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What's the 411?

by Mary J. Blige

Released
July 28, 1992
Published
Over 3 years ago
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MP3 320 kbps
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Album review

Perhaps the true test of a classic is this: something that's commonplace now but at the time appeared revolutionary. The notion that a female R&B singer could be as informed by the Real Roxanne as she was by Aretha Franklin, that she could give love to the streets and the roughnecks--while still delivering soul-drenched love songs that came from that wounded womanly space--was, in a word, groundbreaking. It was the sound of the New Jills, and of a new genre, aptly called hip-hop soul. Featuring production from a then-upstart Puffy, and a collection of songs that alternately swagger and seduce--"You Remind Me," "Real Love," "Reminisce"--What's the 411? may not be Blige's finest work (that honor may go to its moody follow-up, My Life). But its ghetto-fied grooves dominated the radio then, and they still sound fierce today, even with a slew of lesser imitators attempting to do what the rough and ready Blige did so effortlessly back in the day. --Amy Linden

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R&B soul artist Mary Jane Blige was born January 11th, 1971, in Yonkers, New York. When her debut album, What's the 411?, hit the street in 1992, critics and fans alike were floored by its powerful combination of her modern R&B rendition of the classic soul asthetic; also mixed with an edgy rap sound that glanced off of the pain and grit of Ma...

Track list

  1. Leave a Message - Mary J. Blige, Combs, Sean "Puffy"
  2. Reminisce - Mary J. Blige, Greene, Kenny "G-Lo
  3. Real Love - Mary J. Blige, Morales, Mark
  4. You Remind Me - Mary J. Blige, Hall, Dave [1]
  5. Intro Talk - Mary J. Blige, Rhymes, Busta
  6. Sweet Thing - Mary J. Blige, Khan, Chaka
  7. Love No Limit - Mary J. Blige, Greene, Kenny "G-Lo
  8. I Don't Want to Do Anything - Mary J. Blige, Hailey, Joel "Jo Jo
  9. Slow Down - Mary J. Blige, Keeley, Joseph E.
  10. My Love - Mary J. Blige, Greene, Kenny
  11. Changes I've Been Going Through - Mary J. Blige, Combs, Sean "Puffy"
  12. What's the 411? - Mary J. Blige, Dixon, M.
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