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Originally posted by slw84
TLC inspired solo female artist as well as girl groups of the mid and late 90s and 00s.
DC3 was simply the most popular girl group of their time.
They are known for bootylicious, independent woman and survivor.
TLC had alot more influence on urban pop and having distinct personas for each member. Not just one main member with the others seeming like backup singers.
They made it ok to have individuality in a group that gelled as a team.
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Sexuality
Sensuality
Edginess
Timeless music.
Ya'll can't tell me that Rihanna's kiss it better isn't an ode to Red light special or that Meghan Trainor's No isn't an ode to No scrubs and Nsync and Britney spears
that doesn't even include the influence of the 90s and 00s.
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The same could be said about TLC. They were a product of the rise of R&B becoming a commercially viable genre. They each had a distinct persona and style, but so did the Mary Jane Girls, SWV, and En Vogue, each taking lead on different songs and having their own image in video and performance.
All of those topics were being discussed in girl group music long before TLC even came along.
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Originally posted by Ressti
Yes, i'm serious. I don't agree with those bolded.. at all. They're more like DC.
And Destiny's Child's path was cleared by En Vogue, SWV and TLC, not the Spice Girls. They were not a bubblegum-pop group.
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TSG cleared the path for all those girl groups because they achieved a level of international dominance that allowed groups like DC, Little Mix, 5H, and PCD to break into markets as girl groups that hadn't been as open to girl groups as before. All those groups you named never had TSG level of international fame and success. TSG come along, and you have groups like DC being their most successful internationally with a pop album like
Survivor.
