JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<div class="tiles">
        <div class="tile">
            <div class="tileInner">
                <div class="title">Tile Title</div>
            </div>
            
            <div class="tileOverlay">
                <div class="tileInner">
                    <div class="title">Overlay Title</div>
                    <div class="description">Tile description goes here.</div>
                </div>
            </div>
        </div>
        
        
        <div class="tile">
            <div class="tileInner">
                <div class="title">Tile Title</div>
            </div>
            
            <div class="tileOverlay">
                <div class="tileInner">
                    <div class="title">Overlay Title</div>
                    <div class="description">Tile description goes here.</div>
                </div>
            </div>
        </div>
        
        
        <div class="tile">
            <div class="tileInner">
                <div class="title">Tile Title</div>
            </div>
            
            <div class="tileOverlay">
                <div class="tileInner">
                    <div class="title">Overlay Title</div>
                    <div class="description">Tile description goes here.</div>
                </div>
            </div>
        </div>
        
        
        <div class="tile">
            <div class="tileInner">
                <div class="title">Tile Title</div>
            </div>
            
            <div class="tileOverlay">
                <div class="tileInner">
                    <div class="title">Overlay Title</div>
                    <div class="description">Tile description goes here.</div>
                </div>
            </div>
        </div>
        
        
        <div class="tile">
            <div class="tileInner">
                <div class="title">Tile Title</div>
            </div>
            
            <div class="tileOverlay">
                <div class="tileInner">
...

CSS

body {
    padding: 4px;
    font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
    font-size: 12px;
    line-height: 16px;
}

.clear {
    clear: both;
}

.tiles {
   background-color: #ccc;
   padding: 2px;
}

.tile {
    position: relative;
    z-index: 0;
    float: left;
    width: 130px;
    height: 50px;
    border: 1px solid black;
    margin: 5px;
    color: #fff;
    background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
    -webkit-transition: all 0.25s ease-in-out 0s;
    -moz-transition:    all 0.25s ease-in-out 0s;
    -o-transition:      all 0.25s ease-in-out 0s;
    transition:         all 0.25s ease-in-out 0s;
}

.tile:hover {
    z-index: 5;
    -webkit-transition: all 0.25s ease-in-out 0.5s;
    -moz-transition:    all 0.25s ease-in-out 0.5s;
    -o-transition:      all 0.25s ease-in-out 0.5s;
    transition:         all 0.25s ease-in-out 0.5s;
    -webkit-transform: scale(2.25); 
    -moz-transform:    scale(2.25); 
    -o-transform:      scale(2.25); 
    transform:         scale(2.25); 
}

.tileInner {
    padding: 5px;
}

.tileOverlay {
    opacity: 0;
    color: #000000;
    background: #ffcccc;
    position: absolute;
    top: 0;
    left: 0;
    width: 100%;
    height: 100%;
    -webkit-transition: opacity 0.25s ease-in-out 0s;
    -moz-transition:    opacity 0.25s ease-in-out 0s;
    -o-transition:      opacity 0.25s ease-in-out 0s;
    transition:         opacity 0.25s ease-in-out 0s;
}

.tile:hover .tileOverlay {
    opacity: 1;
    -webkit-transition: opacity 0.25s ease-in-out 0.5s;
    -moz-transition:    opacity 0.25s ease-in-out 0.5s;
    -o-transition:      opacity 0.25s ease-in-out 0.5s;
    transition:         opacity 0.25s ease-in-out 0.5s;
    
}

.description {
    text-align: right;
    font-size: 8px;
}

JavaScript

$('.tile:odd').find('.tileOverlay').find('.description').text('every second tile');

$('.tile:first').find('.tileOverlay').find('.description').text('first tile');
$('.tile:last').find('.tileOverlay').find('.description').text('last tile');