Mary J Blige | My Life (reissue) | 2LP - Black

Mary J. Blige, the legendary singer-songwriter, actress, philanthropist and honorary Queen of Hip-Hop Soul, re-releases her 1994 sophomore album, My Life. The Yonkers-raised singer, recorded her 3x platinum 1992 debut, What\u2019s the 411?, with Sean \u201CPuffy\u201D Combs behind the board. Two years later Blige released her most introspective, personal and culturally impactful album of her career, My Life. To craft the sound, she asked Chucky Thompson, a Washington, D.C. Record producer known for being in Bad Boy Entertainment\u2019s \u201CHitmen\u201D producer\u2019s club, to join Price Charles Alexander behind the boards; he gave the sound a radiant blend of R&B and quiet storm. And Blige flexed her encyclopedic knowledge of soul by sampling Roy Ayers (My Life), Curtis Mayfield (I\u2019m The Only Woman), Isaac Hayes (I Love You) and Al Green (No One Else). In 2011, she released My Life II\u2026 The Journey Continues (Act 1), a clear-eyed extension of