{"product_id":"my-life-reissue","title":"My Life (Reissue)","description":"\u003cp\u003eMary J. Blige, the legendary singer-songwriter, actress, philanthropist and honorary Queen of Hip-Hop Soul, re-releases her 1994 sophomore album, \u003ci\u003eMy Life. \u003c\/i\u003eThe Yonkers-raised singer, recorded her 3x platinum 1992 debut, \u003ci\u003eWhat’s the 411?\u003c\/i\u003e, with Sean “Puffy” Combs behind the board. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo years later Blige released her most introspective, personal and culturally impactful album of her career, \u003ci\u003eMy Life.\u003c\/i\u003e To craft the sound, she asked Chucky Thompson, a Washington, D.C. record producer known for being in Bad Boy Entertainment’s “Hitmen” producer’s club, to join Price Charles Alexander behind the boards; he gave the sound a radiant blend of R\u0026amp;B and quiet storm. 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. And Time deemed it one of their All-Time 100 Albums, declaring that it has an “instant intimacy that cleaner singers never approach.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn time, Blige became a global symbol of female empowerment and perseverance, but on \u003ci\u003eMy Life\u003c\/i\u003e, she lay her soul bare to brilliant ends. For those who want to relive Blige’s embattled masterpiece, now’s the chance to rediscover\u003ci\u003e My Life,\u003c\/i\u003e sourced from the original masters.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Polydor","offers":[{"title":"2LP - Black","offer_id":50465560691019,"sku":"1098666","price":34.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"2CD","offer_id":50465559806283,"sku":"1098665","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/2746a716-ecf7-4146-ac74-c7ed8f8da96d_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727292213","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/products\/my-life-reissue","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}