![]() Now on album 13, there’s no doubt that Blige is prone to the platitudes that tend to come with rehab and calming down – but it’s the measure of the singer that phrases that could be trite in other hands sound like profound truths as she hollers them out. Sometimes, with the traditional grim irony of pop culture, this later work has lacked the impact of the early self-evisceration, but she’s given some butt-kicking performances along the way. ![]() ![]() Where her Nineties work used hip hop’s aggression and the raw edges of that voice to deal with the pain of addiction, depression and violent relationships to devastating effect, since then – starting with the emblematic and brilliant song and album “No More Drama” – she’s documented a process of healing and maturation. ![]() There was always a sense in which she was a throwback to an older soul tradition, and as such her singing style has a timelessness that some of her contemporaries might struggle to achieve.Īnd her artistic persona seems to be settling into a good sort of a groove, too.
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