Stephen Stills

As a member of the Stills-Young Band. "Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg" had a video shot for both the original version and the remix. As a member of Crosby, Stills, and Nash (and Young). The videos for "Diggin' On You" and "No Scrubs" use remixed or alternate versions of the actual single: "Digin' On You" is presented in "L.A.'s Live Mix", and "No Scrubs" is presented in an alternate version featuring a rap from Left-Eye. As a member of the Buffalo Springfield. All singles had a music video shot for them except for the following: "Silly Ho", "I'm Good At Being Bad", "Damaged", and "Come Get Some". As a member of the Au Go Go Singers. TLC was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame on September 28, 2002.

Solo. Fox passed on the show, which was eventually picked up for development by UPN. In 2000, Stills was an Al Gore delegate from Florida during the Democratic National Convention. On June 25, 2004, T-Boz and Chili announced that they were pitching a reality television show to Fox Television, where contestants would compete for a chance to record a single and perform in concert with the two of them. CSNY has long been associated with liberal causes. In 2003, LaFace released Now and Forever: The Hits, a TLC greatest hits album with a new song, "Come Get Some," featuring Lil Jon and Sean Paul of the Youngbloodz. In 1997, Stills became the first person to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice in the same night for his work with CSN and the Buffalo Springfield. The group, introduced by Britney Spears and Carson Daly, showed a video montage dedicated to Lopes, and went on to perform songs against video footage of Lopes performing the same songs, and wearing the same outfits, that were appearing onstage.

This has led to the semi-permanent CSN reunion even though all three have released solo records since then. In June 2003, at Zootopia, an annual concert hosted by New York radio station Z100 held at Giants Stadium, TLC appeared in what was announced to be their last performance. Stills was contractually obligated to finish the tour, but he did reunite with Crosby and Nash shortly afterwards. TLC went on tour in support of 3D with just T-Boz and Chili. However, Young would leave midway through the resulting tour. Its follow-up, "Hands Up," featured only T-Boz and Chili in its video. 3D was only a lukewarm success; the album only sold one million copies and "Girl Talk" (US #28) was the only single to reach the US Top 40; "Hands Up" never charted and a third single, "Damaged," made it to #53. At one point, Long May You Run was supposed to be a CSNY record, but when Crosby and Nash left to fufill recording and touring obligations, Stills and Young decided to go on as the Stills-Young Band. The first single for 3D was "Girl Talk," the video for which featured T-Boz and Chili alone in live-action segments and Left-Eye in animated segments.

Then he switched to Columbia Records before an attempted reunion with Young. Left-Eye had already completed her vocals for six songs; the remainder were performed by T-Boz and Chilli alone, who gave reverence to Left-Eye on a number of the tracks. The next year, Stills teamed up with ex-Byrd Chris Hillman and several CSNY sidemen to form the band Manassas. The decision was also made that TLC would be retired after the release and promotion of 3D; Left-Eye would not be replaced. It provided Stills with the hit single "Love The One You're With" as well as the concert favorite "Black Queen." Stills followed this with Stephen Stills 2, which featured "Change Partners", a metaphor for the many relationships in CSNY. It was decided by TLC and Dallas Austin that they would complete the remainder of their fourth album, to be called 3D, which also featured production from Rodney Jerkins and Missy Elliott & Timbaland. Stephen Stills featured guests Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, and Ringo Starr as well as contributions from other members of CSNY. Her funeral was held on May 3, 2002, with thousands of fans and admirers in attendance.

In the wake of CSNY's success, all four members recorded solo albums. Left-Eye was the only passenger not to survive the crash; it was believed that she was not wearing her seat belt. Despite several breakups and reformations, CSN (and sometimes CSNY) still records and tours to this day. The SUV went into a spin and flipped over, rolling into a ditch. During the late 1960s and early 1970s, CSN and CSNY was one of the few North American groups to rival the Beatles in popularity. On April 25, she and six others were riding through La Cieba in an SUV when Left-Eye suddenly swerved to avoid hitting an oncoming car. Neil Young would be added for their second album, and the group would become Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young. Dallas Austin got TLC back into the studio in early 2002 to begin recording their fourth album, and Left-Eye took her cleansing trips on her free days.

During the disintegration of the Buffalo Springfield, Stills would join up with ex-Byrd David Crosby and ex-Hollie Graham Nash to form the supergroup Crosby, Stills & Nash. Since about 2001, Left-Eye had spent most of her time-off in self-discovery, including frequent trips to Honduras for spiritual cleansing. Soon Stills' playing would show the influence of his friend Jimi Hendrix and also sometimes the rhythms and riffs of various kinds of Latin music. She was to be marketed with a darker, more dangerous image than that of pop-friendly TLC, but no material was ever released by Tha Row during Left-Eye's lifetime. Early on, it would display sources in generic rock'n'roll, blues, and country music, as well as the chordings familiar in the acoustic-folk music scene. In January 2002, she signed a solo deal with notorious label mogul Suge Knight, to record solo albums for his Tha Row Records under the name "N.I.N.A." ("New Identity Non-Applicable," and also slang for a handgun). Stills' guitar playing continually evolved. Perturbed by her label's lack of support, Left-Eye made the album available for listening via streaming audio on her website.

The band would release three albums (Buffalo Springfield, Buffalo Springfield Again, and Last Time Around) and one hit single (Stills' "For What It's Worth") before breaking up. A video was shot for the single "The Block Party" by Hype Williams, but the video, the single, and the album were never released in America, and overseas marketing of the album was only moderate. Years later, Stills, Furay, and Young would meet up in Los Angeles and form the core of the Buffalo Springfield. In 2000, LaFace released Supernova, but only for international markets. Main articles: Buffalo Springfield, Crosby, Stills & Nash (and Young). The couple's high-profile romance ended in 2003; the breakup was the main subject mater of Usher's Confessions, which became his most successful album. On the VH1 CSNY Legends special, Stills would say that at that time, Young was doing what he always wanted to do, "play folk music in a rock band." The Au Go Go Singers would break up shortly afterwards. Chili and Dallas Austin separated in 2000, and Chili began a relationship with fellow LaFace recording artist Usher Raymond.

This group would release one album and embark on a tour of Canada where Stills and Furay would meet a young guitarist named Neil Young. On June 14, 2001, Rison announced that he and Left-Eye were engaged, but the wedding plans were eventually cancelled. Stills eventually ended up in a nine member vocal harmony group called the Au Go Go Singers where he met Richie Furay. Left-Eye and Newman eventually called off their wedding, and Left-Eye began dating Andre Rison once again. He was in a series of unsuccessful bands including the Continentals, which featured future Eagles guitarist Don Felder. Her bandmates, family, and label worried until Left-Eye showed up on the August 14, 2000 broadcast of Inside Edition, stating that she and her new boyfriend Sean Newman had gone looking for wedding rings. Stills dropped out of the University of Florida to pursue a music career in the early 1960s. For an entire week, no one was able to find or contact her.

He was also influenced by Latin music after spending his teenage years in Costa Rica and the Panama Canal Zone, where he graduated high school. Left-Eye did not attend T-Boz's wedding; when she also did not turn up for a scheduled press conference and a family gathering, T-Boz and Chili announced to the press that Left-Eye was missing, in hopes of finding her. Moving around as a child, he developed an interest in blues and folk music. In 2000, she released a book entitled Thoughts.., which featured essays and anecdotes from her personal and professional life, and her poetry, including the two poems that were the basis for "Unpretty" and "Dear Lie." She also appeared on the soundtrack for the animated film Rugrats In Paris. Stills was born in Dallas, Texas on January 3, 1945 to a military family. They would remain together until 2004, when T-Boz, stating that Mack-10 frequently terrorized her, filed for separation. Stephen Stills is an American guitarist and singer/songwriter best known for his work with the Buffalo Springfield and Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young (at first it was Crosby, Stills and Nash; Young joined the group after their first album). T-Boz married rapper Mack 10 in August 2000, and the couple had a daughter, Chase, that same year.

Long May You Run, 1975. After the conclusion of the successful FanMail tour, the ladies took some time off and pursued personal interests. Looking Forward, 1999. Left-Eye did, however, begin recording her solo album, Supernova. Carry On, 1998. The ladies eventually settled the feud, and The Challenge was never followed through. After The Storm, 1994. In its November 28, 1999 issue, Entertainment Weekly ran a letter from Left-Eye that challenged her groupmates to record solo albums and let the fans judge which of the three was the most talented:.

CSN (box set), 1991. Her contributions to the songs had been reduced to periodic eight-bar raps, and studio session singers often took her place on the background vocals for the groups' songs. Live It Up, 1990. During and after the release of FanMail, Left-Eye made it known to the press on multiple occasions that she felt that she was unable to fully express herself working with TLC and Dallas Austin. American Drean, 1988. Like CrazySexyCool before it, FanMail won the Grammy Award for Best R&B Album of 1999. Allies, 1983. The videos for both songs were heavily fetured on MTV and BET, and three more singles received decent radio play without the support of a music video: "Silly Ho," "I'm Good At Being Bad," and "Dear Lie" (a video was shot for "Dear Lie," but it only played overseas).

Daylight Again, 1982. FanMail was another success for TLC, selling 6 million copies and featuring the US #1 hits "No Scrubs," the first to feature Chili alone on lead vocals, and "Unpretty," an alternative rock-styled song about self-love written by Austin and T-Boz. Replay, 1980. TLC eventually began working with other producers for the FanMail album, until finally negotiating with Austin, who produced the bulk of FanMail and gave the album a futuristic, more pop-based feel. CSN, 1977. Left-Eye started her own Left-Eye Productions artist development company and signed Blaque, a TLC-like female R&B/hip-hop trio. So Far, 1974. During this period, Chili appeared in the independent film HavPlenty and T-Boz recorded the solo single "Touch Myself" for the Fled soundtrack and co-starred in Hype Williams' 1998 film Belly with rappers Nas and DMX.

Four Way Street, 1971. Austin wanted $4 million and creative control to work on the project, resulting in a stand-off between the producer and the artists. Deja Vu, 1970. Preliminary work on TLC's third album, FanMail, was delayed when friction arose between the group and their main producer Dallas Austin, who was by this time dating Chili and helping to raise their young son Tron. Crosby, Stills, and Nash, 1969. Reid by this time) was rescinded, and the group was set to re-enter the recording studio in 1997. Box Set, 2001. TLC's contract was renegotiated, their production deal with Pebbitone and Pebbles (who had separated from husband L.A.

Best of the Buffalo Springfield, 1969. Both Pebbitone and LaFace countered that TLC simply wanted more money and were in no real financial danger, resulting in two years of legal hassles before the cases were finally settled in late 1996. Last Time Around, 1968. They sought to renegotiate their contract wth LaFace--under their 1991 contract, they only received seven percent of the revenues from their album sales-- and to dissolve their association with Pebbitone. Buffalo Springfield Again, 1967. They declared debts totaling 3.5 million dollars, much of it because of Lopes' insurance payments citing from the Rison arson incident and Watkins' medical bills, but the primary reason being that the three women were each taking home less than $35,000 a year after paying managers, producers, expenses, and taxes. Buffalo Springfield, 1967. However, many were shocked when, in the midst of their apparent success, the members of TLC filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on July 3, 1995.

Au Go Go Singers, 1964. CrazySexyCool eventually sold over 11 million copies, becoming one of only seven R&B albums to ever receive a diamond certification from the RIAA, and won the 1996 Grammy Award for Best R&B Album. Turning Back The Pages, 2003. The album instead focused more on T-Boz's and Chili's contributions and a smoother, more fluid sound, similar to the most successful single from the first album, the US #2 hit "Baby-Baby-Baby." All four singles from Crazysexycool reached the Billboard Top 5, including "Red Light Special," "Diggin' On You," and the #1 hits "Creep" and "Waterfalls." "Waterfalls," an Organized-Noise produced record that featured an old-school soul-based musical arrangement, socially conscious lyrics criticizing drug dealing and unsafe sex, and an introspective rap from Left-Eye, became TLC's biggest hit ever, and its million-dollar music video—at that time the most expensive ever—was an MTV staple for many months. Stills Alone, 1991. Left-Eye was released from rehab to attend the recording sessions, but the finished album featured significantly less of her vocals. Right By You, 1984. TLC re-entered the studio with Dallas Austin, Dupri, Babyface, Organized Noise, and Sean "Puffy" Combs to record their second album, CrazySexyCool, during the fall of 1994.

Thoroughfare Gap, 1978. Rison eventually reconciled with Left-Eye, and they continued dating on-and-off for most of the next few years. Illegal Stills, 1976. Left-Eye was eventually arrested for and indicted on charges of first-degree arson; she was sentenced to five years of probation and required to enter alcoholism rehabilitation. Still Stills: The Best of Stephen Stills, 1976. Although firefighters were called to the scene, the house could not be saved, because of the toxic fumes from the gasoline. Stills, 1975. The Plexiglas bathtub quickly melted and set the structural frame of the house on fire.

Stills Live, 1975. After another fight between Left-Eye and Rison in the early morning hours of June 9, 1994, Left-Eye, tipsy from alcohol, tossed numerous pairs of Rison's newly purchased sneakers into a bathtub, doused them with gasoline, and lit them on fire. Down The Road, 1973. Left-Eye was also battling alcoholism, having been a heavy drinker since her early teen years. Manassas, 1972. Their relationship was allegedly filled with violent moments, and Left-Eye filed an assault charge against Rison on September 2, 1993, although Rison later denied battering her. Stephen Stills 2, 1971. On the TLC Tip, and the two were by 1994 living together in Rison's upscale double-story home.

Stephen Stills, 1970. Left-Eye had started dating Atlanta Falcons American football player Andre Rison shortly after the release of Ooooooohhh... Super Sessions (with Al Kooper and Mike Bloomfield), 1968. In 1993, TLC played the musical group "Sex as a Weapon" in the New Line Cinema film House Party 3, starring Kid 'n Play. Pebbles released the group from its management deal, but they remained signed to Pebbitone, and Pebbles continued to receive a share of their earnings. At the conclusion of the tour, TLC decided to take more control of their careers and thus informed Pebbles that they no longer wished her to be their manager.

The songs on the album were a blend between hip-hop and R&B, similar to the "new jack swing" sound popularized by producer Teddy Riley in the late-1980s; TLC's sound was dubbed "new jill swing." The album was a success, going double-platinum in a year's time and launching a number of US Billboard Top Ten singles: "Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg," "Hat 2 Da Back," "What About your Friends," and "Baby-Baby-Baby.". On the TLC Tip, was released in February 1992 by LaFace. The first TLC album, Ooooooohhh... Therefore, when Thomas joined, the girls were given nicknames: Watkins became "T-Boz", Lopes "Left-Eye," and Thomas "Chili.".

1994: CrazySexyCool. On the TLC Tip. 1992: Ooooooohhh... Cheryl Jones (1991).