Mary J Blige 1994 interview on Video Soul Ep.76

RnB Souleffect-Tv Podcast

My Life is the second studio album by American R&B recording artist Mary J. Blige, released on November 29, 1994, by Uptown Records and MCA Records. 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. Unlike her debut, What's the 411? (1992), Blige contributed lyrics to fourteen of the album's tracks, making it her most introspective and personal album at the time. Considered to be her breakthrough album, My Life became Mary J. Blige's second album to reach the top ten on the Billboard 200 chart, peaking at number seven, and debuting at number one on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, where it stayed for eight weeks. In 1996, the album was nominated for Best R&B Album at the 38th Grammy Awards. It also won the 1995 Billboard Music Award for Top R&B Album. In 1996, following the album's success, MCA issued a remix EP entitled My Life Remix Album which featured artists such as LL Cool J and Lauryn Hill. A special commemorative edition of the album was released on November 20, 2020. her 1994 album My Life are featured on the Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list,and the latter on Time magazine's All-Time 100 Albums. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rnb-souleffect-tv/support