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FANMAIL won the 2000 Grammy Award for Best R&B Album. "No Scrubs" won the 2000 Grammy Award for Best R&B Song and for Best R&B Performance by A Duo Or Group With Vocal. FANMAIL was nominated for the 2000 Grammy Award for Album Of The Year. "Unpretty" was nominated for the 2000 Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal and Song Of The Year. "No Scrubs was nominated for the 2000 Grammy Award for Record Of The Year.
The bad girls of R&B are back at it again and after a long layoff. Chili, Left Eye, and T-Boz, collectively known as TLC prove that nothing's gonna change their world. With classic TLC demeanor on tracks like "No Scrubs" (sure to get even the most motion-challenged dancer to bust a move), "I'm Good At Being Bad," (TLC at its best) "Silly Ho" and "If They Knew," TLC reminds us why being "bad" is sometimes so attractive. But with all the bad-girl image that TLC works so hard to project, they show their versatility on tracks like "I Miss You So Much" and "Dear Lie." These two cuts show some sentimentality, spotlighting a different side of the TLC their fans have come to know and love.
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Producers: Cyptron, Kevin "Shekspere" Briggs, Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis, Dallas Austin.
Engineers: Carlton Lynn, Leslie Brathwaite, Steve Hodge.
TLC: T-Boz, Chilli, Left-Eye (vocals).
Additional personnel: Vic-E (spoken vocals); Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis (various instruments); Babyface (acoustic & electric guitars, keyboards, programming); Michael Thompson, Mike Scott, Tomi Martin (guitar); Gregory Hudspeth (saxophone); Melvin M. Jones (trumpet); Antnony Roberson (trombone); Greg Phillinganes (piano, Wurlitzer piano); Jerry Lumpkins (keyboards); Debra Killings (bass, background vocals); C.C. Thomas, Lamarquis Jefferson, Nathan East, Colin Wolfe (bass); Tim Knight (drums); Paulinho Da Costa (percussion); Alex Richbourg (programming); Dallas Austin, Leslie Brathwaite, Ty-Hudson, Joi Gilliam, Carolyn Paige, Kevin Wales, "Big" Stan Smith, Kandi Burruss, Tameka "Tiny" Cottle, Necia Bray, Koko Watkins (background vocals).
Rolling Stone (3/18/99, pp.61-62) - 3 1/2 Stars (out of 5) - "...TLC's sexy moves are enhanced by the album's jittery rhythms....The effort to break away from illusions, especially the gender kind, powers the most exciting music on FAN MAIL..."
Spin (5/99, pp.146-147) - 6 (out of 10) - "...The day Left Eye torched her old man's mansion may be old flames under the bridge, but it's also the new record in a flash: a burning, physical message that looks like a spectacle but reads like sexual politics. This may be FAN MAIL, but it ain't no love letter..."
Q (1/00, p.87) - Included in Q Magazine's "50 Best Albums of 1999."
Q (5/99, p.116) - 4 Stars (out of 5) - "...FAN MAIL possesses a bite every bit as sharp as their collective visage is pretty....TLC know exactly how to please all the people all of the time..."
Muzik (1/00, p.69) - Ranked #2 in Muzik's "Albums Of The Year '99"
Muzik (4/9, p.84) - 4 stars (out of 5) - "...Slick as you like, the feel is high-tech....A real grower of an album in every respect....compared to what else is out there [TLC] remain in a class of their own."
The Source (4/99, p.212) - "...FANMAIL offers more of their trademarked cyberfunk rhythms ("Unpretty"), eclectic party jams ("My Life") and lullaby ballads ("Dear Lie")..."
Fanmail Music Review
Average Rating: (4.6 out of 5 stars)    List All 25 Reviews TLC IS THE BEST!!
I can honestly say that this is one of the best albums that I've ever heard. TLC really knows how to deliver. I've loved them for as long as I can remember and I have to say that they are the best girl group EVER. Destiny's who??? This album is the absolute best!
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TLC have delivered with yet another kick-ass album. Blending urban rhythm with electronic beats they have succeeded in making FanMail
'the first album for the 21st century'.
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This review is for a different format. THE BEST GROUP EVER!
They stepped in the game in tha early 90s,they never dissapointed nor make fans despair. They are back with a bangin album that will have you dancing all day long. my personal favorites are if they knew,no scrubs,im good at being bad,i miss you so much,unpretty,shout,my life and fanmail...you wont be dissapointed..the se girls are legends...revolutionary...deucez
Submitted by nelsonmokoka9 (USA,C.A)
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This review is for a different format. WOW What A Good Come Back 4 Them
It tock them almost 5 years to make another CD. And i wasnt didnt think they would ever come back because of the money problems they were having at the time. And so meny weaker Girl Groups were coming in the game arouned this time 702, 3LW, and DC !I HATE DC! Beyonce was the only good member anyway, it was well worth the wait this CD is of the chane. Now it is 2008 and Left Eye has passed away but i still lissen to this CD 2day it is on my iPod and is often played. I love all there CDs but this one is my fav, and they are still the highest selling girl group of all time. Even thoue they dont make music anymore because of Left Eyes death this group will always have a place in my heart and groups today dont mesher up 2 them not even clouse. I Wish U Will Chilli and T-Boz:)
Submitted by Jesse Latimer (Canada)
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This review is for a different format. #1 Debut!
This CD spent 6 weeks at the top spot of the Billboard 200 Album Chart. It sold 318,000 on its first week and has sold more than 11 million copies world-wide. It has reached 9X platinum status in the US and it won the 1999 Grammy Award for Best R&B Album.
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