Now & Forever: The Hits

Now & Forever: The Hits is the first greatest hits album by American girl group TLC. It was released by Arista Records on September 30, 2003, in Japan, on November 24, 2003, in the United Kingdom and on June 21, 2005, in North America.

The album comprises nearly all of their singles (excluding "Hands Up" and "Dear Lie") released between 1991 and 2003. Most of the tracks on the album are radio edits in order to fit all of the songs into one disc. The album contains tracks such as a 2003 production "Come Get Some", which featured Lil Jon and Sean Paul of YoungBloodz, and "Whoop De Woo", a leftover track from the 3D recording sessions. In September 2005, the album was reissued digitally to include "I Bet", the single which featured winner O'so Krispie from TLC's UPN reality television series R U the Girl.

The album debuted to number 53 on the Billboard 200, selling approximately 26,000 copies in its first. It briefly reentered the Billboard 200 at number 169 in November 2013 following the premiere of the group's biopic CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story on VH1.

Sample credits

 * "Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg" contains samples of "Escape-ism" by James Brown, "Jungle Boogie" by Kool & the Gang and "School Boy Crush" by Average White Band.
 * "Hat 2 da Back" contains samples of "Big Ole Butt" by LL Cool J and "What Makes You Happy" by KC and the Sunshine Band.
 * "Creep" contains a sample of "Hey Young World" by Slick Rick.

Personnel
Credits adapted from the liner notes of Now & Forever: The Hits.

Musicians

 * Dallas Austin – arrangement (tracks 1–3, 11, 13, 16, 17)
 * Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes – rap (track 12)
 * Craig Love – guitar (track 14)

Technical

 * Dallas Austin – production (tracks 1–4, 6, 13, 16, 17)
 * Tim & Bob – production (track 4)
 * L.A. Reid – production (track 5); executive production
 * Babyface – production (tracks 5, 7, 9)
 * Daryl Simmons – production (track 5)
 * Organized Noize – production (track 8)
 * Jermaine Dupri – production, remix (track 10)
 * Manuel Seal – co-production (track 10)
 * Cyptron – production (track 11)
 * Kevin "She'kspere" Briggs – production (track 12)
 * Jonathan "Lil Jon" Smith – production, mixing (track 14)
 * Mark "Exit" Goodchild – recording (track 14)
 * John Frye – recording, mixing (track 14)
 * Sam Thomas – recording (track 14)
 * Delicia Hassan – production coordination (track 14)
 * Eddie Hustle – production (track 15)
 * The Neptunes – production (track 18)
 * Rodney Jerkins – production, vocal production (track 19)
 * TLC – executive production
 * Herb Powers Jr. – mastering

Artwork

 * Courtney Walter – art direction, design
 * Jack Chuck – cover photography
 * Dah Len, Seb Janiak, Michael Lavine, Arnold Turner, Sheryl Nields – photography
 * Shahid Ali – inside illustration

Now & Forever: The Video Hits
Now & Forever: The Video Hits is a music video compilation containing TLC's music videos from 1992 to 2002. It was released on DVD in Japan in 2003 and in Australia in 2004 by Arista Records with the same track listing, cover and inside booklet. The compilation was eventually released on August 20, 2007, in the United Kingdom to coincide with the release of the group's second compilation album, Crazy Sexy Hits: The Very Best of TLC.

Special features

 * Behind-the-scenes footage
 * Photo gallery
 * Dolby Digital 5.1 Sound