Another reason to love Chilli

Allow me to go on record saying that I believe TLC was the best girl group of all time. Period. They may not have had the vocal power of EnVogue and Brownstone and, of course, I grew up loving groups like 702, Kut Klose and SWV, but there was something about the underlying girl power message in the songs of TLC that made me feel like I could rule the world, or at least my own life. 


I love TLC so much I’m even enduring another bad VH1 reality show for nostalgia’s sake. In the new show “What Chilli Wants,” Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas is looking for love and has enlisted the help of pals like Missy Elliott and self-proclaimed relationship expert Tionna Smalls. Instead of your typical “I Love New York”-style dating competition, this show is less structured as Smalls is simply seeking out guys for Chilli to meet in hopes of finding Mr. Right along the way. It’s interesting to get a glimpse into Chilli’s everyday life, but it’s a reality show, nonetheless. So don’t expect much intellectual stimulation. 


In a recent interview about the show Chilli made me proud, though, as she used the f-word to describe TLC. With so many celebrities shunning feminism, this interview is quite refreshing and reminds me why I loved the group so much. Check it out: