What’s the 411? Mary J. Blige SKU: 5765641 Barcode: 602557656411 26.00 £26.00 Genre: Soul / Funk Label: UMC Released Date: 16th November 2017 Buying Format: 180g 2LP Gatefold Sleeve Includes Download Code Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info In July of 1992, promising 21-year old singer Mary J. Blige released her game-changing debut album, What’s The 411 (a call back to her early days as a 4-1-1 telephone operator) and introduced to the world a fusion of R&B hooks and hip-hop beats and a sly producer named Sean Combs aka Puff Daddy. Combs was set on taking Teddy Riley’s ‘new jack swing’ and adopting it for the new generation by layering smooth R&B melodies and harmonies over classic hip-hop beats. The result was the new hybrid genre – hip-hop soul. What’s The 411 went platinum and spawned six genre-defining singles, including signatures “You Remind Me” and “Real Love.” While many praised Combs as the Svengali of Blige’s success, carefully crafting her fly-girl next-door image and stacking the album with strategic samples and slick production, it was really the singer’s vocal prowess and the way she spoke to people in her songs that gained listeners’ loyalty. R&B loves its balladry, but Blige brought a sense of realism and gravitas to the heart of it, cutting through the saccharine promises of the crooner landscape to become the patron saint of the broken hearted for years to come. Blige brought a sense of emotional maturity and self-awareness far beyond her 21 years on What’s The 411 that resonated with female and male audiences alike and still does 25 years later. It certainly helped that her debut encapsulated New York-driven hip-hop culture at that time and featured over 10 samples, multiple covers, features and influences that ranged from Chaka Khan, Ohio Players, Grand Puba, Busta Rhymes, Grover Washington Jr, Biz Markie, Schoolly D and countless others. Artist Mary J. Blige Genre Soul / Funk Label UMC Buying Options 180g 2LP Gatefold Sleeve Includes Download Code Format 180g , 2LP , Gatefold Sleeve , Includes Download Code Condition New Country United Kingdom Track Listings LP1 Leave A Message Reminisce Real Love You Remind Me Intro Talk Sweet Thing LP2 Love No Limit I Don't Want To Do Anything Slow Down My Love Changes I've Been Going Through What's The 411? Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Mary J. Blige and more from Soul / Funk View Product Quick View Mary J. Blige A Mary Christmas – The Anniversary Edition Soul / Funk | Verve | 2LP Released 6th October 2023 £35.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Mary J. 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