TLC (with The New Yorker's Doreen St. Felix)

Published: April 13, 2023, 7:01 a.m.

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The New Yorker\\u2019s Doreen St. F\\xe9lix returns to Pop Pantheon for the second episode in our new girl group trilogy, digging into the crazy, sexy and cool career of one of the best-selling girl groups of all time, TLC. Doreen and DJ Louie discuss the album that made TLC instant stars, 1992\\u2019s raucous Oooh, on the TLC Tip!, their pivot to slinky R&B on their classic blockbuster sophomore album CrazySexyCool (1994), their comeback with 1999\\u2019s futuristic FanMail and 2002\\u2019s 3D, released after Lisa Left-Eye Lopes\\u2019 untimely death. Along the way, they explore TLC\\u2019s forward-thinking pop feminism and politics, the drama that plagued and in some ways defined them and their impact on both girl groups and pop history. Finally, Louie and Doreen rank TLC in the official Pop Pantheon.


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