Growing Pains - Mary J. Blige

The Breakthrough - Mary J. Blige

famous female singers for the past 15 years and her voice has been hailed as one of the best female voices in music history. I have been a fan of Mary s music for some 8 or so years and have become a much bigger fan as I have listened to her previous albums. She has released 8 albums and is due to release her new album Growing Pains before the end of 2007. Discography 1992: What s the 411? 1994: My Life 1997: Share My World 1999: Mary 2001: No More Drama 2003: Love & Life 2005: The Breakthrough 2006: Reflections - A Retrospective The Breakthrough On the Album Breakthrough she was in my opinion doing the tracks she is best at as there were too many so so ...

The Breakthrough - Mary J. Blige

When I heard ‘Be Without You’ about a month or so ago, Mary J Blige was a name not foreign to my ears, however my knowledge of her was really nil, for those who know nothing about her, she first emerged in the early 1990s when I was nothing but a wee baby, at this time her mix of hip-hop and soul caught peoples attention and she was then named the Queen of Hip-hop soul. She has been little seen since 2003, however recently she re-emerged singing the song ‘One’ with U2 at Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast for Hurricane Katrina. But we digress, I will continue with the reviewing of this album. Instead of going in depth with all 18 songs I have decided ...

What's The 411? - Mary J. Blige

"What s The 411?" was the debut album from Mary J. Blige (MJB), a pioneer in her field as a Hip Hop Soul musician as she sings Soul music to Hip Hop-styled beats before the likes of Erykah Bad, Jill Scott and Musiq Soulchild came about. It came out in 1992 and immediately made her a star. 1. "Leave A Message" (Intro) 2. "Reminisce" As the first proper song on the album, thi was also one of the singles to the thing, and it has her kick something funky to show just what she is about after the intro showed her Hip Hop connections, she is forced to back it all up with a soulful groove which brings in subtle hints of this harder genre, and the ...