Name: My Life
Brand: Mary J Blige

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

B003121901

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Colour

Black

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Discogs ID

Format multiplier

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2020-11-20

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Unive­rsal

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

602508310706

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Total Cap

Black LPx2

B003191902

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602508848612

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2 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Mary J Blige

Genre US

R&B / Neo-Soul

Label US

Polydor

Back In Stock

Restored classics, rare finds, and sought-after releases. Whether you're a vinyl enthusiast or a tape collector, we have something for everyone.

Reissues

Mary J. Blige, the legendary singer-songwriter, actress, philanthropist and honorary Queen of Hip-Hop Soul, re-releases her 1994 sophomore album, My Life. The Yonkers-raised singer, recorded her 3x platinum 1992 debut, What’s the 411?, with Sean “Puffy” Combs behind the board.

Two years later Blige released her most introspective, personal and culturally impactful album of her career, My Life. To craft the sound, she asked Chucky Thompson, a Washington, D.C. record producer known for being in Bad Boy Entertainment’s “Hitmen” producer’s club, to join Price Charles Alexander behind the boards; he gave the sound a radiant blend of R&amp;B and quiet storm. And Blige flexed her encyclopedic knowledge of soul by sampling Roy Ayers (My Life), Curtis Mayfield (I’m The Only Woman), Isaac Hayes (I Love You) and Al Green (No One Else).

In 2011, she released My Life II… The Journey Continues (Act 1), a clear-eyed extension of My Life that shot to No. 5 on the Billboard 200. In recent years, Blige has recorded numerous albums and duets with everyone from Bono to George Michael, has become an Oscar nominated actor, and even founded her own production company, Blue Butterfly. Still, the ultra-intimate, 3x platinum My Life stands alone as an unflinching document of Blige as she struggled to see light in the darkness.

Thanks to Blige’s candidness — as well as the sterling samples of Ayers, Mayfield, Hayes, and Green, and the production talents of Thompson and Alexander — My Life was nominated for a Grammy for Best R&amp;B Album in 1995. In ensuing years, Rolling Stone included the album on their 50 Essential Female Albums (#17), 100 Greatest Albums of the ‘90s (#63) and 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (#279) lists. Blender ranked it #57 on its 100 Greatest American Albums list. And Time deemed it one of their All-Time 100 Albums, declaring that it has an “instant intimacy that cleaner singers never approach.”

In time, Blige became a global symbol of female empowerment and perseverance, but on My Life, she lay her soul bare to brilliant ends. For those who want to relive Blige’s embattled masterpiece, now’s the chance to rediscover My Life, sourced from the original masters.

My Life

Music US

Discover My Life by Mary J Blige. Re-released on vinyl and CD formats, this iconic album showcases Blige's soul-baring talent. Label: Polydor.