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My Life | 
| Artist: Mary J. Blige
Label: Universal / Island
Category: Music
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Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 18204
Media: Audio CD
Running Time: 68
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 008811139827
EAN: 0008811139827
ASIN: B0000251NV
Release Date: March 20, 1999
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| Tracks:
| • | Intro (Mary J. Blige/My Life) | | • | Mary Jane (All Night Long) | | • | You Bring Me Joy | | • | Marvin Interlude | | • | I'm The Only Woman | | • | K. Murray Interlude | | • | My Life | | • | You Gotta Believe | | • | I Never Wanna Live Without You | | • | I'm Goin' Down | | • | My Life Interlude | | • | Be With You | | • | Mary's Joint | | • | Don't Go | | • | I Love You | | • | No One Else | | • | Be Happy | | • | (You Make Me Feel Like A) Natural Woman |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.co.uk Review
During one of the "interludes" on My Life, 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 favour of the soul diva--as a repudiation of hip-hop in favour 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
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| Customer Reviews: Read 4 more reviews...
 mary, mary... July 13, 2005
this was the most personal album that mary's done. it is also the best. songs like 'i'm the only woman', 'no one else' and the sublime 'be happy' blow me away, even after all these years. 'my life' is pure soul and most r'n'b/hip hop ladies would kill to make an album as brilliant as this.
 Best of the bunch July 11, 2005
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Having also listened to 'What's the 411', 'Mary' and 'No More Drama', I've come to the conclusion that MJB is an outstanding soul singer but the material/producers she works with sometimes lets her down. I've no time for slick/overproduced soul/r'n'b and for me the music's got to have an edge to it to make it work. I think on this album, MJB found the ideal formula; particularly on 'My Life', 'No One Else' and 'Be Happy'.There are some fine moments on 'What's the 411' - such as 'You remind me' - and whilst it showed her potential, I don't think the material is as strong as on this album. Other reviewers have rated 'Mary' as excellent but I found it disappointing and a bit dreary - as if she wanted to make a "grown-up" album and be a "serious" artist. I think it was a mistake and she's much better doing what she does best as on this album and on more recent albums. Even on this album, there are one or two tracks which are on the syrupy side - hence only 4 stars - but when it hits the spot, it really hits it
Excellent February 26, 2005
As i'm a big big fan of Mary J Blige the album My Life is wicked, when i mean the woman can sing oh my gosh, anyone who isnt a Mary fan it doesn't matter. Just listen to any 6 of her albums and ur surely b a fan.
Mary J. Blige lets you inside her diary August 2, 2004
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
If you want to hear a woman in love with a man who is in the process of dumping her than My Life is waiting for your ears. Song by song, Blige lets listeners into her troubled relationship with K-Ci Hailey from the R&B group Jodeci. She may not have the best voice in the world, but like her debut album, What's The 411?, Blige still lets you know she is and will always be the Queen of Hip Hop Soul. This time singing over more sophisticated samples, Blige opens up with the Rick James sampled "Mary Jane," in which she pleads, "if you give me one more chance/I can still show you romance." A couple of tracks later she takes you into "I'm The Only Woman" and if you know Blige, you know she's not afraid to hide her feelings on wax. It takes a few minutes but Blige goes from "I'm The Only Woman" to the Roy Ayers sampled "My Life." Sounding like she's on the verge of tears she quails, "if you look at my life you will see I'm so blue." As much as we love her honesty on some tracks it's clearly blatant she's a woman in love on the bass driven, "Be With You"
the best of the lot March 9, 2004
If you're only ever gonna buy one of her albums this is her most soulful, most moving album. You can hear the pain and tell that there was plenty of drama going on at this point. the best hip-hop soul album of the 90's. Aside from 'beautiful ones' and 'All that i can say' on the 'Mary' album, this was MJB at her best! Go buy it!
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