But it’s still got that flavor even when reheated. Listen here.Ĭoming off like a lesser “Love’s No Limit,” “My Love” - which, like that album favorite, was produced by Dave “Jam” Hall - definitely feels like a leftover. Listen here.Įven a straight-up classic can have some relative filler by the standards of its top tunes, and for What’s the 411?, it comes in the second half with the back-to-back tracks “Slow Down” and “My Love.” But when an album is this hot, you almost need a breather to gather yourself, and this slow-burn ballad does the trick. Coming five tracks in despite its title, it was a real New York hip-hop co-sign. When you can get Busta Rhymes to bust into spitting while serving up the next song, then you know that you already are that chick. Here, we rank all 12 tracks on an iconic album that gave birth to a Queen. And now everyone wants to be ghetto fabulous.” Blige represents truth.” During her BBMAs speech, Blige reminisced about her come-up: “I was ghetto fabulous, and I still am. Blige was honored with the Icon Award, presented to her by Janet Jackson, who said, “Mary J. 5 and 6, respectively.Īt the 2022 Billboard Music Awards, Mary J. “Love No Limit” and “Reminisce” were Hot R&B//Hip-Hop Songs top 10s, peaking at Nos. 1s, her first two of six (so far) on that tally. Meanwhile, on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, “You Remind Me” and “Real Love” became No. 7 “Sweet Thing” and “You Remind Me” were top 40 hits, peaking at Nos. The album placed five songs on the Billboard Hot 100, with “Real Love” cracking the top 10 at No. 6 on the Billboard 200, selling 3.5 million copies to date, per Luminate. While her follow-up, 1994’s My Life, would turn out to be her masterpiece, What’s the 411? defined the hip-hop soul movement that would rule much of the ’90s. And it might have seemed like premature promo hoopla if a 21-year-old Blige hadn’t completely lived up to the hype. Blige’s What’s the 411? When MJB came straight out of the Yonkers, New York projects with her insta-classic debut 30 years ago on July 28, 1992, it immediately crowned her the Queen of Hip-Hop Soul - at title that had been bestowed upon her by her mentor and producer Sean “Puffy” Combs. Few debut albums in R&B history have announced the arrival of street royalty like Mary J.
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