TLC. "Creep (LP Version)." Crazysexycool, LaFace Records LLC, 1994.
I was nine years old when CrazySexyCool came out. I remember buying the cassette tape (you read that right) at Toronto's Sam the Record Man and immediately popping it into our car's tape player. With my mom in the driver's seat, we listened to the entire album together, she picking out the samples from the beloved soul songs of her past ("Mr. Big Stuff" on "Switch") and me being mesmerized by the ineffable coolness and tough-girl attitudes of T-Boz, Left Eye, and Chilli.
The Jermaine Dupri-produced "Creep" remains my most beloved track from this album. I don't think anyone's ever made silk robes look more badass in a music video. Kaytranada's 2013 remix below reimagines it as a "Creepier Edition," rendering it even sultrier and more dangerous than the original.
Oh I, oh I, oh I. Yeah.