| "Fandemonium" MXG Magazine, 1999 Every time the TLC single, �No Scrubs,� came on the radio we all sang along. So we decided we needed to talk to the girls about their Fan Mail album, (that�s the beauty of this job, we can call random celebrities all in the name of journalism.) Lisa Lopes (she�s lost the eyepatch and nickname) answered our nosey questions. MXG: You girls just got back from Japan, did you chow on raw fish there? LL: I don�t like sushi and Tionne doesn�t eat seafood so we stuck with stuff closest to American. MXG: So what does TLC like to eat? LL: I love seafood (ed.�just not the raw type). Tionne loves soul food like oxtails and collard greens and Chilli eats healthy stuff like veggie burgers and rice milk. MXG: You list every fan who ever wrote to you on the new album�smart! LL: It was my idea. We all contribute but I�m very conceptual. I was already coming up with ideas for the next album before we finished this one. MXG: Who would TLC write fan mail to? LL: Chilli�s would definitely be to MichaelJackson, Tionne�s would be to Patti LaBelle, but she�s met her already so I don�t know if that counts. I�d probably write to the prince of Saudi Arabia or someone who runs a country. I admire the control they have. MXG: Sounds like you should be a business woman. LL: I love writing business letters. If I had to walk away from the music tomorrow, I wouldn�t sweat it. I�m a quick learner. But right now I don�t have the time to do everything. MXG: What�s the opposite of a scrub? LL: We say �he�s the jam� all the time but I�m trying to use less expressions like that. My favorite word right now is expeditiously. I use it every day. MXG: Impressive. Sounds like you�re all grown up. LL: Yes, yes, yes. I still have far to go but we have come so far. We got distracted by personal and business issues but I think we�ve learned to stay focused and not lose sight of the big picture. |