC wrote 8 of 12 tracks

Authorship Breakdown 8 / 12 self-written

Who wrote the songs?

Every track is scored by writing credit — whether TLC carries a lyricist or composer credit.

67%
8 trackswritten by TLC 4 tracksoutside writers
TLC's roles on this album

Share of the 12 tracks where a band member is credited, by role.

Lyricist67%
Composer67%
Producer0%
Performer0%

By the Numbers

12
Tracks
23
Lyricists
19
Producers
2017
Released

TLC is the fifth studio album by TLC, released in June 2017 on their own PLG label following a Kickstarter campaign that funded the recording, a reunion album by the surviving members T-Boz and Chilli, 15 years after Left Eye's death and the 3D album, and the first album of entirely new original material since FanMail in 1999. T-Boz and Chilli performed all material; the album includes posthumous contributions from Left Eye on several tracks and features production from Stargate, Sean Paul, and others. 'Way Back,' 'Haters,' and 'Scandalous' were the principal singles; the album debuted at number four on the Billboard 200 with 35,000 first-week units. TLC is primarily significant as a commercial and personal statement, the two surviving members affirming the group's continued relevance and honoring Left Eye's legacy through a new set of material, rather than as a commercial breakthrough, and its Kickstarter funding model was a significant experiment in direct artist-to-fan commercial activity. TLC's self-funded release model and its top-five commercial performance together demonstrated that the group's cultural significance and their fanbase's loyalty were commercially substantial enough to generate a major-label-scale chart debut without major-label infrastructure, and the album stands as a dignified and emotionally resonant final statement from a duo determined to honor both their past and their continued creative vitality.

Track Listing & Credits 12 tracks

Written by the artist Written by outside writers
#TitleLyricist(s)Composer(s)Producer(s)Performers
1
No Introduction
Candace WakefieldElvis BrownCarnoy Watkins Candace WakefieldElvis BrownCarnoy Watkins Dunlap ExclusiveJoshua 'Tipz' RichardsonCory 'Knotch' Marks T-Boz (Lead Vocals)Chilli (Lead Vocals)
2
Way Back
Tionne WatkinsJames AbrahartCalvin Broadus Tionne WatkinsJames AbrahartCalvin Broadus D'Mile T-Boz (Lead Vocals)Chilli (Lead Vocals)Snoop Dogg (Rap)
3
It's Sunny
Bobby HebbAlbert McKayMaurice WhiteAlta WillisTionne WatkinsRebekah Muhammad Bobby HebbAlbert McKayMaurice WhiteAlta WillisTionne WatkinsRebekah Muhammad Ron Fair T-Boz (Lead Vocals)Chilli (Lead Vocals)
4
Haters
Michael BusbeeDaniel UllmanBryan JarettMaureen McDonald Michael BusbeeDaniel UllmanBryan JarettMaureen McDonald BusbeeCasper & B. T-Boz (Lead Vocals)Chilli (Lead Vocals)
5
Perfect Girls
Tionne WatkinsCandace WakefieldRaylene S. Arreguin Tionne WatkinsCandace WakefieldRaylene S. Arreguin Ayo KayoDavid 'Davey Remix' ReedDesmond 'Motown' Washington T-Boz (Lead Vocals)Chilli (Lead Vocals)
6
Interlude
Instrumental · Desmond Peterson T-Boz (Lead Vocals)Chilli (Lead Vocals)
7
Start a Fire
Tionne WatkinsGabrielle NoweeCandace Wakefield Tionne WatkinsGabrielle NoweeCandace Wakefield Kayo T-Boz (Lead Vocals)Chilli (Lead Vocals)
8
American Gold
Tionne WatkinsGabrielle NoweeCandace WakefieldElvis Brown Tionne WatkinsGabrielle NoweeCandace WakefieldElvis Brown KayoTipz T-Boz (Lead Vocals)Chilli (Lead Vocals)
9
Scandalous
Tommy 'Vegas' DoyleTimothy ClaytonRozonda ThomasCory Allen Moore Tommy 'Vegas' DoyleTimothy ClaytonRozonda ThomasCory Allen Moore Cory Mo T-Boz (Lead Vocals)Chilli (Lead Vocals)
10
Aye Muthafucka
Tionne WatkinsMarqueze EtheridgeGabrielle Nowee Tionne WatkinsMarqueze EtheridgeGabrielle Nowee DrephantomTipz T-Boz (Lead Vocals)Chilli (Lead Vocals)
11
Joy Ride
Rebekah Muhammad Rebekah Muhammad KnotchTipzChris 'Big Duke' MalloyNiko McKnightRaymond 'Ray Keys' Komba T-Boz (Lead Vocals)Chilli (Lead Vocals)
12
Way Back (Extended Version)
Tionne WatkinsJames AbrahartCalvin BroadusDernst Emile II Tionne WatkinsJames AbrahartCalvin BroadusDernst Emile II D'Mile T-Boz (Lead Vocals)Chilli (Lead Vocals)Snoop Dogg (Rap)

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