For those who want to relive Blige’s embattled masterpiece, now’s the chance to rediscover My Life in two vinyl formats, sourced from the original masters. Over the course of her career, Blige became a symbol of female empowerment and perseverance, but on My Life, she lay her soul bare to brilliant ends. On her 15th studio album, the queen of hip-hop soul dives into life as a single lady. Unlike her debut, What's the 411 (1992), Blige co-wrote fourteen of the album's tracks, making it her most introspective and personal album at. Blige, released on November 29, 1994, by Uptown Records. My Life is the second studio album by American R& B recording artist Mary J.
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Listen to trailer music, OST, original score, and the full list of popular songs in. Last December, Amazon Studios announced that an as-yet-untitled Blige documentary is in production, helmed by Sean “Diddy” Combs. Blige My Life (Intro, Mary Jane (All Night Long) and more). Find all 20 songs in Mary J Blige's My Life Soundtrack, with scene descriptions. She would go on release 11 more studio albums, start her own film production company and earn an Oscar nomination. With My Life, Blige established herself an unrivaled voice in R&B. With Blige taking the songwriting reins, My Life remains her most revelatory and creatively vital work to date.Įarning an award for Top R&B Album at the 1995 Billboard Music Awards, as well as a Grammy nomination for Best R&B album in 1996, My Life stands alone as an unflinching document of Blige as she struggled to see light in the darkness. She completely owns Rose Royce’s 1976 soul classic “I’m Going Down,” and her promise of happiness amid the drama still rings true on the exuberant “You Bring Me Joy.” Marys best cd ever Had this back in the day, 94/95 and loved almost all the songs I recently ordered it because Im having trouble with my iPhones music and was desperate to be able to quickly pop some music in the car CD player, specially for long Highway drives, so I jumped on Amazon and ordered some favorite CDs of all time which I liked the entire collection of songs. Blige flexed her encyclopedic knowledge of soul by sampling Roy Ayers (“My Life”), Curtis Mayfield (“I’m The Only Woman”), Isaac Hayes (“I Love You”) and Barry White (“You Bring Me Joy”).Įven 25 years later, Blige’s bristling delivery on My Life still sounds raw. With Bad Boy’s hitmaker Chucky Thompson and Price Charles Alexander at the boards, My Life blended street-savvy R&B with quiet storm ballads.
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