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Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg

 
Lyrics: Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg
 

Performed by: TLC
Written by: Dallas Austin; Robert Bell; Ronald Bell; Donald Boyce; George Brown; Lisa Lopes; Robert Mickens; Claydes Smith; Dennis Thomas; Richard Westfield

Credits: Austin, Dallas (Songwriter); Bell, Robert (Songwriter); Bell, Ronald (Songwriter); Boyce, Donald (Songwriter); Brown, George (Songwriter); Lopes, Lisa (Songwriter); Mickens, Robert (Songwriter); Smith, Claydes (Songwriter); Thomas, Dennis (Songwriter); Westfield, Richard (Songwriter); NOTTING DALE SONGS INC (Publisher)

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"Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg"
Single by TLC
from the album Ooooooohhh... On the TLC Tip
Released November 22, 1991 (1991-11-22)
Format CD single
Recorded August 1991
Genre New jack swing, pop rap
Length 4:08 (Radio Edit)
5:36 (Album Version)
Label LaFace/Arista
Writer(s) Dallas Austin
Lisa Lopes
Producer Dallas Austin
Certification RIAA: Platinum
TLC singles chronology
"Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg"
(1991)
"Baby-Baby-Baby"
(1992)
Ooooooohhh... On the TLC Tip track listing
"Introduction"
(1)
"Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg"
(2)
"Shock That Monkey"
(3)

"Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg" is TLC's debut single from their debut album, Ooooooohhh... On the TLC Tip. The song reached #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #2 on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks, becoming their first single to reach the top ten on both charts. The single also reached to Top 20 in the UK. The song is very much about the girls saying that they don't mind begging for sex. Dallas Austin and Left Eye were nominated for the Best R&B Song Grammy Award for this single.

Contents

Music video

The video of the song is pretty basic. It is a fun and colorful video with the girls wearing condoms, baggy clothes, and Lisa with a big hats and sunglasses. The video shows the girls singing, dancing and rapping and will occasionally have the girl's nicknames at the bottom of the screen. Some shots feature the group outside with people in the background and then them in front of a white background. In a BET interview, T-Boz and Chilli said they were trying to warm-up to the cameras in this video because it was their first one. They said that Lisa was a natural because it was her "big break" and what she had "been waiting for". T-Boz also said with amusement that you can see her playing with her side-burns in the beginning. The end of the video shows the girls in character as hillbillies. The radio edit of the song is used instead of the album version. Their manager at the time, Pebbles, also makes an appearance at the end of the video. The video was filmed and produced in November 1991.

Track listing

US CD
(73008-24009-2; Released: 2001; Reissue)

  1. "Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg" (Album Version) - 5:39
  2. "Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg" (Smoothed Down Radio Remix) - 4:37
  3. "Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg" (Smoothed Down Extended Remix) - 5:53
  4. "Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg" (Dallas' Dirt Mix) - 5:56
  5. "Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg" (Left Eye's "3 Minutes And Counting") - 5:47
  6. "Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg" (Rap Version) - 4:52

US CD Promo
(LFPCD-4008; Released: 1991)

  1. "Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg" (Single Version) - 4:10
  2. "Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg" (Album Version) - 5:36
  3. "Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg" (Instrumental) - 5:36

US CD Promo
(LFPCD-4009; Released: 1991)

  1. "Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg" (Album Version) - 5:39
  2. "Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg" (Smoothed Down Radio Remix) - 4:37
  3. "Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg" (Smoothed Down Extended Remix) - 5:53
  4. "Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg" (Left Eye's "3 Minutes And Counting") - 5:47
  5. "Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg" (Rap Version) - 4:52

US 12" Vinyl
(73008-24009-1; Released: 1991)

Side A

  1. "Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg" (Smoothed Down Extended Remix) - 5:52
  2. "Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg" (Album Version) - 5:38

Side B

  1. "Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg" (Dallas' Dirt Mix) - 5:52
  2. "Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg" (Left Eye's "3 Minutes And Counting") - 5:41
  3. "Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg" (Rap Version) - 4:51
  4. "Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg" (Instrumental) - 5:37

UK CD
(665 265; Released: 1991)

  1. "Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg" (U.S. 7" Edit) - 4:10
  2. "Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg" (Skratch 7" Edit) - 4:20
  3. "Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg" (Ben Liebrand 12" Club Mix) - 6:20
  4. "Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg" (Smoothed Down Extended Remix) - 5:55

UK CD
(665 265; Released: 1991)

  1. "Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg" (U.S. 7" Edit)
  2. "Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg" (Skratch Mix 7" Edit)
  3. "Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg" (Smoothed Down Extended Mix)
  4. "Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg" (Ben Liebrand 12" Club Mix)
  5. "Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg" (Left Eye's "3 Minutes And Counting")

UK 12" Vinyl
(615 265; Released: 1991)

Side A

  1. "Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg" (Smoothed Down Extended Remix)
  2. "Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg" (Left Eye's "3 Minutes And Counting")
  3. "Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg" (Rap Version)

Side B

  1. "Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg" (Ben Liebrand 12" Club Mix)
  2. "Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg" (Ben Liebrand 12" Dub Mix)

UK 12" Vinyl Promo
(TLC 1; Released: 1991)

Side A

  1. "Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg" (Smoothed Down Extended Remix)
  2. "Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg" (Left Eye's "3 Minutes And Counting")
  3. "Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg" (Rap Version)

Side B

  1. "Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg" (Ben Liebrand 12" Club Mix)
  2. "Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg" (Ben Liebrand 12" Dub Mix)

DEU 7" Vinyl
(115 265; Released: 1991)

Side A

  1. "Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg" (U.S. 7" Edit) - 4:10

Side B

  1. "Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg" (Skratch 7" Edit) - 4:20

DEU 12" Vinyl
(615 265; Released: 1991)

Side A

  1. "Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg" (Ben Liebrand 12" Club Mix) - 6:20
  2. "Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg" (Ben Liebrand 12" Dub MIx) - 5:44

Side B

  1. "Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg" (Smoothed Down Extended Remix) - 5:55

Samples

The Song uses 3 samples. The most notable sample used is a sped up sample of School Boy Crush by Average White Band. This same sample was used on Floetry's Wanna B Where U R, Microphone Fiend by Eric B. & Rakim and Immature's Watch Me Do My Thing. Immature, Eric B. & Rakim and Floetry also sped up their sample. The song also samples "Jungle Boggie" by Kool & The Gang and Escapism by James Brown.

Charts

Chart (1991) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 6
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip Hop Singles & Tracks 2
ARC Weekly Top 40 3
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance/Maxi Singles 1
UK Singles Chart 13

 
 

 

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