Hit & Miss
WhutchaNeed | USA | 07/05/2007
(1 out of 5 stars)
"There are only 4 reasons for TLC fans to get this compilation:
"Get It Up" from the 1993 film "Poetic Justice"
"No Scrubs" - radio/video version with rap
"Come Get Some" - featuring Lil' Jon with Sean Paul of YoungBloodZ
"Whoop De Woo" - a "previously unreleased" track
The other 15 songs are from TLC's four albums, appearing in album edit form - they are the same as the album versions, only shortened and/or censored. It does not include single/radio/video versions of "Baby-Baby-Baby" or "Hat 2 Da Back". The remix to "Kick Your Game" (featuring Craig Mack) is not included either; nor are any collaborations ("What It Ain't (Ghetto Enuff)" with Goodie MOb) or b-sides ("My Secret Enemy"). (And the radio-played "I'm Good at Being Bad", "Dear Lie", and "Miss You" are not included either.)
Rather than "The Hits", this compilation should have been entitled "The Singles & More" - but not ALL the singles, since "Hands Up" is not included. The inclusion of "In Your Arms Tonight" and "Turntable" seem rather random, since there are tronger tracks from 2002's "3D".
The two "new tracks" are nothing special. "Whoop De Woo" is notable only because it include a rap by Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes; "Come Get Some" is a Lil' Jon track with T-Boz singing the verses.
The song "I Bet" from the "reality show" competition "R U the Girl?" appears as a bonus track only on the 2005 re-release of this 2003 compilation release.
Unless explicitly bought for the four non-album tracks, this CD is not recommended to TLC fans who already have the other 15 songs in their superior album versions on the original albums.
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Someone should mention this is censored
Terra Johnson | Lansing MI | 03/10/2008
(2 out of 5 stars)
"someone should mention this is censored . . . even though their main albums didn't have parental advisory warnings on them this compilation bleeps out some of the content. don't bother - get the original albums."