Retro Video of the Week: "Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg" by TLC

This past Monday marked the 20th anniversary of TLC's Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes burning down the home she shared with boyfriend and NFL wide receiver, Andre Rison.  Left Eye, in her infinite wisdom, decided the best way to get back at Rison for whatever he had done was to put a bunch of his shoes in a bathtub, douse them with lighter fluid, and set them on fire.  You know, because professional athletes never have access to more shoes.  She failed to notice that the bathtub was made of Plexiglas, and not porcelain or some other substance that does not melt when exposed to extreme heat.  Of course, Left Eye would later pay for her transgressions by dying in a car crash in Honduras in 2002. I just remember thinking, "thank God it wasn't Chili."

In honor of Left Eye, here is the video for TLC's debut single, 1992's "Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg," which went all the way to #6 on the Billboard Hot 100.  If nothing else, the video is a fantastic example of hip hop fashion in the early '90s and how society has always viewed men as nothing more than sexual objects.