My Life
Mary J. Blige - CD
- Artist: Mary J. Blige
- Year: 2007
- Number of Discs: 1
- UPC: 008811115623
- Item Number: UNI111562
- Release date: 11/29/1994
- 1. Intro
- 2. Mary Jane (All Night Long)
- 3. You Bring Me Joy
- 4. Marvin Interlude
- 5. I'm the Only Woman
- 6. K. Murray Interlude
- 7. My Life
- 8. You Gotta Believe
- 9. I Never Wanna Live Without You
- 10. I'm Going Down
- 11. My Life (Interlude)
- 12. Be With You
- 13. Mary's Joint
- 14. Don't Go
- 15. I Love You
- 16. No One Else
- 17. Be Happy
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My Life by Mary J. Blige on CD
Perhaps the single finest moment in Sean "Puffy" Combs' musical career has been the production on this, Mary J. Blige's second proper album. The production is not exactly original, and there is evidence here of him borrowing wholesale from other songs. The melodic sources this time around, though, are so expertly incorporated into the music that they never seem to be intrusions, instead playing like inspired dialogues with soulsters from the past, connecting past legacies with a new one. This certainly isn't your parents' (or grandparents') soul. But it is some of the finest modern soul of the '90s, backing away to a certain extent from the hip-hop/soul consolidation that Blige introduced on her debut album. The hip-hop part of the combination takes a few steps into the background, allowing Blige's tortured soul to carry the album completely, and it does so with heartwrenching authority. My Life is, from beginning to end, a brilliant, wistful individual plea of desire. Blige took a huge leap in artistry by penning almost everything herself (the major exception being Norman Whitfield's "I'm Going Down") in collaboration with co-producers Combs and multi-instrumentalist Chucky Thompson, and everything seems to leap directly from her gut. Blige's strain is sleekly modern and urban, and the grit in it comes from being streetwise and thoroughly realistic about the travails of life. My Life, nevertheless, emanates from some deep, dark place where both sadness and happiness cohabitate and turn into one single, beautiful sorrow. ~ Stanton Swihart, Rovi
- Artist: Mary J. Blige
- Year: 2007
- Number of Discs: 1
- UPC: 008811115623
- Item Number: UNI111562
- Release date: 11/29/1994
- Label: Umgd/Motown
- Genre: R&B
- Style: Urban, Contemporary R&B
- Album Time: 65:26
- Be Without You [3 Tracks]
- Breakthrough [Bonus Tracks] (Import)
- Enough Cryin, Pt. 2 [Single]
- Growing Pains
- Love & Life
- Mary
- Mary [Japan Bonus Tracks]
- Mary [Limited Edition Bonus Pack]
- No More Drama (Extra tracks)
- One, Pt. 2
- Reflections (A Retrospective)
- Reflections (A Retrospective)
- Share My World
- Share My World [Japan Bonus Track]
- Stronger With Each Tear
- The Breakthrough
- The Breakthrough [Bonus Track #1] (Import)
- The Tour
- What's the 411?
- What's the 411? Remix
- My Life [Bonus Track] (Import)
- Share My World [Japan Bonus Track] (Import)
- No More Drama [Japan Bonus Track] (Import)
- Dance for Me
- Real Love
- Family Affair [Maxi Single]
- Ballads
- Love & Life
- Love & Life
- Growing Pains (Import)
- Growing Pains [Deluxe Edition] [Bonus Track] (Import)
- Growing Pains
- Reflections (A Retrospective) (Import)
- Love & Life [Bonus DVD]
- Love & Life
- The Breakthrough [Bonus Track #1] (Import)
- Reflections (A Retrospective)
- Reflections (A Retrospective) [Bonus Tracks] (Import)
- We Ride (I See The Future)
- Growing Pains (LP)
- Work That [Single]
- Growing Pains [CD/DVD] (Import)
- Stronger with Each Tear
- Stronger with Each Tear (Import)
- Stronger with Each Tear (Import)
- Stronger Witheach Tear [Canadian Version] (Import)
- My Life II: The Journey Continues, Act 1
- My Life II: The Journey Continues, Act 1 (Deluxe Edition)
- MARY J BLIGE : BREAKTHROUGH (BONUS TRACK) (SPEC)
- Maximum Mary J. Blige: The Unauthorised Biography of Mary J. Blige
- Composers:
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Performers:
- Big Bub - Vocals (Background)
- Chucky Thompson - Multi Instruments, Keyboards
- Dalvin DeGrate - Multi Instruments
- Eileen Folson - Cello
- Faith Evans - Vocals (Background)
- Gloria Agostini - Harp
- Herb Middleton - Multi Instruments, Keyboards
- K-Ci & JoJo - Vocals (Background)
- Latonya J. Blige - Vocals (Background)
- Mary J. Blige - Vocals (Background), Vocals
- Bob Brockmann - Keyboards
- Bruce Purse - Trumpet
- Charles "Prince Charles" Alexander - Piccolo, Sax (Tenor), Flute
- Darryl Pearson - Bass
- Diane Monroe - Violin
- Frank Colon - Percussion
- Fred McFarlane - Keyboards
- Lenny Underwood - Piano
- Lesa Terry - Violin
- Mark Ledford - Trumpet
- Paul Pesco - Guitar
- Regina Carter - Violin
- Victor Bailey - Bass
- Vincent Henry - Sax (Alto)
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Credits:
- Tim Dawg - Associate Executive Producer
- Keenya Mauldin - Hair Stylist
- Sam Fine - Make-Up
- Sybil Pennix - Stylist
- Andre Harrell - Executive Producer
- Debra Young - Production Coordination
- Herb Powers - Mastering
- JoDee Stringham - Design
- Mary J. Blige - Main Performer
- Sante d'Orazio - Photography
- Sean "Puffy" Combs - Executive Producer, Producer
- Bob Brockmann - Mixing, Engineer
- Charles "Prince Charles" Alexander - Mixing, Producer, Engineer
- Chucky Thompson - Producer
- Dalvin DeGrate - Arranger
- K-Ci & JoJo - Arranger
- Nasheim Myrick - Programming, Engineer
- Richard Travali - Engineer
- Rob Paustian - Mixing, Engineer
- Tony Maserati - Mixing, Engineer
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