3D (album)

3D is the final studio album by American girl group TLC. It was released on November 12, 2002 by Arista Records. This was six months after Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes died. The album debuted at number six on the Billboard 200 chart. 143,000 copies of 3D were sold in the first week of release. It was then certified Platinum by the RIAA for shipping 1,000,000 copies in the United States. The album was given two Grammy Awards nominations.

3D
Studio album by TLC
Released	October 10, 2002 (2002-10-10)
Recorded	2001–2002
Genre	Hip hop soul R&B
Length	49:32
Label	Arista
Producer	Dallas Austin Babyface Melissa "Missy" Elliott Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins The Neptunes Organized Noize Raphael Saadiq Daryl Simmons Timothy "Timbaland" Molsey
TLC chronology
FanMail (1999) 3D Now and Forever: The Hits (2003)
Singles from 3D
"Girl Talk" Released: August 8, 2002 "Hands Up" Released: November 15, 2002 "Damaged" Released: July 7, 2003 "Turntable" Released: January 16, 2004

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producers	Length
1.	"3D (Intro)"	Dallas Austin	Dallas Austin	2:25
2.	"Quickie"	Austin, Lisa Lopes, Tionne Watkins	Austin	4:19
3.	"Girl Talk"	Edmund Clement, Kandi Burruss, Lopes, Anita McCloud, Watkins	Eddie Hustle	3:35
4.	"Turntable"	Rodney Jerkins, Watkins, Fred Jerkins, Daniel Moore, LaShawn Daniels, Tomi Martin	Rodney Jerkins	3:25
5.	"In Your Arms Tonight"	Pharrell Williams	The Neptunes	4:25
6.	"Over Me"	R. Jerkins, Rozonda Thomas, Kenisha Pratt, Daniel Moore, Tyrell Bing, Lopes	R. Jerkins	4:17
7.	"Hands Up"	Babyface, Daryl Simmons	Babyface, Daryl Simmons	3:49
8.	"Damaged"	Austin, Watkins	Austin	3:51
9.	"Dirty Dirty"	Missy Elliott, Tim Mosely	Timbaland, Missy Elliott	3:40
10.	"So So Dumb"	Raphael Saadiq, Watkins, Glenn Standridge, Bobby Ozuna	Saadiq (co-produced by Jake & The Phatman)	4:06
11.	"Good Love"	Clement, Burruss	Hustle	4:12
12.	"Hey Hey Hey Hey"	R. Jerkins, Watkins, Burruss	R. Jerkins	4:05
13.	"Give It to Me While It's Hot"	Ray Murray, Rico Wade, Pet Brown, Marqueze Ethridge, Mervin Parkman, Stewart Jordan, Lopes, Thomas	Organized Noize Prod.	3:28

Japan bonus track version
No.	Title	Length
14.	"Get Away"	4:15

Release history

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	(71/100)[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
Blender	[3]
Entertainment.ie	[4]
Entertainment Weekly	B[5]
Slant	[6]
Rolling Stone	[7]
VIBE	[8]

Region	Date	Label
Japan	October 10, 2002	LaFace
United States	November 12, 2002

Charts

Chart (2002)	Peak position
Billboard 200	6
Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums	4
Canada Top 50 Albums	31
UK Albums Chart	45
New Zealand Top 50 Albums	45
Germany Top 100 Albums	46
Switzerland Top 100 Albums	47
Netherland Top 100 Albums	62

References

1. "3D Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and More at Metacritic". Metacritic. Retrieved 2012-05-31.
2. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "3D: TLC". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-11-30.
3. Lynskey, Dorian. "TLC: 3D". Blender Magazine. Archived from the original on 2003-06-21. Retrieved 2009-11-30.
4. Lynch, Andrew (3 December 2002). "TLC - 3D". Entertainment.ie. Retrieved 2009-11-30.
5. Browne, David (2002-11-11). "3D (2002): TLC". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 2007-05-26. Retrieved 2009-11-30.
6. Cinquemani, Sal. "TLC: 3D". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 2009-11-30.
7. Walters, Barry (2002-11-04). "TLC: 3D". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2007-10-01. Retrieved 2009-11-30.
8. Ehrlich, Dimitri. "TLC - 3D (Arista)". VIBE. Archived from the original on 2006-10-20. Retrieved 2009-11-30.