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What's the 411? - Blige, Mary J. (CD 1992)

Track Listing
1. Leave a Message - (remix)
2. Reminisce
3. Real Love
4. You Remind Me
5. Intro Talk
6. Sweet Thing
7. Love No Limit
8. I Don't Want to Do Anything
9. Slow Down
10. My Love
11. Changes I've Been Going Through
12. What's the 411? (With Grand Puba)

Details
Contributing Artists:Billy Lawrence, Busta Rhymes, C.L. Smooth, Grand Puba, K-Ci Hailey, Sean "Puffy" Combs, Terri Robinson
Distributor:Universal Distribution
Recording Type:Studio
Recording Mode:Stereo
SPAR Code:AAD

Album Notes
Personnel: Mary J. Blige (vocals); Grand Puba, Busta Rhymes (rap vocals); Devante Swing, Darryl Pearson (various instruments); Dave "Jam" Hall (keyboards, drums); Mark C. Rooney (keyboards, background vocals); Mark Morales, Gordon "Fresh Gordon" Pickett (drum programming); Terri Robinson, Billy Lawrence, Tabitha Brace (background vocals); Sean "Puffy" Combs, Darryl Pearson, Kool DJ Red Alert, Christopher Williams, Jamie Brown, Eric Shurman, Andre Harrell, Maceo, DJ Clark Kent, Kurt Juice, Little Shawn, C.L. Smooth, K-Ci Hailey.
Producers include: Dave "Jam" Hall, Devante Swing, Mark Morales, Mark C. Rooney, Sean "Puffy" Combs.
Engineers include: David Kennedy, Tony Maserati, Mike Fonda.
The opening track 'Leave A Message' is an immediately intriguing hook for the listener. A series of answering machine messages over a funky drum beat does not fail, even though most callers insist on saying 'peace' instead of 'goodbye' at the end of every call. The artist first appears on track two, and stays in control throughout an album of high-quality urban R&B/soul. Highly commercial, yet it never sinks to the blandness of some other 90s female pop acts. Tracks such as 'Real Love' lend more to the best of Aretha Franklin pop flirtations than to 90s R&B. Blige is Aretha's heir apparent.

Editorial Reviews
Ranked #30 in the Village Voice's list of the 40 Best Albums Of 1992.
Village Voice (03/02/1993)

...Blige's powerful voice conquers everything she tackles...Blige is a new-jill comer with her eyes on the prize... - Rating: A
Entertainment Weekly (08/07/1992)

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      Good Service
    Review created: 05/05/08
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    The CD came promptly, packaged correctly and in good conditioned. I have been looking for that certain CD for awhile, when I saw it on ebay for that price I had to have it.


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      Mary J. - 411
    Review created: 04/21/08
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    This is the Mary I use to know way back when she was first started out in the business. She was hurting back then and when youhurt the truth comes out. This CD is one of the best.


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      great buy!
    Review created: 03/27/08
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    cd is 16 years old and used but played as if it was brand new and never opened! Not one scrathc to my suprise. Thanks!


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      What's the 411? Mary J. Blige
    Review created: 02/04/08

    Hardly a catchy tune on the whole miserable c.d. I was hoping for some of her best hits, got none...bummer!!!


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      What's the 411 - Mary J. Blige
    Review created: 11/09/07
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    This CD is a Classic. Every song could have been released as a single.
    I fell in love with her voice when I first heard "You Remind Me" and I have been a fan from that moment on.


    Review ID: 10000000004645927
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