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And Blige flexed her encyclopedic knowledge of soul by sampling Roy Ayers (\u003ci\u003eMy Life\u003c\/i\u003e), Curtis Mayfield (\u003ci\u003eI’m The Only Woman\u003c\/i\u003e), Isaac Hayes (\u003ci\u003eI Love You\u003c\/i\u003e) and Al Green (\u003ci\u003eNo One Else\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2011, she released \u003ci\u003eMy Life II… The Journey Continues (Act 1),\u003c\/i\u003e a clear-eyed extension of \u003ci\u003eMy Life\u003c\/i\u003e that shot to No. 5 on the Billboard 200. In recent years, Blige has recorded numerous albums and duets with everyone from Bono to George Michael, has become an Oscar nominated actor, and even founded her own production company, Blue Butterfly. Still, the ultra-intimate, 3x platinum \u003ci\u003eMy Life \u003c\/i\u003estands alone as an unflinching document of Blige as she struggled to see light in the darkness. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThanks to Blige’s candidness — as well as the sterling samples of Ayers, Mayfield, Hayes, and Green, and the production talents of Thompson and Alexander — \u003ci\u003eMy Life\u003c\/i\u003e was nominated for a Grammy for Best R\u0026amp;B Album in 1995. In ensuing years, Rolling Stone included the album on their 50 Essential Female Albums (#17), 100 Greatest Albums of the ‘90s (#63) and 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (#279) lists. Blender ranked it #57 on its 100 Greatest American Albums list. 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