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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.

Now & Forever: The Hits
Greatest hits album by TLC
Released	September 30, 2003
Recorded	1991–2003
Length	77:44
Label	Arista
Producer	Dallas Austin Babyface Kevin "She'kspere" Briggs Cyptron Jermaine Dupri Eddie Hustle Rodney Jerkins the Neptunes Organized Noize L.A. Reid Daryl Simmons Jonathan "Lil Jon" Smith Tim & Bob
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 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.

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 "Escapism" 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

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
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[7]	11
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[8]	33
UK Albums (OCC)[9]	86
UK R&B Albums (OCC)[10]	28
US Billboard 200[11]	53
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[12]	22

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ)[13]	Platinum	250,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[14]	Silver	60,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Now & Forever: The Video Hits

Now & Forever: The Video Hits
Video by TLC
Released	December 10, 2003
Recorded	1992–2002
Label	Arista
Director	F. Gary Gray Paul Hunter Dave Meyers Lionel C. Martin Pebbles Matthew Rolston Hype Williams Keith Ward
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)[15]	37

Release history

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

References

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Now & Forever: The Hits — сборный альбом американской женской хип-хоп и ритм-н-блюзовой группы TLC, составленный из лучших их хитов, вышедший 30 сентября 2003 года на лейблах Arista и LaFace. Продюсерами были Родни «Darkchild» Джеркинс, Даллас Остин, Бэйбифейс, Эл Эй Рейд, The Neptunes и другие[2].

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