My Life

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


Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Media: LP Record
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 008811115616
EAN: 0008811115616
ASIN: B000002OU7


Release Date: 1994-12-06

My Life


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Tracks:

  1. Intro
  2. Mary Jane (All Night Long)
  3. You Bring Me Joy
  4. Marvin Interlude
  5. I'm the Only Woman
  6. K. Murray Interlude
  7. My Life
  8. You Gotta Believe
  9. I Never Wanna Live Without You
  10. I'm Going Down
  11. My Life (Interlude)
  12. Be With You
  13. Mary's Joint
  14. Don't Go
  15. I Love You
  16. No One Else
  17. Be Happy

Similar Items:

  1. Share My World
  2. What's the 411?
  3. Mary
  4. No More Drama
  5. The Breakthrough

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During one of the "interludes" on <I>My 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 favor of the soul diva--as a repudiation of hip-hop in favor of old-fashioned R&B. 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. --Geoffrey Himes

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Awesome.......2007-05-13

This is the CD to have. I LOVE this CD. Huge Mary J fan.

5 out of 5 stars Mary's mid 90s peak as the hood's female savior....................2007-02-13

Mary and Puff Daddy hit a stride with "My Life". The joints on here mark the year and time period of 1994-1995. During this period Mary was the hood's female savior.

Top Joints:
Mary Jane (All Night Long) (Classic)
You Bring Me Joy (Classic)
I'm The Only Woman (Classic)
K. Murray Interlude (Murray rips)
My Life (Classic)
You Gotta Believe (Big Bub and Mary get it Poppin)
I Never Wanna Live Without You
I'm Goin' Down
Mary's Joint (Classic)
Don't Go
Be Happy (Classic)

5 out of 5 stars The Best.......2007-01-19

Out of all of MJB's CD's, this one has always been my fav. I have purchased this CD in the past at least 4 times. The majority of the songs on here are sung with great passion and meaning. MJB really delivered on this one.

5 out of 5 stars By Far One of the Greatest CDS of all time!!!!!!!!!!.......2006-12-31

I love Mary J. Blige. But on this sophormoric effort, she is at her best lyrically, and vocally. If What's the 411? introduced her, it was this CD that etched her title as the Queen of Hip-Hop into the history books. The sentencing of these songs and the quality of these songs along with the pain and agony in which Mary J. Blige sings about has made her the MJB we have all come to love. Of all the CDs that she has released, it does not get any greater than this. This is a CD now in which one needs to press play and sit back. Mary is nominated for 8 Grammys for her lastest CD, the Breakthrough, which I have given 4 1/2 stars, the only reason is that there is My Life before it. What's the 411 and Share my World were phenomenal, but this is her masterpiece. A bonfied classic. Long live the Queen.

5 out of 5 stars The Best Mary J Blige CD...BAR NONE!!.......2006-11-28

I remeber when this CD came out. I was in middle school and I could feel her pain even as a young child. Its 2006 and I still listen to this CD 11 years later because every song on this CD I can relate to. This is the best CD to listen to when you've broken up with your significant other and its the best CD to listen to let you know that everything will be okay.

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