Destiny's Child: The Writing's On The Wall : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone

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Destiny's Child blew up last summer with "No, No, No," which wiggled seductively while begging the question, Since there are four ladies in the group, shouldn't that be "No, No, No, No"? Or is one still making up her mind? The Houston R&B group's new hit, "Bills, Bills, Bills," takes the same three-out-of-four-divas approach to a classic pop sentiment: These gals don't want your love, just your money money money. But unlike TLC's "No Scrubs," "Bills" isn't sexy enough to get you up off your deadbeat ass. The track has too much fussy clutter, and the singers hang out the passenger side of TLC's ride, groveling for spare change like forty-niners who've been on the job since '29. The Writing's on the Wall has a similar case of the blahs. Despite OK moments like the "Waterfalls" sequel "Sweet Sixteen," the Destiny children never find that one money tune that turns a no-no-no scrub into a yeah-yeah-yeah paying customer.