Release Date:
Tuesday, December 20, 2005
Artist:
Mary J. Blige
Mary J. Blige has done the nearly impossible in the R&B world, carving out a long, productive, compelling career in a genre that usually cycles through artists with alarming speed. Its not just luck. Her seventh album shows off her assets: Shes got good taste in beats (check out the sublime, Motown-sampling Cant Hide From Luv ), unwavering confidence in the worldwide appeal of her personal dramas, and a gritty voice that she doesnt use to run roughshod over her tunes. She even manages to inject fresh life into the umpteenth cover of U2s One, a trick worth the price of admission by itself.
