![]() ![]() As a teen, I was thrilled (and a little shocked) to discover TLC's 1992 breakthrough single, Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg, where the trio wore multi-coloured condoms as accessories, with Lopes wearing one in the lens of her glasses. ![]() The trio had always been exuberantly upfront about safe-sex messaging and sexual enjoyment, which made them dazzle amid an uptight mainstream. ![]() The startling, soulful expression of Waterfalls also felt entirely natural for TLC. I think that's why it's our biggest hit to date." "We wanted to make a song with a strong message – about unprotected sex, being promiscuous, and hanging out in the wrong crowd," Thomas explained in a 2018 interview with The Guardian. In the second, we hear of a man whose "natural obsession for temptation" leads to unprotected sex and a sobering conclusion: "three letters took him to his final resting place". ![]() In the first verse, a "lonely mother" is helpless as her beloved son is lost to the drug trade. Its theme is cautionary – a warning against pursuing self-destructive desires – and its tone remains vitally empathetic and non-judgemental. The song's structure brilliantly showcases TLC's respective vocal talents: Watkins's husky narratives Thomas's sweet harmonising Lopes's wryly snappy rhymes. Waterfalls is a characteristically smooth flow of R&B and hip hop, co-written by producers Organised Noize and Marqueze Etheridge with Lopes. Should we bring singers back from the dead? Award-winning Atlanta-based trio TLC (comprising Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins, Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes and Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas) released their signature track in 1995: Waterfalls, taken from their second album, CrazySex圜ool. In the mid-1990s, one of the world's brightest bands was boldly changing the conversation around safe sex, HIV and Aids. ![]()
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