There is some cursing on the album, but other than that, it's the best live recording she's done since MTV's "Uptown Unplugged", which will be a classic. I will give the CD this though: you do feel like you're at a live concert.in fact, it's a show in Los Angeles in late July/early August of 1997. It sounds so real, and that's what Mary is known for. She still does a stirring rendition of "Sweet Thing", and the best track on here (in my opinion) is "Missing You".
Instead, you hear great songs like "Misty Blue", but they aren't what I bought the CD for. Yes, they're listed as tracks, but she only does like one verse or less on these. What is missing is that much of the material that made her a legend.that is, songs like "Real Love", "Reminisce" and "You Remind Me" are not here.
That's why I was so excited when I bought this CD. Mary J Blige is a legend, and she will be for a long time.
Okay - I must justify the mediocre rating. True to form, she also revives a couple of other classics-Aretha Franklin's "Daydreaming" and Dorothy Moore's "Misty Blue." The Tour is both a great introduction for the uninitiated and an essential addition to the canon. The hits span her three studio albums, and while some cuts barely reach the two- minute mark, her renderings of favorites like "Real Love," "I'm Goin' Down," and "Mary Jane" more than make up for them. This collection of 23 tracks culled from various stops on her Share My World tour is the perfect sample of her highness's indisputable talent and a reminder that unlike many in her field, she is a powerhouse performer, not merely a studio puppet. Blige" without coupling it with loaded phrases like "difficult diva" and "queen of hip-hop soul." But if you get past the prickly facade Blige often presents to the press-who can forget her infamous interview turned potential catfight with Veronica Webb?-it's the tag of royalty that counts. It's almost impossible to breathe the name "Mary J.
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