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TLC’s 'Chilli' Reflects On 15th Anniversary of 'No Scrubs'
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Here's the thing about deadbeat dudes: They're not going anywhere.
In 500 years, when we're all living on Mars, the moon or wherever, some guys will still be acting like horny idiots, "hanging out the passenger side of his best friends' ride," trying to holler at the ladies in the next spaceship.
That's bad news for females, but it bodes well for the longevity of "No Scrubs," the bold and danceable female-empowerment jam that landed TLC atop the Billboard Hot 100 on April 10, 1999, 15 years ago today.
"No Scrubs" held the top spot for four weeks, and as group member Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas tells Billboard.com, she wasn't at all surprised by the song's success. The first time she heard the demo, she knew that writers Xscape's Kandi Burruss and Tameka "Tiny" Collette were on to something.
"I totally loved it," Chilli says. "I knew immediately. I went, 'This is a smash.' And I was like, 'I gotta get it.' There were probably three more cuss words in there, and I was like, 'Guys, I'm gonna take these out and only leave two in there.' [Laughs] That's the only thing I changed. Other than that, I thought it was a great song."
It was also a unique one. While female R&B singers from Tina Turner to En Vogue had stood up for themselves with pro-lady anthems, "No Scrubs" came with swag. This was a brutal takedown of a certain type of guy: the wannabe baller who runs his mouth like a big shot but still lives at home with his momma. The first verse sums it up nicely: "Always talking about what he wants / And just sits on his broke ass."
"I think it's probably a more in-your-face kind of thing," Chilli says. "I definitely don't think it's the first song where females talk about a dude, but we really went in."
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Lemme go re-listen. 
