Ooooooohhh... On the TLC Tip#Ooooooohhh... On the Video Tip

TLC signed their first contract with LaFace Records on February 28, 1991 (amended April 3, 1991, with Thomas),{{cite web|url=https://www.scribd.com/document/357000004/Perri-Pebbles-Reid-v-Viacom-Defendants-Rule-56-1-Statement-of-Undisputed-Material-Facts-in-Support-of-Its-Motion-for-Summary-Judgment|title=Perri "Pebbles" Reid V Viacom Defendants' Rule 56.1 Statement of Undisputed Material Facts in Support of Its Motion for Summary Judgment|publisher=United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia|date=September 23, 2015|url-access=registration|via=Scribd}} and began production on their debut album. They collaborated with Babyface, L.A. Reid, Dallas Austin, Da Funky Bunch, Jermaine Dupri, and Marley Marl, who helped Lopes with the songwriting. The album was finished in December 1991.{{cite web|title=TLC|url=http://ourgeorgiahistory.com/ogh/TLC|website=Our Georgia History|access-date=June 1, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090312094102/http://ourgeorgiahistory.com/ogh/TLC|archive-date=March 12, 2009}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web |last=Huey |first=Steve |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/ooooooohhhon-the-tlc-tip-mw0000678115 |title=Ooooooohhh...On the TLC Tip – TLC |website=AllMusic |access-date=June 30, 2019}}

| rev2 = Robert Christgau

| rev2score = {{Rating-Christgau|neither}}{{cite web|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=tlc|title=TLC|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|website=Robert Christgau|access-date=May 31, 2012}}

| rev3 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

| rev3score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite book |editor-last=Larkin |editor-first=Colin |editor-link=Colin Larkin |chapter=TLC |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_NNmFiUnSmUC&pg=RA32-PA1981 |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |title-link=Encyclopedia of Popular Music |edition=5th concise |location=London |publisher=Omnibus Press |year=2011 |isbn=978-0-85712-595-8}}

| rev4 = Entertainment Weekly

| rev4score = A{{cite magazine|last=Tucker|first=Ken|date=April 17, 1992|url=https://ew.com/article/1992/04/17/ooooooohhhon-tlc-tip/|title=Ooooooohhh... On the TLC Tip|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=July 22, 2022}}

| rev5 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide

| rev5score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite book |last1=Berger |first1=Arion |last2=Walters |first2=Barry |chapter=TLC |editor1-last=Brackett |editor1-first=Nathan |editor1-link=Nathan Brackett |editor2-last=Hoard |editor2-first=Christian |editor2-link=Christian Hoard |title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide |title-link=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |edition=4th |location=New York |publisher=Simon & Schuster |year=2004 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/816 816]–817 |isbn=0-7432-0169-8}}

}}

Ken Tucker of Entertainment Weekly praised the effort as well as the group and its message, calling TLC "a perfect pop group for the times." In a fairly positive review, Steve Huey of AllMusic states that "although it's uneven, the best moments of On the TLC Tip deserved their popularity, and set the stage for the group's blockbuster success the next time out."

Ooooooohhh... On the TLC Tip debuted at number 105 on the US Billboard 200, and reached number 14 on the chart and number three on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. It was certified quadruple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on May 1, 1996, and by October 2003, it had sold 2.5 million copies in the United States.{{cite magazine |last=Caulfield |first=Keith |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/68544/ask-billboard |title=Ask Billboard: With the 'Greatest' Tender Loving Care |magazine=Billboard |date=October 22, 2003 |access-date=March 25, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626095447/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/68544/ask-billboard |archive-date=June 26, 2015}} The album had sold over six million copies worldwide as of December 2011.{{cite web |url=https://www.vibe.com/2011/12/vh1-plans-scripted-tlc-biopic-first-several-come |title=Vh1 Plans Scripted TLC Biopic, First of Several to Come |work=Vibe |date=December 1, 2011 |access-date=September 29, 2015}}

{{Track listing

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title1 = Intro

| length1 = 0:30

| title2 = Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg

| writer2 = {{hlist|Dallas Austin|Lisa Lopes}}

| extra2 = Austin

| length2 = 5:36

| title3 = Shock Dat Monkey

| writer3 = {{hlist|Antonio Reid|Kenneth Edmonds|Daryl Simmons|Lopes}}

| extra3 = {{hlist|Reid|Babyface|Simmons{{ref|a|[a]}}|Kayo{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| length3 = 5:08

| title4 = Intermission I

| length4 = 0:19

| title5 = Hat 2 da Back

| writer5 = {{hlist|Austin|Lopes|Kevin Wales}}

| extra5 = Austin

| length5 = 4:16

| title6 = Das da Way We Like 'Em

| writer6 = {{hlist|Lopes|Tionne Watkins|Rozonda Thomas|Marlon Williams}}

| extra6 = Marl

| length6 = 5:01

| title7 = What About Your Friends

| writer7 = {{hlist|Austin|Lopes}}

| extra7 = Austin

| length7 = 4:53

| title8 = His Story

| writer8 = Austin

| extra8 = Austin

| length8 = 4:23

| title9 = Intermission II

| length9 = 0:59

| title10 = Bad by Myself

| writer10 = {{hlist|Jermaine Dupri|Dionne Farris|Terrence Shelton|Lopes}}

| extra10 = {{hlist|Dupri|Da Funky Bunch}}

| length10 = 3:55

| title11 = Somethin' You Wanna Know

| writer11 = {{hlist|Simmons|Edmonds|Reid|Lopes|Kayo}}

| extra11 = {{hlist|Simmons|Kayo}}

| length11 = 5:43

| title12 = Baby-Baby-Baby

| writer12 = {{hlist|Reid|Edmonds|Simmons}}

| extra12 = {{hlist|Reid|Babyface|Simmons}}

| length12 = 5:15

| title13 = This Is How It Should Be Done

| writer13 = {{hlist|Lopes|Williams}}

| extra13 = Marl

| length13 = 4:27

| title14 = Depend on Myself

| writer14 = {{hlist|Austin|Lopes}}

| extra14 = Austin

| length14 = 4:11

| title15 = Conclusion

| length15 = 0:48

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• {{sup|{{note|a|[a]}}}} signifies a co-producer
• Most digital platforms list "Das Da Way We Like 'Em" under the alternate title "Way We Like 'Em"

• "Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg" samples "Escape-ism" by James Brown, "Jungle Boogie" by Kool & the Gang, "School Boy Crush" by Average White Band, "Fly, Robin, Fly" by Silver Convention, and "Take Me to the Mardi Gras" by Bob James.
• "Shock Dat Monkey" samples "Get Me Back on Time, Engine Number 9" by Wilson Pickett, "Funky Drummer" by James Brown, and "Funky President (People It's Bad)" by James Brown.
• "Hat 2 da Back" samples "Big Ole Butt" by LL Cool J and "What Makes You Happy" by KC and the Sunshine Band.
• "Das da Way We Like 'Em" samples "Think (About It)" by Lyn Collins and "UFO" by ESG.
• "Bad by Myself" samples "Welcome to the Terrordome" by Public Enemy, "Peter Piper" by Run-DMC, "Last Night Changed It All (I Really Had a Ball)" by Esther Williams, and "Peace Is Not the Word to Play" by Main Source.
• "This Is How It Should Be Done" samples "We're a Winner" by the Impressions and "I Know You Got Soul" by Eric B. & Rakim.
• "Depend on Myself" samples "Son of Shaft" and "Humpin'" by the Bar-Kays.

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Ooooooohhh... On the TLC Tip.{{cite AV media notes |title=Ooooooohhh... On the TLC Tip |type=liner notes |others=TLC |publisher=LaFace Records |year=1992 |id=73008-26003-2}}

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• Dallas Austin – arrangements {{small|(tracks 2, 5, 7, 8, 14)}}; shouts {{small|(track 2)}}; keyboards, drum programming, bass, guitar
• Rick Sheppard – programming {{small|(tracks 2, 5, 7, 8, 14)}}; sampling {{small|(tracks 2, 7, 8, 14)}}
• Debra Killings – background vocals {{small|(tracks 2, 5, 7, 8, 12, 14)}}
• TLC – background vocals {{small|(tracks 2, 3, 5–8, 10–14)}}; shouts {{small|(track 2)}}
• Kevin Wales – shouts {{small|(track 2)}}
• Eloc – shouts {{small|(track 2)}}
• Fabian Ford – shouts {{small|(track 2)}}
• Babyface – keyboards {{small|(tracks 3, 12)}}
• L.A. Reid – drums {{small|(tracks 3, 11, 12)}}; percussion {{small|(track 12)}}
• Kayo – bass {{small|(tracks 3, 11, 12)}}; background vocals {{small|(track 3)}}
• Donald Parks – programming {{small|(tracks 3, 11, 12)}}
• X-Man – scratching, sampling {{small|(tracks 3, 5)}}
• Daryl Simmons – additional vocal arrangements (as DeRock Simmons) {{small|(tracks 5, 7)}}; keyboards {{small|(track 11)}}
• Marley Marl – arrangements {{small|(tracks 6, 13)}}
• Darren Lighty – keyboards, programming {{small|(tracks 6, 13)}}
• Mary Brown – background vocals {{small|(track 6)}}
• Marsha McClurkin – background vocals {{small|(track 6)}}
• Jermaine Dupri – arrangements, vocal arrangements, all instruments, programming {{small|(track 10)}}
• Dionne Farris – vocal arrangements, background vocals {{small|(track 10)}}
• Seldon "Big Wally" Henderson – additional strings {{small|(track 10)}}
• Tye-V – background vocals {{small|(track 11)}}

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• Dallas Austin – production, mixing {{small|(tracks 2, 5, 7, 8, 14)}}
• Dave Way – mixing {{small|(tracks 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 14)}}; mix engineering
• L.A. Reid – production {{small|(tracks 3, 12)}}; mixing {{small|(tracks 3, 11, 12)}}; executive production
• Babyface – production {{small|(tracks 3, 12)}}; executive production
• Daryl Simmons – co-production {{small|(track 3)}}; production {{small|(tracks 11, 12)}}
• Kayo – co-production {{small|(track 3)}}; production {{small|(track 11)}}
• Marley Marl – production, mixing {{small|(tracks 6, 13)}}; mix engineering
• Jermaine Dupri – production, mixing {{small|(track 10)}}
• Da Funky Bunch – production {{small|(track 10)}}
• Darin Prindle – recording engineering
• Jim "Z" Zumpano – recording engineering, mix engineering assistance
• John Pace – recording engineering
• Alvin Speights – recording engineering, mix engineering
• Frank Heller – recording engineering
• Steve "Stizz" S'berg – recording engineering assistance
• Brandi Parisi – recording engineering assistance
• John Rogers – recording engineering assistance
• Mitch Eaton – recording engineering assistance
• Phil Tan – recording engineering assistance, mix engineering assistance
• Matt Still – recording engineering assistance, mix engineering assistance
• Yvette Whitaker – album coordination
• Constance Armstrong – album coordination
• Herb Powers Jr. – mastering

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• Calvin Lowery – art direction, design
• Michael Lavine – photography
• Davett Singletary – art coordination
• Perri Reid – art coordination
• TLC – album concept

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{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for Ooooooohhh... On the TLC Tip}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|artist=TLC|title=Ooooohhh...On the TLC Tip|award=Platinum|type=album|relyear=1992|certyear=1993|date=June 21, 1993|access-date=June 15, 2019}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Japan|type=album|artist=TLC|title=エイント・2・プラウド・2・ベッグ [Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg]|award=Gold|relyear=1992|certyear=2002|certmonth=5|access-date=May 10, 2021}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|artist=TLC|title=Ooooooohhh...On the TLC Tip|award=Platinum|number=4|type=album|relyear=1992|certyear=1996|date=May 1, 1996|access-date=June 15, 2019|salesamount=2,500,000|salesref=|refname="RIAA"}}

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{{Infobox album

| name = Ooooooohhh... On the Video Tip

| type = video

| artist = TLC

| cover =

| alt =

| released = {{start date|1993|11|7}}

| recorded = 1991–1993

| studio =

| genre =

| length = {{Plainlist|

• 45 minutes (VHS)
• 54 minutes (Laser Disc; 1997 reissue)

}}

| label = LaFace

| director =

• Darren Grant
• F. Gary Gray
• Joseph Kahn
• Lionel C. Martin
• Matthew Rolston

| producer =

• Lionel C. Martin
• Matthew Rolston

| next_title = CrazyVideoCool

| next_year = 1996

}}

Oooooooohhh... On the Video Tip is a compilation video album by TLC, containing all the music videos made for the group's debut album, as well as making-of features for the videos "Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg", "Hat 2 da Back", "Baby-Baby-Baby", "Get It Up", "What About Your Friends" and "Sleigh Ride". Additional material includes, interviews, live performances and specially filmed segues. The compilation peaked at number seven on Billboard{{'}}s Top Music Videos chart.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/tlc/chart-history/music-video-sales |title=TLC Chart History (Music Video Sales) |magazine=Billboard |access-date=June 30, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190628200238/https://www.billboard.com/music/tlc/chart-history/music-video-sales |archive-date=June 28, 2019}}

{{Track listing

| extra_column = Director(s)

| title1 = Ooooooohhh on the Video Tip

| note1 = intro

| extra1 = Joseph Kahn

| length1 = 2:11

| title2 = Ooooooohhh... on the TLC Interview

| extra2 = Faith Jones

| length2 = 6:20

| title3 = Behind the Scenes – Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg

| extra3 = Lionel C. Martin

| length3 = 4:30

| title4 = Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg

| note4 = music video

| extra4 = Lionel C. Martin

| length4 = 4:10

| title5 = Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg

| note5 = live

| extra5 = Thompson Lennier

| length5 = 3:30

| title6 = Behind the Scenes – What About Your Friends

| extra6 = Matthew Rolston

| length6 = 2:55

| title7 = What About Your Friends

| note7 = music video

| extra7 = Matthew Rolston

| length7 = 4:20

| title8 = Baby-Baby-Baby

| note8 = music video

| extra8 = {{hlist|Keith Ward|Perri Reid}}

| length8 = 4:10

}}

• Interactive Menu
• "Sleigh Ride" (music video) – 4:00
• "Hat 2 da Back" (music video) – 4:10
• "Get It Up" (music video) – 4:10
• "Baby-Baby-Baby" (live) – 4:30

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