The remix compilation helped the young Blige remain a constant presence in radio rotation, until she took a comfortable seat atop R&B’s throne with her sophomore effort ‘My Life’ (1994).
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MJB’s terrific third album found her holding true to her core fan base while managing to fully cross over to the promised land of mainstream mass appeal.
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‘No More Drama’ represents a spiritual breakthrough for a woman who professed that she was tired of crying and stressing about the ills of romance and the world.
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‘My Life’ is a prime example of substance over artifice, released in the middle of a decade that found many R&B artists succumbing to the latter in their quest to curry favor with radio and MTV.
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