This album is great from start to finish. I can't take it out of the cd player. the more I listen to it the more I actually listen to the words. A lot of the songs i can relate too.

excellent album. but on track 2 she sounds constipated. other than that great grl

Absolutely Fabulous!!! I Love It!!

This is the best, let Alicia have a rest with her album with 4 hits, this CD has all the hits to rptate the radio in 2008.

I missed old school Mary J. this album is awesome! Blige cut away from thinking she's the best r&b soul singer in the world this time. it sounds like she's having more fun with it now. this album makes me remember why i fell in love with her 13yrs ago! if you own any mary j blige albums you need to own this one!

This album is so hottt. she did it again. she manage 2 put a lil feel of every album and even where she is now plus cater 2 da new fans all in 1 album. wow. only mary j blige.

WOOW.. this album is sooo great! meaningful lyric and some good-feel songs made this album one of the best of 2007! Maybe even better than the breakthrough.

Growing Pains…More like boring pains. This album is one of the worst of the year, in my opinion. It’s promises so much and produces so little. Mary has spent her life being quite contrary and I think that this has finally come back to bite her in her bottom. “Yes, I’m still gonna do things. And that’s what Growing Pains is about, it’s about finally not whining about the pain” Well, good art comes from the tension in a situation. I can imagine Romeo and Juliet if Shakey had this view. “Should we kill ourselves?” “Nah, let’s just not whine about it” Did a test to see how much tension was actually in this album, by putting an elastic band around my mp3 player while I was playing these tunes and it just fell off. Mary J Bilge indeed. Listen to this album: While sitting in a hammock… Expand

Best thing released in R&B this year!!!