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May 4, 2017After the refreshing change furnished by 2014’s The London Sessions, things are pretty much back to normal for Mary J Blige on Strength Of A Woman, which finds the Queen Of R&B Reproach once again embattled by amorous treachery.
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May 1, 2017It’s not groundbreaking, but Blige’s vocals alone are a reminder of why she remains so important to the genre.
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Apr 27, 2017If only she had skipped the sub-Beyoncé jam, the Get Lucky-style one and the Rihanna-ish trap track featuring meme makers DJ Khaled, Migos and Missy Elliott. Beyond those fairly obvious pop bids, the empowerment ballads are pleasingly understated.
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Positive: 19 out of 23
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Mixed: 2 out of 23
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Negative: 2 out of 23
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