Mary J. Blige: The Breakthrough
CML call number: CD/R&B/Blige
Artist website: http://www.mjblige.com/
Reviews: http://www.villagevoice.com/music/0604,king,71818,22.html
As Jason King wrote in the Voice: "Marketing herself on The Breakthrough as a seen-it-all guru for the united association of jilted sisters, Yonkers's favorite daughter joins will.i.am to rework Nina [Simone]'s epochal 1965 'Feeling Good' into 'About You.' . . . The summer mix-tape hit 'MJB da MVP' is a chronological rehash of her 14-year career set adrift on a chugging The Game sample. . . . Exec-produced by MJB, The Breakthrough improves on 2003's Diddy-helmed misfire Love & Life. . . . Rodney Jerkins's militant 'Enough Cryin' and Raphael Saadiq's vintage 'I Found My Everything' exemplify the album's robust songwriting."
According to She's a Rebel: The History of Women in Rock & Roll, Expanded Second Edition by Gillian G. Gaar (2002; 781.66/Gaar): "Mary J. Blige's mix of smooth vocals over a bed of dance beats gave her a broad appeal; she was eventually dubbed 'the queen of hip-hop soul'" (p. 421).
Artist website: http://www.mjblige.com/
Reviews: http://www.villagevoice.com/music/0604,king,71818,22.html
As Jason King wrote in the Voice: "Marketing herself on The Breakthrough as a seen-it-all guru for the united association of jilted sisters, Yonkers's favorite daughter joins will.i.am to rework Nina [Simone]'s epochal 1965 'Feeling Good' into 'About You.' . . . The summer mix-tape hit 'MJB da MVP' is a chronological rehash of her 14-year career set adrift on a chugging The Game sample. . . . Exec-produced by MJB, The Breakthrough improves on 2003's Diddy-helmed misfire Love & Life. . . . Rodney Jerkins's militant 'Enough Cryin' and Raphael Saadiq's vintage 'I Found My Everything' exemplify the album's robust songwriting."
According to She's a Rebel: The History of Women in Rock & Roll, Expanded Second Edition by Gillian G. Gaar (2002; 781.66/Gaar): "Mary J. Blige's mix of smooth vocals over a bed of dance beats gave her a broad appeal; she was eventually dubbed 'the queen of hip-hop soul'" (p. 421).
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