Throughout her long career, Blige has sung repeatedly about overcoming obstacles and transcending trauma. Blige was exposed to violence, alcohol, and drugs at an early age. As she puts it on the album closer “Be Happy,” “how can I love somebody else if I can’t love myself enough to know when it’s time to let go?”Īmazon Studios 1. She made her soul references more flagrant - prominent samples of soothing R&B litter the album, offering a guiding rail for older listeners - even as her writing became more pointed and blunt: Much of My Life plays like a therapy session, as Blige confesses crippling dependence and tries to coach herself into healthier ways of thinking.
Diddy and Chucky Thompson on My Life ‘s 17 tracks. Blige sees My Life not only as the moment she “started speaking to my fans” but also as “the place where I survived.” That narrative of survival, of walking through the fire only to emerge stronger on the other side, has been central to her career ever since few performers are as open about their struggles and their psychic toll as Blige.įollowing the success of her 1992 debut, What’s the 411?, Blige tightened her creative circle, working primarily with producers P. But there’s one project that has particular importance for her: “I have 13 albums, but my second, My Life, is my most important,” she says in a new documentary commemorating the LP, originally released in 1994. Blige has a long, illustrious career, riddled with Top Ten hits, million-selling albums, Grammys, and Oscar nominations.
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