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We were both were dating brothers at the time, and we were dogging them out because we were mad at them. That’s why you just got to stay away from them suckers! "[Xscape girl group member Tameka “Tiny” Cottle] and I got the music from [producer Kevin “She'kspere” Briggs]. You can never get them under control completely. We always knew that our image was just as important as our music.
I actually wrote a majority of the record on an old envelope that was sitting in my car! They just keep multiplying. “No Scrubs” earned the girl group their second Grammy nomination for “Record of the Year.” It claimed the #2 spot in The official music video was directed by Hype Williams, and propelled the track’s success into full gear as it received constant airtime on MTV and BET.Kandi and Tiny wrote the heck out of that song, and I’m glad they gave it to us instead of keeping it for themselves. I was like, “Can I put rhinestones on my lips too?”“No Scrubs” is an empowerment anthem. When we are performing it, I look out in the audience and say this cool little speech about certain guys you got to stay away from. La version … They just won’t die.
It doesn’t matter where you are in the world, scrubs come in all shapes, sizes and colors.
It was a winner.Being on set was really scary, especially the one scene where it was all three of us and it looked like we were in space.
{No Scrubs} A scrub is a guy that thinks he's fine And is, also known as a busta Always talkin' about what he wants And just sits on his broke ass So, no, I don't want your number No, I don't want to give you mine and No, I don't want to meet you nowhere No, don't want none … So it was just a universal song that every woman can high-five each other with. The reason I knew [the song] was going to be big because what it’s talking about is so relatable to every woman in America. I freestyled the entire song while just driving down a highway: the verse, hook, pre-chorus, the whole thing. No Scrubs The lyric originally was: [sings] “A scrub is a guy who thinks he’s fly and also known as a busta/ Always talking about what he wants and just sits on his fat ass!” Tiny busted out laughing and was like, “Girl, you are so crazy!” But I thought that people were going to like it.JPEGMAFIA Covers A TLC Classic With “BasicBitchTearGas”Knowledge Drop: TLC Almost Used A Computer To Replace Left Eye When She Wanted To Go Solo During ‘FanMail’Weezer Covers TLC’s “No Scrubs” Sans Left Eye’s Verse I used to say it to all my friends all the time: If there was like a dude that was wack, we just called him “that scrub.” So I thought, “That’d be a cute concept for our record.” One day I was riding around with my friend while listening to the track that She'kspere gave me. Of course by the end, I didn’t want to get off the thing! That was a long day, but it was fun doing the whole futuristic stuff. When we did the video, we went all out except for Chili – she wanted to look like an island princess! His makeup artist [Mathu Andersen] did our makeup and it was so amazing.
I took it to Tiny the next day.
I had to practice first because I was so nervous. I remember not having a routine and [the video’s director Hype Williams] just told me to dance. RuPaul also came to see us on set, but he wasn’t in drag. We never really did anything super sexy like that. I had this notepad that I used to write song titles or concepts in. I always say this – and I’ll say it forever – but scrubs are like roaches. This tube thing was constantly moving so you couldn’t stand still or else you would fall. [Laughs.]
Then, there was that really ginormous swing. No Scrubs est une chanson interprétée par le groupe féminin américain de RnB TLC, écrite et composée par Kevin « She'kspere » Briggs, Kandi Burruss, Tameka Cottle (en) et Lisa Lopes.