Herb Middleton, Chucky Thompson, Sean "Puffy" Combs "You Bring Me Joy" - the fourth single, released in May 1995, debuted at #57 on the Billboard Hot 100, and #29 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs." I'm Going Down" - A cover version of Rose Royce's 1977 hit, the song debuted at #22 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #13 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs." Mary Jane (All Night Long)" - the second single overall, debuting at #37 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs at #39 on the Billboard Hot 100." Be Happy" - the album's lead single, was released within a month of after the release of "My Life", peaked at #6 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and at #29 on the Billboard Hot 100.Singles from the album that have been released so far: It eventually was the most successful R&B album on the Billboard Year-End chart for 1995. My Life was released in the United States on November 28, 1994, and debuted on Januon the Billboard 200, peaking at #7, quickly selling a successful 200,000 copies in its first week of sales, and atop the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Chart at #1 for eight consecutive weeks.
The Journey Continues (Act 1), is scheduled to be released on Novemunder Blige's label, Matriarch Records and Geffen Records. She has annouced that her sequel to the album, My Life II. (In 1998, Lauryn Hill would duet with Blige on the hip hop soul ballad "I Used to Love Him" on Hill's album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.) Other memorable songs include a cover version of Aretha Franklin's hit single " (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman", "You Bring Me Joy" (which samples " It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next To Me" by Barry White) and " My Life," alongside an official remix version of the song "Be With You", which features Lauryn Hill rapping on the introduction and closing verses. The album uses primary soul samples from R&B musicians such as Curtis Mayfield, Roy Ayers, Al Green, Teddy Pendergrass, Marvin Gaye, Barry White, Rick James, and his protegès, the Mary Jane Girls. In this period, Blige would once again dominate the charts with her singles: the Top 40 hit " Be Happy", a cover version of Rose Royce's 1977 hit " I'm Goin' Down", and " Mary Jane (All Night Long)", an elucidation of the Mary Jane Girls' "All Night Long", Rick James's "Mary Jane", and Teddy Pendergrass's hit "Close the Door". The album was a breakthrough for Blige, who at this point was in a clinical depression, battling both drugs and alcohol, as well as being in an abusive relationship with K-Ci Hailey, which was reported in several tabloids. The Journey Continues (Act 1), is scheduled to be released on November 21, 2011.įollowing the success of her debut album, What's the 411?, and a remixed version in 1993, Blige went into the recording studio in the fall of 1993 to record her second album, My Life. In 2002, Blender ranked My Life number 57 on their 100 greatest American albums of all time list, in 2003, the album was ranked number 279 on Rolling Stone magazine's the 500 greatest albums of all time, and in 2006, it was included in Time's 100 greatest albums of all time list. Though receiving mostly mixed to favorable reviews upon its release, the album's reception among music critics and writers has improved over time, with some regarding it as one of the greatest albums of all time. and won the Billboard Music Award for Best R&B Album. The album was nominated at the 1996 Grammy Awards for Best R&B Album, while in December of the same year, the album was certified 3x Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, for excess in sales of over three million copies. Blige's second album to reach the top ten of the Billboard 200 charts, peaking at number seven, and debuting at number one on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart for eight weeks.
Similar to her debut album What's the 411?, My Life features vast production from Sean Combs, who provided a hip hop soul sound.Ĭonsidered to be her breakthrough album, My Life became Mary J. Many of the topics on My Life deal with clinical depression, Blige's battling with both drugs and alcohol, as well as being in an abusive relationship. Recording sessions for the album began in fall of 1993 and ended almost one year later. Blige, Released by Uptown/ MCA Records on November 29, 1994. My Life is the second studio album from American R&B and soul singer Mary J. Please move reviews into the “Reception” section of the article.
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