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TLC USES KICKSTARTER TO FUND THEIR LAST ALBUM

<p>TLC&&num;8217&semi;s Chilli and T-Boz has announced on ABC&&num;8217&semi;s Good Morning America&comma; that they are looking to their fans to help them raise &dollar;150&comma;000 to help them launch their final album&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;We&&num;8217&semi;ve always been known to do things differently&comma;&&num;8221&semi; said Tionne Watkins aka T-Boz to the Daily News&period; &&num;8220&semi;We&&num;8217&semi;ve always been trailblazers and trendsetters&period; We&&num;8217&semi;ve always been outspoken&comma; and this seems like the perfect opportunity&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Never fully recovering from the death of their group mate&comma; Lisa &&num;8220&semi;Left Eye&&num;8221&semi; Lopes in 2002&comma; the group hasn&&num;8217&semi;t released an album in almost 13 years which was seven months after Left Eye&&num;8217&semi;s death&period; Even though they have won Grammy awards and sold over 10 million units the group has had financial problems throughout their careers and even filed for bankruptcy&comma; rumored to be because of their manipulative manager&comma; Perri &&num;8220&semi;Pebbles&&num;8221&semi; Reid&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;People may say&comma; &&num;8216&semi;Hey&comma; you are celebrities&period; Why can&&num;8217&semi;t you just pay for it yourself&quest;'&&num;8221&semi; Chilli said also to the Daily News&period; &&num;8220&semi;But it doesn&&num;8217&semi;t work that way&period; There&&num;8217&semi;s a lot that goes into it&period; We want to bring our fans into the process and see how it&&num;8217&semi;s done&period; We could knock out two birds with one stone&comma; we can have them involved in our album&period; Then also&comma; we can have control over everything&period; That&&num;8217&semi;s a perfect combination&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Donations start at only &dollar;5 and depending on how much you donate you can also receive rewards such TLC personally calling you or recording your voicemails&comma; receiving a scrapbook or video dance tutorial&comma; or even spending time with each artist at the movies&comma; amongst other things&period; According to the website the proceeds will go towards making the album happen which includes studio time&comma; writing sessions and as well as booking the producer and engineer&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It seems to be off to a good start&comma; the campaign was launched on Monday and they have already raised over &dollar;60&comma;000&period; Let&&num;8217&semi;s chat below what do you think about this new way of raising money&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;01&sol;photo-1-10&period;png"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4491" src&equals;"&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;01&sol;photo-1-10-300x533&period;png" alt&equals;"photo 1 &lpar;10&rpar;" width&equals;"169" height&equals;"300" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;01&sol;photo-1-11&period;jpg"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4494" src&equals;"&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;01&sol;photo-1-11-300x303&period;jpg" alt&equals;"photo 1 &lpar;11&rpar;" width&equals;"297" height&equals;"300" &sol;><&sol;a> <a href&equals;"&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;01&sol;photo-2-11&period;jpg"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4495" src&equals;"&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;01&sol;photo-2-11-300x298&period;jpg" alt&equals;"photo 2 &lpar;11&rpar;" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"298" &sol;><&sol;a><a href&equals;"&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;01&sol;photo-2&period;jpg"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4497" src&equals;"&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;01&sol;photo-2-300x300&period;jpg" alt&equals;"photo &lpar;2&rpar;" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"300" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>SOURCES SITED&colon; 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