Mary - Mary J. Blige > Reviews

Advantages: Where to begin?
Disadvantages: None

...there is something that sets Mary apart from these others and her latest album has firmly secured her place on the throne in the genre. Gliding her sultry vocals over all of the fifteen tracks with apparent ease, it’s easy to recognize the influence that her mother’s Gladys Knight and Otis Redding records had on her and she takes these stimuli and mixes them with polished and peaceful R’n’B beats. Accompanied by George ... Read review

Advantages: Relaxing, soothing
Disadvantages: Nothing special

Mary J Blige as a singer is, I think, very easy to listen to. Her songs are pleasant, often quite relaxing, taking for example her duet with George Michael, or one of her more recent, Give Me You, which I liked enough to buy on single. However, once buying it, I quickly became bored with it as a snog, because the singing was weak, the tune relatively monotonous, all in all nothing special. A very able singer, with a wonderful voice, I don't feel she ... Read review

Advantages: All of it is good
Disadvantages: none i can think of

...decade and that it redefined MARY J BLIGE and her talents and to be honest I was not convinced. I didn't hear any tracks but I presumed he was following the hype however then I saw the video for ALL THAT I CAN SAY aand i was in shock...what a video and what a song, strong powerful vocals and lyrics Lauren Hill really did well. I was to learn however that this was not an album with one good hit and the song "Your Child" gave me the chills. I kept playing ... Read review