TLC - No Scrubs (1999) [4K AI Upscale | HEVC 10-bit | PCM 16-bit 48 kHz + PCM 24-bit 44.1 kHz]

Genre: Hip Hop, Funk / Soul
Style: Contemporary R&B, Pop Rap
Year: 1999
Video Source: DVD, 576i
Audio Source: DVD (16-bit) and Qobuz (24-bit)

"No Scrubs" is a song recorded by American girl group TLC as the lead single from their third studio album, FanMail, released on February 2, 1999, by LaFace Records and Arista Records. The song was written by producer Kevin "She'kspere" Briggs, former Xscape members Kandi Burruss and Tameka "Tiny" Cottle, and TLC member Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes. The song lyrics describe the role of a man in a relationship. Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas sings the lead vocals for the first time on a TLC single.

"No Scrubs" became TLC's third number-one single and eighth top 10 single on the US Billboard Hot 100, where it peaked for four consecutive weeks. It was ranked number two on Billboard's year-end Hot 100 singles chart of 1999, behind Cher's "Believe" (1998). The song won Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocal and Best R&B Song at 42nd Annual Grammy Awards. "No Scrubs" received divisive attention following its release; several radio stations aired answer songs as a response, while the word "scrub" became prominently used worldwide.

"No Scrubs" was initially written by Kandi Burruss on an envelope while sitting in her car. The lyrics allude to a previous relationship Tameka Cottle described as a "screw-up". Burruss and Cottle intended to record "No Scrubs" together; however, Dallas Austin gave the song to TLC as their first single for FanMail, with Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas singing the lead vocals. He regarded the song as a breakthrough for Thomas.
The lyrics were modified slightly to match TLC's image. Two versions of the song were released to boost airplay across formats, one described as straight R&B, the other containing a rap verse from TLC member Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes.

The Hype Williams-directed music video was set in a futuristic space station, where the trio wore silver and blue metallic outfits. It contains a rap verse by Left Eye, which was used in the single's release. Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins described how the group went all out during production of the video, with her being specifically excited about "wearing the all-white outfit", while Thomas initially felt apprehensive about going on the swing, constantly practicing before the shoot until she did not want to get off afterwards. The scene at the end of the video showing the three fighting each other and being silly was a result of the tube moving and the group attempting to fight against the moving set, with Thomas and Lopes hitting each other by accident. American drag queen RuPaul also appeared off-camera without drag to see them, as his makeup artist Mathu Andersen was in charge of makeup for the group, placing rhinestones on the lips of each member. The music video is stylistically similar to Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson's music video "Scream" (1995), as well as the Busta Rhymes and Janet Jackson music video "What's It Gonna Be?!" (1999), which was also directed by Williams.
The futuristic music video allowed TLC to win the MTV Video Music Award for Best Group Video at the 1999 MTV Video Music Awards over all-male nominees such as the Backstreet Boys and NSYNC.

Release Info
The video track is upscaled from 576i to 4K with Topaz Video AI and encoded to HEVC 10-bit.
The default PCM track (16-bit 48 kHz) is the clean version from the DVD and the second track is the explicit version, downloaded from Qobuz (Hi-Res 24-bit 44.1 kHz) and synced with Adobe Audition.
The timed lyrics are synced and edited. Enable the subtitles to see them.

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