![]() ![]() Here are a few non-single tracks that will acquaint even the most far-fetched listener with the heart-wrenching, soul-bearing sound that is “My Life.” The album would spawn five singles: “Mary Jane (All Night Long),” “You Bring Me Joy,” “I’m Going Down,” “I Love You” and “Be Happy.” With over 481,000 copies sold during its first week of release, the album spent eight weeks atop the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and would be certified triple platinum. Fusing 70s and 80s sounds with 90s dilemmas and demises, Blige’s sound would evolve into an almost signature melancholy, a sound that continues to move fans, young and old.Īfter being released in November of 1994, “My Life” peaked at number seven on the Billboard 200 and number one on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. You’re the real deal.”Īnd the “real deal” is exactly what Blige would become. “So I was like, on this record, people are gonna know you’re a singer. “I didn’t like people throwing stones at something they didn’t understand,” Thompson said. In an interview with Rolling Stone, Thompson spoke on the need for Blige to create a follow-up record that would rebut critics who predicted that Blige would not produce another album of her debut’s magnitude. Fresh (“No One Else”) and the Mary Jane Girls (“Mary Jane”). Diddy, heavily sampled hits recorded by various industry aficionados, including Barry White (“You Bring Me Joy), Slick Rick and Doug E. The album, which was almost exclusively produced by a young Chucky Thompson and P. The relationship, which lasted for six years, consisted of several stints of physical and mental abuse, and would serve as a major source of inspiration for the album. “I have 13 albums,” Blige said during her Amazon documentary released earlier this year, “but my second, ‘My Life,’ is my most important.”īy the time production began for “My Life” in the winter of 1993, Blige was in a relationship with Cedric “K-Ci” Hailey of the legendary R&B quartet Jodeci. On “My Life,” Blige bears the raw, emotional side of herself that wasn’t explicitly shown on previous tracks such as “Real Love” and “You Remind Me.” Much of the album’s content is rooted in the numerous trials and tribulations Blige had faced before and during the creation of the album. After releasing her triple-platinum debut album, “What’s the 411?” in 1992, Blige brought forth a new sound, look and level of emotional depth that would ultimately make the Bronx native the spokesperson for those who were living under storm clouds on a daily basis. Blige had cemented her role as everyone’s homegirl from around the way who went through and felt the same things as us. “All I really want is to be happy and to find a love that’s mine.”īy 1994, a 22-year-old Mary J. ![]()
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