In reply to Deon.

I loved TLC as much as anybody else did, but they weren't short of gimmicks either. Condoms on the clothes was a gimmick. Having respective members represent "Crazy," "Sexy" and "Cool" was a gimmick. Posing in firefighter gear on the cover of Vibe after Lisa burned down Risen's house was a gimmick. They had substance to back up their gimmicks and the music was top notch, but the attention seeking gimmicks were there.