Now & Forever: The Hits is the first greatest hits album by American girl group TLC. It was released by Arista Records on September 30, 2003, in Japan, on November 24, 2003, in the United Kingdom and on June 21, 2005, in North America. It was initially meant to be titled Still Crazy...Always Sexy...Forever Cool and was planned for a November 25, 2003 release in the United States.
The album comprises nearly all of their singles (excluding "Hands Up" and "Dear Lie") released between 1991 and 2003. Most of the tracks on the album are radio edits in order to fit all of the songs into one disc. The compilation contains one new song, "Come Get Some", which features Lil Jon and Sean Paul of YoungBloodz. The song "Whoop De Woo" was a leftover track from the 3D recording sessions. In September 2005, the album was reissued digitally to include "I Bet", the single which featured winner O'so Krispie from TLC's UPN reality television series R U the Girl.
The album debuted to number 53 on the Billboard 200, selling approximately 26,000 copies in its first. It briefly reentered the Billboard 200 at number 169 in November 2013 following the premiere of the group's biopic CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story on VH1.
Track listing
Notes signifies a co-producer
Sample credits "Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg" contains samples of "Escape-ism" by James Brown, "Jungle Boogie" by Kool & the Gang and "School Boy Crush" by Average White Band. "Hat 2 da Back" contains samples of "Big Ole Butt" by LL Cool J and "What Makes You Happy" by KC and the Sunshine Band. "Creep" contains a sample of "Hey Young World" by Slick Rick.
Personnel Credits adapted from the liner notes of Now & Forever: The Hits.
Musicians Dallas Austin – arrangement Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes – rap Craig Love – guitar
Technical
Dallas Austin – production Tim & Bob – production L.A. Reid – production ; executive production Babyface – production Daryl Simmons – production Organized Noize – production Jermaine Dupri – production, remix Manuel Seal – co-production Cyptron – production Kevin "She'kspere" Briggs – production Jonathan "Lil Jon" Smith – production, mixing Mark "Exit" Goodchild – recording John Frye – recording, mixing Sam Thomas – recording Delicia Hassan – production coordination Eddie Hustle – production The Neptunes – production Rodney Jerkins – production, vocal production TLC – executive production Herb Powers Jr. – mastering
Artwork Courtney Walter – art direction, design Jack Chuck – cover photography Dah Len, Seb Janiak, Michael Lavine, Arnold Turner, Sheryl Nields – photography Shahid Ali – inside illustration
Charts Chart (2003–2005) Peakposition Australian Albums (ARIA) N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart. 192Canadian R&B Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)23 Japanese Albums (Oricon) 11
Certifications
Now & Forever: The Video Hits
Now & Forever: The Video Hits is a music video compilation containing TLC's music videos from 1992 to 2002. It was released on DVD in Japan in 2003 and in Australia in 2004 by Arista Records with the same track listing, cover and inside booklet. The compilation was eventually released on August 20, 2007, in the United Kingdom to coincide with the release of the group's second compilation album, Crazy Sexy Hits: The Very Best of TLC.
Track listing
Special features Behind-the-scenes footage Photo gallery Dolby Digital 5.1 Sound
Charts Chart (2003) Peakposition Japanese Music DVD (Oricon) 37
Release history Region Date Japan December 10, 2003 Australia March 24, 2004 United States May 15, 2007 United Kingdom August 20, 2007
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