Lisa Lopes moved away from the hip-hop and R&B sound of her band TLC to explore a different palette on her 2001 single “The Block Party.” Driven by a sample of “Drum Song” by Earth, Wind & Fire, Lopes and producer Salaam Remi grabbed inspiration from electronic music and rapContinue Reading
TLC’s “Creep” lead the way for their sophomore album CrazySexyCool to become one of the most commercially successful and influential albums of all time. Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins gave songwriter and producer Dallas Austin the idea for the song about a woman who cheats on her boyfriend to get his attentionContinue Reading
[vimeo id=”98888045″] TLC recorded Prince’s “Get It Up” for the Poetic Justice soundtrack. Prince wrote “Get It Up” under his Jamie Starr moniker for The Time’s self-titled debut album. “Get It Up” was The Time’s first single and it was released as a “7 with “After Hi School” on theContinue Reading
How many more inaccuracies about Ben Carson’s past life such as the fictive West Point scholarship and a violent past will be revealed? [vimeo id=”144523728″] Are people being prematurely dismissive of Spike Lee’s  Chi-raq based on the first trailer? When will TLC’s Kickstarter album come out? Is Complex magazine rightContinue Reading