Bar the cover of Rose Royce’s I’m Goin’ Down (which became her debut UK top 20 hit) and the later added-to-CD-only (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman, every song here is written by Blige with Combs and Chucky Thompson.Īppropriating the groove from the Mary Jane Girls’ All Night Long, the opening track Mary Jane (All Night Long) showcases Blige’s remarkable voice. It is a skilful patchwork of influences: the combination of selecting the right groove with Blige at her most soulful was extremely potent. It’s often while admiring his skilful use of a sample, alongside the power of her voice, that the listener is more receptive to the pathos at the album’s heart. Hearing My Life, you recall why its producer, Sean Combs, became such a superstar. Although a fairly bleak, sorrowful album, reflecting on her turbulent private life, this is a collection dressed in bright, shiny, soulful packaging.īut rather than sugar-coating the pill, it lets her emotions flood out. Blige’s persona as a ghetto diva, building on the success of her debut, What’s the 411?.
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