Mary J. Blige

Vinyl Records and Rare LPs:

	Good Morning Gorgeous Colored Vinyl - New - 81004368855 Sealed 2022 2LP Gatefold Reissue, Pressed On Red Vinyl. Includes Five New Songs And An Exclusive Bonus Track. "In Makeup, Purpose, And/Or Supporting Personnel -- Though Certainly Not In Lyrical Content -- Each Mary J. Blige Album Since My Life Has Been Considerably Different From The One That Preceded It. That Holds True With Good Morning Gorgeous, On Which The Singer's Enlisted Cast Is Almost Entirely Dissimilar From That Of 2017's Strength Of A Woman. A Quick Glance At The Credits Reveals That DJ Khaled Is The Only Holdover From The Previous Album, And He's Involved Again With Only One Cut, Doing The DJ Khaled Thing On "Amazing," A Blaring Celebratory Jam Out Of Place Here. Blige Does Bring Back Some Ever-Compatible Writers And Producers With Whom She Worked Earlier, Such As Brittany Coney, Denisia Andrews, Lucky Daye, D'mile, And Cool & Dre. Out Of Those Who Are Contributing To Their First MJB Album, Bongo Bytheway, Anderson .Paak, Alissia Benveniste, And London On Da Track Stand Out Most. Bongo Sets The Tone With Three Of The Craftiest, Most Intricate Productions, Enabling Blige To Stunt, Vent, And Ruminate In Top Form. Paak, On His Best Deferential Behavior, Contributes To Two Of Those, Plus A Later Cut Brilliantly Laced By Ace Bassist Benveniste. London Follows That By Serving Up A Ballad That Coasts -- Another Highlight With A Knockout Bassline -- Where Blige Is So Frustrated With A Lover That She Thinks About Setting Fire To His House. All The Self-Doubt, Romantic Aggravation, And Self-Healing Might Seem Overdone In A Catalog Chock-Full Of It Across Three Decades. Few Have Covered The Subjects With Such Detail And Conviction As Blige, And The Bottom Line Is That This 14th Proper Album Of Hers Combines Nuanced Performances And Succinct Writing Like None Other." AMG - Andy Kellman. more
	Love & Life Used - LP - B00000956 2003 2LP Original. Both LPs Appear Unplayed. more
	My Life New - LP - B0031219-01 Sealed 2020 2LP 25th Anniversary Remaster. Housed In Deluxe Gatefold Jacket, With Custom Sticker On The Shrink Wrap. Produced By P-Diddy And Chucky Thompson. "Perhaps The Single Finest Moment In Sean "Puffy" Combs' Musical Career Has Been The Production On This, Mary J. Blige's Second Proper Album. The Production Is Not Exactly Original, And There Is Evidence Here Of Him Borrowing Wholesale From Other Songs. The Melodic Sources This Time Around, Though, Are So Expertly Incorporated Into The Music That They Never Seem To Be Intrusions, Instead Playing Like Inspired Dialogues With Soulsters From The Past, Connecting Past Legacies With A New One. This Certainly Isn't Your Parents' (Or Grandparents') Soul. But It Is Some Of The Finest Modern Soul Of The '90s, Backing Away To A Certain Extent From The Hip-hop/soul Consolidation That Blige Introduced On Her Debut Album. The Hip-hop Part Of The Combination Takes A Few Steps Into The Background, Allowing Blige's Tortured Soul To Carry The Album Completely, And It Does So With Heartwrenching Authority. My Life Is, From Beginning To End, A Brilliant, Wistful Individual Plea Of Desire. Blige Took A Huge Leap In Artistry By Penning Almost Everything Herself (The Major Exception Being Norman Whitfield's "I'm Going Down") In Collaboration With Co-producers Combs And Multi-instrumentalist Chucky Thompson, And Everything Seems To Leap Directly From Her Gut. Blige's Strain Is Sleekly Modern And Urban, And The Grit In It Comes From Being Streetwise And Thoroughly Realistic About The Travails Of Life. My Life, Nevertheless, Emanates From Some Deep, Dark Place Where Both Sadness And Happiness Cohabitate And Turn Into One Single, Beautiful Sorrow." AllMusic Review By Stanton Swihart. more
	Reflections: A Retrospective Colored Vinyl - New - B0034241-01 Sealed 2023 2LP Reissue; Limited Edition Pressing On Milky Clear Vinyl. Originally Released In 2006. "From 1992's "You Remind Me" Through 2006's "Take Me As I Am," Mary J. Blige Netted 16 Top Ten R&B/Hip-Hop Singles, Making The End Of 2006 The Ideal Time To Produce An Anthology Collecting The Singer's Biggest Hits. A 16-Track Disc With Nothing But Top Ten Hits Would Be Undeniable And Sell Steadily For Years. Unfortunately, Reflections (A Retrospective) Is Nowhere Near That Straightforward. A Mere Handful Of The Top Ten Hits Are Included. While Obvious Picks Like "Be Happy," "Real Love," "Not Gon' Cry," And "Be Without You" Are Present, A Casual Fan Could Rattle Off Just As Many Well-Known Songs That Are Not -- "You Remind Me," "Sweet Thing," "Deep Inside," "Love @ 1st Sight," And "Take Me As I Am," For Starters. Part Of Why The Disc Is Missing So Much Is Because Over A Quarter Of It Consists Of New Material; Since Blige Was Still Very Active In 2006, The Label Found It Necessary To Maximize Immediate Sales Potential By Targeting The Serious Fans As Much As The Casual Ones. By No Means Are The New Songs Poor, But They Don't Stand Up To Blige's Best Singles. The Same Can Be Said Of 2000's "911," Where Blige Guests For Wyclef Jean -- A Well-Chosen Disc Of Blige's Best Collaborations Wouldn't Include It. Another Odd Choice Is The "Razor Sharp Mix" Of "I'll Be There For You/You're All I Need To Get By." For All The Foul-Ups, This Remains A Completely Enjoyable Listen." AMG - Andy Kellman. more
	The London Sessions New - LP - B002215901 Sealed 2014 2LP 180gm Gatefold Original. Features Disclosure, Emeli Sande, Jimmy Napes, Naughty Boy, Sam Romans And Sam Smith. Promotional Score Through Bar Code. Small Scuff Marks On Top Seam. more