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My Life |  | Artist: Mary J. Blige
Label: Universal / Island
Category: Music
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Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 25371
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Running Time: 68 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 008811139827
EAN: 0008811139827
ASIN: B0000251NV
Release Date: March 20, 1999
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | Intro (Mary J. Blige/My Life) | | • | Mary Jane (All Night Long) - Chucky Thompson, Mary J. Blige, P. Diddy, Sean "Puffy" Combs, Tony Maserati | | • | You Bring Me Joy | | • | Marvin Interlude | | • | I'm The Only Woman | | • | K. Murray Interlude - Chucky Thompson, Mary J. Blige, Nashiem Myrick, Nashiem Sa Allah Myrick, P. Diddy, Sean "Puffy" Combs | | • | My Life | | • | You Gotta Believe - Chucky Thompson, Herb Middleton, Mary J. Blige, P. Diddy, Sean "Puffy" Combs | | • | I Never Wanna Live Without You - Chucky Thompson, Herb Middleton, Mary J. Blige, P. Diddy, Sean "Puffy" Combs | | • | I'm Goin' Down - "Prince Charles" Alexander, "Prince" Charles Alexander, Chucky Thompson, Mark "Led" Ledford, Mary J. Blige, P. Diddy, Sean "Puffy" Combs | | • | My Life Interlude | | • | Be With You | | • | Mary's Joint | | • | Don't Go | | • | I Love You | | • | No One Else - Mary J. Blige, Mr. Dalvin | | • | Be Happy - "Prince" Charles Alexander, Mary J. Blige, P. Diddy, Poke, Sean "Puffy" Combs, Tony Maserati | | • | (You Make Me Feel Like A) Natural Woman - Mary J. Blige |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.co.uk Review
During one of the "interludes" on IMy Life/I, Keith Murray is rapping about "Grab your cranium for my ultimatum", when someone in the studio control booth asks producer Chucky Thompson, "Hey, Chuck, put on some of that smooth [stuff]". Murray disappears; the dreamy synth chords of Blige's title track emerge, and her sultry voice moans with a combination of weary loneliness and unslaked desire. The ballad which follows is "smooth" but never slick, for the singer's sinuous, extended notes confess the blues even as they yearn for something better. It's tempting to see this little scenario--the rapper being turned off in favour of the soul diva--as a repudiation of hip-hop in favour of old-fashioned RB. An honest listen-to-this album, however, makes such an interpretation impossible. Blige does no actual rapping herself on her long-awaited second outing, but the sound of "My Life" would have been impossible without hip-hop. The results confirm the promise of Blige's '92 debut; she is the premier soul diva of the hip-hop generation. I--Geoffrey Himes/I
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 9
 the best soul album ever?????......... maybe April 11, 2003
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
i decided recently that if i could only have one album for the rest of my life......it would be this.....anybody who likes soul, rb or wotever you wanna call it should hear this album.....pif you only listen to ashanti and co then buy this album and witness how hip-hop inspired soul is meant to sound......
Fantastic! January 4, 2001
Every song on this album could be released as a single. Mary J is a legend and a diva. Sexy sounds and soulful lyrics open your mind. This is a must have for every serious RB/soul fan out there. This is one CD I couldnt be without.
Excellent February 26, 2005
Leon (United kingdom, London)
As i'm a big big fan of Mary J Blige the album My Life is wicked, when i mean the woman can sing oh my gosh, anyone who isnt a Mary fan it doesn't matter. Just listen to any 6 of her albums and ur surely b a fan.
mary, mary... July 13, 2005
ms funkyapple (Essex)
this was the most personal album that mary's done. it is also the best. songs like 'i'm the only woman', 'no one else' and the sublime 'be happy' blow me away, even after all these years. p'my life' is pure soul and most r'n'b/hip hop ladies would kill to make an album as brilliant as this.
 Mary J. Blige lets you inside her diary August 2, 2004
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
If you want to hear a woman in love with a man who is in the process of dumping her than My Life is waiting for your ears. Song by song, Blige lets listeners into her troubled relationship with K-Ci Hailey from the RB group Jodeci. She may not have the best voice in the world, but like her debut album, What's The 411?, Blige still lets you know she is and will always be the Queen of Hip Hop Soul. This time singing over more sophisticated samples, Blige opens up with the Rick James sampled "Mary Jane," in which she pleads, "if you give me one more chance/I can still show you romance." A couple of tracks later she takes you into "I'm The Only Woman" and if you know Blige, you know she's not afraid to hide her feelings on wax. It takes a few minutes but Blige goes from "I'm The Only Woman" to the Roy Ayers sampled "My Life." Sounding like she's on the verge of tears she quails, "if you look at my life you will see I'm so blue." As much as we love her honesty on some tracks it's clearly blatant she's a woman in love on the bass driven, "Be With You"
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