Now & Forever: The Hits

Now & Forever: The Hits is the first compilation album by American girl group TLC. Via Arista Records, it was released on September 30, 2003, in Japan, November 24, 2003, in the United Kingdom and on June 21, 2005, in North America.

Now & Forever: The Hits
Greatest hits album by TLC
Released	September 30, 2003
Recorded	1991–2003
Genre	Funk hip hop R&B
Length	96:57
Label	Arista LaFace
Producer	Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins Dallas Austin Tim & Bob Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds Antonio "L.A." Reid Jermaine Dupri Lil' Jon The Neptunes
TLC chronology
3D (2002) Now & Forever: The Hits (2003) The Very Best of TLC: Crazy Sexy Hits (2007)
Singles from Now & Forever: The Hits
"Come Get Some" Released: May 9, 2003

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

The album comprises nearly all of their singles (excluding "Hands Up" and "Dear Lie") released between the years of 1991 and 2003, compiling all their albums Ooooooohhh... On the TLC Tip (1992), CrazySexyCool (1994), FanMail (1999) and 3D (2002), as well as the soundtrack to the film Poetic Justice (1993). Most of the tracks on this album are radio edits in order to fit all of the songs on one disc. The album contains tracks such as a 2003 production "Come Get Some", which featured Sean Paul and Lil Jon of YoungBloodz, and "Whoop De Woo," a leftover track from the 3D recording sessions). In September 2005, the album was appended with a digital download of "I Bet", the single which featured winner O'so Krispie from their UPN reality television R U the Girl.[2]

The album debuted to number 53 on the Billboard 200 albums chart in its opening week with about 26,000 copies sold. It briefly reentered the Billboard 200 at number 169 in November, 2013 following the release of the group's biopic CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story on VH1. However, the album did well in Latin America, peaking in Mexican International album charts at #1 and was certified Gold in late 2004 (50,000 sold). The album has sold over 800,000 copies worldwide.[3][4]

Track listing

Standard edition

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Album	Length
1.	"Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg"	Dallas Austin Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes Robert Bell Claydes Smith Robert Mickens Donald Boyce Richard Westfield Dennis Thomas Ronald Bell George Brown Hamish Stuart Owen McIntyre Alan Gorrie Stephen Ferrone Malcolm Duncan Roger Ball	Ooooooohhh... On the TLC Tip	4:08
2.	"What About Your Friends"	Austin Lopes	Ooooooohhh... On the TLC Tip	4:04
3.	"Hat 2 da Back"	Austin Lopes Kevin Wales	Ooooooohhh... On the TLC Tip	4:07
4.	"Get It Up"	Prince	Poetic Justice	4:14
5.	"Baby-Baby-Baby"	LA Reid Babyface Daryl Simmons	Ooooooohhh... On the TLC Tip	3:58
6.	"Creep"	Austin	CrazySexyCool	4:26
7.	"Red Light Special"	Babyface	CrazySexyCool	4:37
8.	"Waterfalls"	Marquez Etheridge Lopes Organized Noize	CrazySexyCool	4:18
9.	"Diggin' on You"	Babyface	CrazySexyCool	4:15
10.	"Kick Your Game"	Jermaine Dupri Manuel Seal Lopes	CrazySexyCool	4:14
11.	"Silly Ho"	Austin	FanMail	4:16
12.	"No Scrubs" (Rap Version)	Kevin Briggs Kandi Burruss Tameka Cottle Lopes	FanMail	3:38
13.	"Unpretty"	Austin Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins	FanMail	4:00
14.	"Come Get Some" (featuring Lil' Jon & Sean Paul of YoungbloodZ)	Jonathan Smith Watkins Chilli Burruss Craig Love Sean Paul Joseph	Previously unreleased	4:19
15.	"Girl Talk"	Edmund Clement Burruss Lopes Anita McCloud Watkins	3D	3:36
16.	"Damaged"	Austin Watkins	3D	3:52
17.	"Whoop De Woo"	Austin Burruss Lopes	Previously unreleased	3:52
18.	"In Your Arms Tonight"	Pharrell Williams	3D	4:30
19.	"Turntable"	Rodney Jerkins Watkins Fred Jerkins Daniel Moore Lashawn Daniels Tomi Martin	3D	3:25
Total length:				96:57

2005 Digital download bonus track

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Album	Length
20.	"I Bet"	Richard Butler Melvin Coleman Chilli Watkins	Previously Unreleased	3:21
Total length:				100:18

UK edition bonus DVD

No.	Title	Director	Length
1.	"Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg"	Lionel C. Martin	5:33
2.	"Waterfalls"	F. Gary Gray	4:38
3.	"Creep"	Matthew Rolston	6:00
4.	"No Scrubs"	Hype Williams	4:40
5.	"Unpretty"	Paul Hunter	6:21

Japanese edition

No.	Title	Remix	Length
1.	"Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg"	Dallas Dirt Mix	5:33
2.	"What About Your Friends"	Extended Remix	4:38
3.	"Creep"	Jermaine's Jeep Mix	6:00
4.	"Red Light Special"	Gerald Hall's Remix	4:40
5.	"Waterfalls"	ONP Remix	6:21
6.	"Diggin' on You"	LA's Live Remix	4:40
7.	"Unpretty"	Don't Look Any Further Remix	4:40

Personnel

• Dallas Austin – arranger, vocals, producer, executive producer
• Darkchild – keyboards, producer
• The Neptunes – producer
• Lil' Jon – producer
• Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes – vocals
• Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas – vocals
• Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins – vocals
• Debra Killings – background vocals

Charts

Chart (2003–04)	Peak position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[5]	11
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[6]	33
UK Albums (OCC)[7]	86
UK R&B Albums (OCC)[8]	28
US Billboard 200[9]	53
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[10]	22

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ)[11]	Platinum	250,000^^
United Kingdom (BPI)[12]	Silver	60,000^^
^^shipments figures based on certification alone

DVD

Now & Forever: The Video Hits
Video by TLC
Released	December 10, 2003 March 24, 2004 May 15, 2007 August 20, 2007
Recorded	1992–2002
Genre	R&B, Pop, Hip-Hop/Rap
Label	LaFace Records Legacy Recordings Sony BMG
TLC chronology
CrazyVideoCool (1996) Now & Forever: The Video Hits (2003)
Alternative cover
UK cover

Now & Forever: The Video Hits is a DVD release of the multi-platinum selling group TLC's videos. The DVD has been expected to be released numerous times over the past 5 years, just as the album Now & Forever: The Hits. It was released in Japan in 2003, and in Australia in 2004 by Arista Records with the same track list, cover and inside booklet. The compilation was eventually released on August 20, 2007 in the UK to coincide with the release of second compilation album Crazy Sexy Hits: The Very Best of TLC.

Track listing

Year	Single	Director	Length
1992	"Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg"	Lionel C. Martin	5:28
1992	"Baby-Baby-Baby"	Keith Ward & Pebbles	5:23
1992	"What About Your Friends"	Lionel C. Martin	4:45
1994	"Creep"	Matthew Rolston	4:44
1995	"Red Light Special"	Matthew Rolston	5:37
1995	"Waterfalls"	F. Gary Gray	6:29
1995	"Diggin' on You"	F. Gary Gray	6:25
1999	"No Scrubs"	Hype Williams	4:39
1999	"Unpretty"	Paul Hunter	7:12
2002	"Girl Talk"	Dave Meyers	3:50

Special features

• Behind-the-scenes footage
• Photo gallery
• Dolby Digital 5.1 Sound

See also

• Crazy Sexy Hits: The Very Best of TLC

References

1. Allmusic review
2. "iTunes". iTunes. Retrieved 2014-06-23.
3. "Fan Of Music". Fan Of Music. Retrieved 2014-06-05.
4. http://www.mtv.com/news/1480394/tlc-hits-album-to-feature-lil-jon-unreleased-left-eye-track/
5. 「ナウ＆フォーエヴァー－ザ・ヒッツ」 ＴＬＣ ["Now & Forever: The Hits" TLC] (in Japanese). Oricon. Archived from the original on October 23, 2014. Retrieved June 30, 2019.
6. "Charts.nz – TLC – Now & Forever: The Hits". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 30, 2019.
7. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 30, 2019.
8. "Official R&B Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 30, 2019.
9. "TLC Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved June 30, 2019.
10. "TLC Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved June 30, 2019.
11. "Japanese album certifications – TLC – Now & Forever・The Hits" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved July 1, 2019. Select 2003年11月 on the drop-down menu
12. "British album certifications – TLC – Now and Forever - The Hits". British Phonographic Industry. July 22, 2013. Retrieved June 30, 2019. Select albums in the Format field. Select Silver in the Certification field. Type Now and Forever - The Hits in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.