Now & Forever: The Hits

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.

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 album contains tracks such as a 2003 production "Come Get Some", which featured Lil Jon and Sean Paul of YoungBloodz, and "Whoop De Woo", 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.^[2]

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.

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Track listing

Standard edition
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg" (U.S. 7" edit, from Ooooooohhh... On the TLC Tip, 1992)	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	Austin	4:08
2.	"What About Your Friends" (radio edit w/ rap, from Ooooooohhh... On the TLC Tip, 1992)	Austin Lopes	Austin	4:04
3.	"Hat 2 da Back" (album version edit, from Ooooooohhh... On the TLC Tip, 1992)	Austin Lopes Kevin Wales	Austin	4:07
4.	"Get It Up" (radio mix, from Poetic Justice: Music from the Motion Picture, 1993)	Prince	Austin Tim & Bob	4:14
5.	"Baby-Baby-Baby" (radio edit, from Ooooooohhh... On the TLC Tip, 1992)	L.A. Reid Babyface Daryl Simmons	Reid Babyface Simmons	3:58
6.	"Creep" (from CrazySexyCool, 1994)	Austin	Austin	4:26
7.	"Red Light Special" (radio edit, from CrazySexyCool, 1994)	Babyface	Babyface	4:37
8.	"Waterfalls" (single edit, from CrazySexyCool, 1994)	Marqueze Etheridge Lopes Organized Noize	Organized Noize	4:18
9.	"Diggin' on You" (from CrazySexyCool, 1994)	Babyface	Babyface	4:14
10.	"Kick Your Game" (from CrazySexyCool, 1994)	Jermaine Dupri Manuel Seal Lopes	Dupri Seal^[a]	4:14
11.	"Silly Ho" (from FanMail, 1999)	Austin	Cyptron	4:15
12.	"No Scrubs" (rap version, from FanMail, 1999)	Kevin Briggs Kandi Burruss Tameka Cottle Lopes	Kevin "She'kspere" Briggs	3:38
13.	"Unpretty" (radio version, from FanMail, 1999)	Austin Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins	Austin	4:00
14.	"Come Get Some" (featuring Lil Jon and Sean Paul of YoungbloodZ, previously unreleased, 2003)	Jonathan Smith Watkins Chilli Burruss Craig Love Sean Paul Joseph	Jonathan "Lil Jon" Smith	4:19
15.	"Girl Talk" (alternate mix, from 3D, 2002)	Edmund Clement Burruss Lopes Anita McCloud Watkins	Eddie Hustle	3:35
16.	"Damaged" (alternate mix, from 3D, 2002)	Austin Watkins	Austin	3:52
17.	"Whoop De Woo" (previously unreleased, 2002)	Austin Burruss Lopes	Austin	3:52
18.	"In Your Arms Tonight" (from 3D, 2002)	Pharrell Williams	The Neptunes	4:29
19.	"Turntable" (from 3D, 2002)	Rodney Jerkins Watkins Fred Jerkins Daniel Moore LaShawn Daniels Tomi Martin	R. Jerkins	3:24
Total length:				77:44

2005 digital reissue bonus track^[2]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
20.	"I Bet" (featuring O'so Krispie, previously unreleased, 2005)	Richard Butler Melvin Coleman Chilli Watkins O'so Krispie (uncredited)	Coleman	3:21
Total length:				81:05

UK edition bonus DVD^[3]
No.	Title	Director	Length
1.	"Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg"	Lionel C. Martin	4:18
2.	"Waterfalls"	F. Gary Gray	5:20
3.	"Creep"	Matthew Rolston	4:25
4.	"No Scrubs"	Hype Williams	4:10
5.	"Unpretty"	Paul Hunter	6:11

Japanese edition bonus disc^[4]^[5]
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg" (Dallas dirt mix)	5:33
2.	"What About Your Friends" (extended remix featuring Outkast)	5:58
3.	"Creep" (Jermaine's jeep mix)	5:13
4.	"Red Light Special" (Gerald Hall's remix)	5:13
5.	"Waterfalls" (ONP remix)	4:38
6.	"Diggin' on You" (LA's live remix)	4:41
7.	"Unpretty" (Don't Look Any Further remix)	4:25

Notes

^{^[a]} 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.^[6]

Musicians

Dallas Austin – arrangement (tracks 1–3, 11, 13, 16, 17)
Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes – rap (track 12)
Craig Love – guitar (track 14)

Technical

Dallas Austin – production (tracks 1–4, 6, 13, 16, 17)
Tim & Bob – production (track 4)
L.A. Reid – production (track 5); executive production
Babyface – production (tracks 5, 7, 9)
Daryl Simmons – production (track 5)
Organized Noize – production (track 8)
Jermaine Dupri – production, remix (track 10)
Manuel Seal – co-production (track 10)
Cyptron – production (track 11)
Kevin "She'kspere" Briggs – production (track 12)
Jonathan "Lil Jon" Smith – production, mixing (track 14)
Mark "Exit" Goodchild – recording (track 14)
John Frye – recording, mixing (track 14)
Sam Thomas – recording (track 14)
Delicia Hassan – production coordination (track 14)
Eddie Hustle – production (track 15)
The Neptunes – production (track 18)
Rodney Jerkins – production, vocal production (track 19)
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)	Peak position
Canadian R&B Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)^[7]	23
Irish Albums (IRMA)^[8]	72
Japanese Albums (Oricon)^[9]	11
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)^[10]	33
UK Albums (OCC)^[11]	86
UK R&B Albums (OCC)^[12]	28
US Billboard 200^[13]	53
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[14]	22

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ)^[15]	Platinum	250,000^{^}
United Kingdom (BPI)^[16]	Silver	60,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Now & Forever: The Video Hits

Video by

TLC

Released

December 10, 2003

Recorded

1992–2002

Label

Arista

Director

TLC video chronology

CrazyVideoCool
(1996)

Now & Forever: The Video Hits
(2003)

Alternative cover

UK cover

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

No.	Title	Director(s)	Length
1.	"Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg"	Lionel C. Martin	4:18
2.	"Baby-Baby-Baby"	Keith Ward Pebbles	4:13
3.	"What About Your Friends"	Martin	4:36
4.	"Creep"	Matthew Rolston	4:25
5.	"Red Light Special"	Rolston	4:30
6.	"Waterfalls"	F. Gary Gray	5:20
7.	"Diggin' on You"	Gray	5:17
8.	"No Scrubs"	Hype Williams	4:10
9.	"Unpretty"	Paul Hunter	5:11
10.	"Girl Talk"	Dave Meyers	3:50

Special features

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

Charts

Chart (2003)	Peak position
Japanese Music DVD (Oricon)^[17]	37

Release history

Region	Date
Japan	December 10, 2003
Australia	March 24, 2004
United States	May 15, 2007
United Kingdom	August 20, 2007

References

^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Now & Forever: The Hits – TLC". AllMusic. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Now & Forever: The Hits by TLC". iTunes Store. Retrieved June 23, 2014.
^ "Now & Forever: The Hits [Bonus DVD] – TLC". AllMusic. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
^ "Now & Forever: The Hits [Japan Bonus CD] – TLC". AllMusic. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
^ "Now & Forever The Hits : TLC". HMV Japan. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
^ Now & Forever: The Hits (liner notes). TLC. Arista Records. 2003. 82876-50208-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^ "R&B : Top 50". Jam!. December 18, 2003. Archived from the original on December 23, 2003. Retrieved January 29, 2023.
^ "Irish-charts.com – Discography TLC". Hung Medien. Retrieved April 21, 2023.
^ 「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.
^ "Charts.nz – TLC – Now & Forever: The Hits". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 30, 2019.
^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 30, 2019.
^ "Official R&B Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 30, 2019.
^ "TLC Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved June 30, 2019.
^ "TLC Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved June 30, 2019.
^ "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
^ "British album certifications – TLC – Now and Forever - The Hits". British Phonographic Industry. July 22, 2013. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
^ ＴＬＣのDVD売り上げランキング [TLC DVD Sales Ranking] (in Japanese). Oricon. Archived from the original on January 5, 2014. Retrieved November 21, 2019.

v t e TLC
Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas Crystal Jones Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes
Studio albums	Ooooooohhh... On the TLC Tip CrazySexyCool FanMail 3D TLC
Compilations	Now & Forever: The Hits The Very Best of TLC: Crazy Sexy Hits 20
Video releases	CrazyVideoCool
Singles	"Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg" "Baby-Baby-Baby" "What About Your Friends" "Hat 2 da Back" "Creep" "Red Light Special" "Waterfalls" "Diggin' on You" "No Scrubs" "Unpretty" "Dear Lie" "Girl Talk" "Hands Up" "Damaged" "Come Get Some" "I Bet" "Haters" "Way Back"
As featured artist	"Crooked Smile" "Freedom (Theme from Panther)" "Let's Just Do It" "Voice of Love" "What's Going On (Dupri's R&B Mix)" "What It Ain't (Ghetto Enuff)"
Other songs	"Get It Up" "Kick Your Game" "I'm Good at Being Bad" "Silly Ho"
Concert tours	FanMail Tour The Main Event 2016–17 Tour I Love the 90s: The Party Continues Tour Whole Lotta Hits Tour CeleBraTion of CrazySexyCool
Television	R U the Girl CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story The Last Days of Left Eye Totally T-Boz What Chilli Wants
Related articles	Discography Awards and nominations "No Pigeons"
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Now & Forever: The Hits

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Transcription

Track listing

Notes

Sample credits

Personnel

Musicians

Technical

Artwork

Charts

Certifications

Now & Forever: The Video Hits

Track listing

Special features

Charts

Release history

References