The lyrics of the urban soul classic was a change of pace for Blige, who had spent most of her prosperous career singing songs about no-good relationships. With “Be Without You,” Blige found balance in her songwriting. That all changed when she released “Be Without You.” As evidenced in live performances leading up to the single’s release, Blige had gotten serious about finding a happy medium between technical precision and emotional potency. Sure, vocal maturation took place for Blige throughout her career however, it typically underlined her aged-soul and sometimes raspy limitations rather than showcasing the true range of her tremendous voice. Sample choices and an overall album theme were always on the checklist, but the desire to be technically sound seemed not to be a line item.
Much of her previous lead singles, from different eras, honed in on different facets that comprise the Mary J. Unlike Carey’s single, which reiterated her famous prowess for power ballads, Blige stepped on new soil as it related her vocal delivery with those types of songs. But the plans for the promised retrospective compilation was put on pause after the enormous radio response for the new album’s lead single “Be Without You.” The release date for The Breakthrough was bumped up to December 20.īryan-Michael Cox and Johntá Austin, the production and songwriting team behind Carey’s return single “Together,” were summoned to work on the lead single of Blige’s album. She also was unobtrusively wrapping up studio sessions for her next official album, The Breakthrough, which was slated to arrive in February 2006. As for Blige, she had a reworked version of The Game and 50 Cent’s “Hate It or Love It,” which she dubbed “MJB Da MVP,” bumping in the streets as she was gearing up for the November 22nd release of her greatest hits album, Reminisce. Mariah Carey was an obvious standout, dominating the airwaves with her hit song “We Belong Together” and seeing significant sales for her comeback album The Emancipation of Mimi.
In 2005, several R&B artists were selling and performing well on the charts.
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