Love & Life

Artist: Mary J. Blige
Label: Mca
Category: Music

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Media: LP Record
Number Of Discs: 2

UPC: 602498606124
EAN: 0602498606124
ASIN: B0000AQS90

Release Date: 2003-08-26

Love & Life

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Tracks:

Love & Life Intro - Mary J. Blige, Jay-Z, , Puff Daddy
Don't Go
When We
Not Today - Mary J. Blige, Eve
Finally Made It (Interlude)
Ooh!
Let Me Be the 1 - 50 Cent, Mary J. Blige
Love @ 1st Sight - Mary J. Blige, Method Man
Willing & Waiting
Free (Interlude)
Friends
Press On
Feel Like Makin Love
It's a Wrap
Message in Our Music (Interlude)
All My Love
Special Part of Me
Ultimate Relationship (A.M.)

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Customer Reviews:

A Failed Attempt of My Life Part II.......2007-03-27

This was a decent album but in no way could there ever be another My Life let alone Puffy is wack nowadays. This was a good album standout tracks "Love @First Sight", "Willing &Waiting", "It's a Wrap",and "Feel Like Making Love". It didn't sell as good as some of her previous works but the Mary fans shouldn't be disappointed, but "The Breakthrough" is another classic under Mary's belt.

Mary and Diddy revisit the Whats the 411 and My Life days.........................2007-02-13

Since they made 2 classic albums together, Mary and Diddy decide to do it one mo gin. The results are a good album but far from classic.

Top Joints:
Don't Go
When We
Ooh!
Willing & Waiting (Top Song on the album)
Feel Like Makin Love
It's a Wrap
All My Love (Flips that Grand Puba beat)
Ultimate Relationship (A.M.) (Get ya Bone on!)

..........2006-12-21

When I first heard the news that Puff and Mary were getting back together, I was ready for a terrible album. Yes, they did produce magic together back in the days, but that was then, this is now. And right now, anything P. Diddy touches is terrible.

I was assuaged once I gave it a listen. It is definitely not Mary's best, but it is still a solid release. The last two or three tracks (and the terrible one with 50 Cent) could've just been left off, the interludes should have been turned into full songs and the production is not particularly breath taking. Another complaint is that Mary's vocals are really not her best and she sometimes sounds uninterested. (After watching the DVD that came with earlier editions, it's not hard to understand why. Diddy, a royal pain in the butt/self-proclaimed "perfectionist" disagreed with Mary on almost everything. Their personalities are like oil and water. I can understand that Mary was under a lot of stress and just wanted to get outta that studio!)

Highlight tracks include: "When We," "Don't Go," "Finally Made It (Interlude)," "Love @ 1st Sight," "Friends" & "Press On."

Anyways... I would definitely recommend this. It, of course, isn't Mary's best work, but it is far from bad and even average. For any other artist, this would've been better. Just don't let this be your firt Mary J. album. Buy all of the others first.

Underrated Cd!.......2006-08-07

I don't know why this cd is the one of Mary J's that just seems to get ignored? I just bought it recently and I have to say it is very good. I was at a MJB concert recently and hardly any of the fans siting near me had even heard or bought this cd. Which surprised me as it went to #1! Its got dance songs, ballads, passionate songs a little bit of it all and I reccommend it to anyone who likes Mary but dont own it. Mostly everyone likes Whats THe 411 and I agree its a great cd but this cd is just about as good... of course my favorite is her new cd The Breakthrough...but this cd is very close to the same type sound....give it a shot!

For another R&B singer, this might've been okay ...BUT.......2005-12-23

because it's Mary, this album just didn't deliver the way it should've.

We all love Mary because she's unique and she's real. This is perhaps Mary's most "uninspired" offering, but I do think it's an above average album overall (at least by today's standards).

This album was hyped b/c Mary was coming off 2001's LP success plus 2002 Grammy success. Bottom line she did too much to try to serve different kinds of listeners (the old school heads like me that've been down since she first dropped as well as the pop-music bandwagonners who got on with No More Drama).

Then, when you consider she reunited with Puffy for this one it yielded the expected or perhaps unanticipated result of trying way TOO HARD to recapture her circa-1990s sound. Another tragic flaw.

Overall, this was a great album-- just inconsistent.

My personal favs are Don't Go, It's A Wrap, Press On, Willing & Waiting, All of My Love and the beautiful, beautiful "Special Part of Me (classic Mary)."

Not Today with Eve was her most successful single & is still a decent listen.

I honestly think this album was BETTER than No More Drama ... it just didn't have the standout singles to match.

Don't sleep on this LP. You won't have to hit the skip button while you listen to it, you just may not be as inspired by all of the Blige tracks as you usually are.

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