History Music / CrazySexyCool

* AbsenteeActor: Left-Eye only appears on four tracks due to being sentenced to probation/rehab[[note]]she also had a verse on "Creep", but it was cut from the album version, and added to a remix instead[[/note]]. Her absence allowed T-Boz and Chilli to take the album into more of a ContemporaryRAndB direction.

''[=CrazySexyCool=]'' was one of TheNineties' top selling albums; peaking at #3 on the Billboard 200 album chart in the United States. it would hit #5 on the Year-End chart in 1995, and stay at #22 on the 1996 Year-End chart. It would eventually end up selling 14 million records worldwide, making TLC the first--and so far only--American GirlGroup to have a record that was certified Diamond by the RIAA. It would finish #25 on the Decade-End Billboard 200 chart for the '90s.

''[=CrazySexyCool=]'' was one of TheNineties' top selling albums; peaking at #3 on the Billboard 200 Album chart in the United States. it would hit #5 on the Year-End chart in 1995, and stay at #22 on the 1996 Year-End chart. It would eventually end up selling 14 million records worldwide, making TLC the first--and so far only--American GirlGroup to have a record that was certified Diamond by the RIAA. It would finish #25 on the Decade-End Billboard Top 200 chart for the '90s.

-->'''"Diggin' on You"'''

'''''[=CrazySexyCool=]''''' is the second studio album recorded by the American musical group Music/{{TLC}}. It was released through Creator/AristaRecords via their [[Music/{{Babyface}} LaFace]] label on November 15, 1994.

''[=CrazySexyCool=]'' reached #377 on the original ''Magazine/RollingStone'' [[UsefulNotes/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime 500 Greatest Albums of All Time]] list in 2003, #379 in 2012, and [[UsefulNotes/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime2020 #218 in 2020]].

* AbsenteeActor: Left-Eye only appears on four tracks due to being sentenced to probation/rehab. Her absence allowed T-Boz and Chilli to take the album into more of a ContemporaryRAndB direction.

The album was supported by four singles: "Creep", "Red Light Special", "Waterfalls", and "Diggin' On You". All were Top 5 on the Billboard Hot 100, with "Creep" and "Waterfalls" both hitting #1. The music video for "Waterfalls" would become [[{{Understatement}} enormous]] on MTV, and would win ''four'' Moonmen at the 1995 [[UsefulNotes/MTVVideoMusicAward MTV Video Music Awards]], including overall Video of the Year.

# "Watefalls" (4:39)

The album was supported by four singles: "Creep", "Red Light Special", "Waterfalls", and "Diggin' On You". All were Top 5 on the Billboard Hot 100, with "Creep" and "Waterfalls" both hitting #1. The music video for "Waterfalls" would become [[{{Understatement}} enormous]] on MTV, and would win ''four'' Moonmen at the 1995 MTV Video Music Awards, including overall Video of the Year.

* HotterAndSexier: While TLC did have a somewhat sexual image for their first time, it was mostly tongue-in-cheek. This is the album that made sex symbols out of all three of the women, and there's several songs dedicated to sex and sexuality.

* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Left's Eye's injuries caused from accidentally burning down then-boyfriend Andre Rison's mansion led to both her noticeable abscene from the majority of the album due to being in rehab, and the recording of "My Secret Enemy", which addressed the Rison incident.

** Downplayed, the song is about being careful and try to avoid danger, no matter how glamorous it looks. Such as a waterfall, which is beautiful, but also deadly should you fall from it.

* DarkerAndEdgier: The music and visuals moved from TLC's previous upbeat sound and silly lyrics to a smoother, sensual style. Exemplified in "Waterfalls", with subject matter such as gang killings and unsafe sex and HIV/AIDS being tacked.
* GenreShift: The group's debut album ''Ooooooohhh... On the TLC Tip'' was mostly NewJackSwing mixed in with HipHop; [=CrazySexyCool=] would lean closer towards HipHopSoul.

* GenreShift: The group's debut album ''Ooooooohhh... On the TLC Tip'' was mostly NewJackSwing mixed in with HipHop; [=CrazySexyCool=] would embrace RAndB fully, which a touch of Hip-Hop here and there.

* ScareEmStraight: Downplayed, the song is about being careful and try to avoid danger, no matter how glamorous it looks. Such as a waterfall, which is beautiful, but also deadly should you fall from it.

* IntercourseWithYou: It would be easier to name that songs on the album ''not'' about this.

* AWildRapperAppears: Both Music/BustaRhymes and Phife Dawg of Music/ATribeCalledQuest make appearances on the album.

''CrazySexyCool'' reached #377 on the original ''Magazine/RollingStone'' [[UsefulNotes/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime 500 Greatest Albums of All Time]] list in 2003, #379 in 2012, and [[UsefulNotes/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime2020 #218 in 2020]].

''[=CrazySexyCool=]'' is TLC's most successful and most critically acclaimed album, which makes it all the strange it was somewhat of a TroubledProduction in recording. Member Lisa "Left-Eye" Lopes was stuck in rehab after burning down the mansion of her then boyfriend football player Andre Rison (ItsALongStory...) and couldn't be released often to record. The group themselves owed money to several producers and managers. Despite this, TLC would stick it through and with the help of producers such as Music/{{Babyface}}, Organized Noize, Dallas Austin, Jermaine Dupri, and Music/SeanCombs, they would record and release to be what is considered their greatest work. Propelled by the mega-smash "Waterfalls" and it's music video, ''[=CrazySexyCool=]'' was one of TheNineties' top selling albums, and would eventually end up selling 14 million records worldwide, making TLC the first--and so far only--American GirlGroup to have a record that was certified Diamond by the RIAA.

* AbsenteeActor: Left-Eye only appears on four tracks due to being sentenced to probation/rehab. Her absence allowed T-Boz and Chili to take the album into more of a ContemporaryRAndB direction.

''[=CrazySexyCool=]'' is TLC's most successful and most critically acclaimed album, which makes it all the strange it was somewhat of a TroubledProduction in recording. Member Lisa "Left-Eye" Lopes was stuck in rehab after burning down the mansion of her then boyfriend football player Andre Rison ({{Long Story}}.) and couldn't be released often to record. The group themselves owed money to several producers and managers. Despite this, TLC would stick it through and with the help of producers such as Music/{{Babyface}}, Organized Noize, Dallas Austin, Jermaine Dupri, and Music/SeanCombs, they would record and release to be what is considered their greatest work. Propelled by the mega-smash "Waterfalls" and it's music video, ''[=CrazySexyCool=]'' was one of TheNineties' top selling albums, and would eventually end up selling 14 million records worldwide, making TLC the first--and so far only--American GirlGroup to have a record that was certified Diamond by the RIAA.

''[=CrazySexyCool=]'' is TLC's most successful and most critically acclaimed album, which makes it all the strange it was somewhat of a TroubledProduction in recording. Member Lisa "Left-Eye" Lopes was stuck in rehab after burning down the mansion of her then boyfriend football player Andre Rison (LongStory.) and couldn't be released often to record. The group themselves owed money to several producers and managers. Despite this, TLC would stick it through and with the help of producers such as Music/{{Babyface}}, Organized Noize, Dallas Austin, Jermaine Dupri, and Music/SeanCombs, they would record and release to be what is considered their greatest work. Propelled by the mega-smash "Waterfalls" and it's music video, ''[=CrazySexyCool=]'' was one of TheNineties' top selling albums, and would eventually end up selling 14 million records worldwide, making TLC the first--and so far only--American GirlGroup to have a record that was certified Diamond by the RIAA.

'''''[=CrazySexyCool=]''''' is the second studio album recorded by the American musical group Music/{{TLC}}. It was released through Music/AristaRecords via their [[Music/{{Babyface}} LaFace]] label on November 15, 1994.

[[caption-width-right:350:''So I creep, yeah, just keep it on the down low''\

->''Either your butt's too big''\
''Or your hair's too long''\
''Or your eyes too wide''\
''Or your head's too strong''\
''Either you got too much''\
''Or you got too less''\
''Either you're under woman''\
''Or you're over dressed (ha!)''\
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''All those opinion's gonna make you fake''\
''Go on and brush it off it's just dead weight''\
''Only thing that matters that you need to know''\

!!The album contains the following tropes:

'''''[=CrazySexyCool=]''''' is the second studio album from musical group Music/{{TLC}}.

''[=CrazySexyCool=]'' is TLC's most successful and most critically acclaimed album, which makes it all the strange it was somewhat of a TroubledProduction in recording. Member Lisa "Left-Eye" Lopes was stuck in rehab after burning down the mansion of her then boyfriend football player Andre Rison (LongStory.) and couldn't be released often to record. The group themselves owed money to several producers and managers. Despite this, TLC would stick it through and with the help of producers such as Music/{{Babyface}}, Organized Noize, Dallas Austin, Jermaine Dupri, and Music/SeanCombs, they would record and release to be what is considered their greatest work. Propelled by the mega-smash "Waterfalls" and it's music video, ''[=CrazySexyCool=]'' was one of TheNineties top selling albums, and would eventually end up selling 14 million records worldwide, making TLC the first and so far only American GirlGroup to have a platinum-selling record.

* IntercourseWithYou: It would be easier to name that songs on the album ''not'' about this.

# "CrazySexyCool (interlude)" (1:42)

# "Sumthin' Wicked This Way Comes" (featuring Andre 3000 of Music/OutKast) (4:23)

''[=CrazySexyCool=]'' is TLC's most successful and most critically acclaimed album, which makes it all the strange it was somewhat of a TroubledProduction in recording. Member Lisa "Left-Eye" Lopes was stuck in rehab after burning down the mansion of her then boyfriend football player Andre Rison (LongStory.) and couldn't be released often to record. The group themselves owed money to several producers and managers. Despite this, TLC would stick it through and with the help of producers such as Music/{{Babyface}}, Dallas Austin, Jermaine Dupri, and Music/SeanCombs, they would record and release to be what is considered their greatest work. Propelled by the mega-smash "Waterfalls" and it's music video, ''[=CrazySexyCool=]'' was one of TheNineties top selling albums, and would eventually end up selling 14 million records worldwide, making TLC the first and so far only American GirlGroup to have a platinum-selling record.

# "Sumthin' Wicked This Way Comes" (featuring Dre of OutKast) (4:23)

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