Tonight I was half-heartedly watching UPN's R U the Girl. You know, the reality show where the remaining members of TLC, Chilli and T-Boz, are attempting "to search for that one special girl to join them when they embark on the next stage of their careers," as per the UPN website.
Why, I ask? Why?
Isn't it enough that they lost Lisa "Left Eye" Lopez when she died in April 2002? Now they want to find someone to fill the creative void that diminished when she passed away.
What these ladies are forgetting is that no once can replace Left Eye. She was the fire, literally, in the group, the counterpart to T-Boz's quiet strength and Chilli's cool demeanor. I mean, who doesn't remember when she burned down boyfriend Andre Rison's house. Or when she issued a challenge to her bandmates to outsell her solo album with albums of their own in 1999. Or when she disappeared for a week, only later to find out she was with a boyfriend.
Granted, these aren't exactly her most shining moments, but memorable nonetheless. She was talented and will always be missed by her fans.
I love them for persevering after their precious loss, but R U the Girl just seems pointless. While it's admirable that Chilli and T-Boz want to move on with their lives and keep striving, they need to face facts that it will never be the same. TLC will never be the same.
My advice: make solo albums and cherish the time you had with Left Eye. Y'all are talented each in your own right.
Wednesday, August 24, 2005
Dear Chilli and T-Boz, R U Crazy? Love, Deepdiva
Tonight I was half-heartedly watching UPN's R U the Girl. You know, the reality show where the remaining members of TLC, Chilli and T-Boz, are attempting "to search for that one special girl to join them when they embark on the next stage of their careers," as per the UPN website.
Why, I ask? Why?
Isn't it enough that they lost Lisa "Left Eye" Lopez when she died in April 2002? Now they want to find someone to fill the creative void that diminished when she passed away.
What these ladies are forgetting is that no once can replace Left Eye. She was the fire, literally, in the group, the counterpart to T-Boz's quiet strength and Chilli's cool demeanor. I mean, who doesn't remember when she burned down boyfriend Andre Rison's house. Or when she issued a challenge to her bandmates to outsell her solo album with albums of their own in 1999. Or when she disappeared for a week, only later to find out she was with a boyfriend.
Granted, these aren't exactly her most shining moments, but memorable nonetheless. She was talented and will always be missed by her fans.
I love them for persevering after their precious loss, but R U the Girl just seems pointless. While it's admirable that Chilli and T-Boz want to move on with their lives and keep striving, they need to face facts that it will never be the same. TLC will never be the same.
My advice: make solo albums and cherish the time you had with Left Eye. Y'all are talented each in your own right.
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Just found your site by way of the "niggaface" blog. Nice to see a young Black sista putting a blog like this together. Will check back from time to time. You're both very cute by the way.
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