{"product_id":"mary-j-blige-whats-the-411","title":"Mary J. Blige - What's the 411? |","description":"\u003cp\u003ePersonnel: Mary J. Blige (vocals); Grand Puba, Busta Rhymes (rap vocals); Devante Swing, Darryl Pearson (various instruments); Dave \"Jam\" Hall (keyboards, drums); Mark C. Rooney (keyboards, background vocals); Mark Morales, Gordon \"Fresh Gordon\" Pickett (drum programming); Terri Robinson, Billy Lawrence, Tabitha Brace (background vocals); Sean \"Puffy\" Combs, Darryl Pearson, Kool DJ Red Alert, Christopher Williams, Jamie Brown, Eric Shurman, Andre Harrell, Maceo, DJ Clark Kent, Kurt Juice, Little Shawn, C.L. Smooth, K-Ci Hailey.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eProducers include: Dave \"Jam\" Hall, Devante Swing, Mark Morales, Mark C. Rooney, Sean \"Puffy\" Combs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEngineers include: David Kennedy, Tony Maserati, Mike Fonda.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePersonnel: Mary J. Blige, Buttnaked Tim Dawg, Sean \"Puffy\" Combs (vocals); Darryl Pearson (various instruments); Dave \"Jam\" Hall (keyboards, drums); Mark C. Rooney (keyboards, drum programming); Gordon Pickett, Mark Morales, Cool Rah (drum programming); Billy Lawrence, Tabitha Brace, Terri Robinson, Tiffany Hailey (background vocals).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOriginal producers: Sean \"Puffy\" Combs, Edward \"DJ Eddie F\" Ferrell, Buttnaked Tim Dawg, Dave \"Jam\" Hall, Mark Morales, Mark C. Rooney, DeVante Swing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRemix producers: Buttnaked Tim Dawg, Sean \"Puffy\" Combs, Daddy-O, Teddy Riley, Jesse West, Mark Spark, Vincent Hurbert.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOriginal engineers include: Mario Rodriguez, Edward Ferrell, David Kennedy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRemix engineers includes: Joe Quinde, Pat Dillett, George Mayers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePersonnel: Mary J. Blige (vocals, background vocals); Busta Rhymes (vocals); Dave Hall (keyboards, drums); L.A. Reid (keyboards, background vocals); DeVante Swing (keyboards); Mark Morales (drum machine); Gordon Picket (programming); Tabitha Brace, Grand Puba, Terri Robinson, Billy Lawrence (background vocals).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRecording information: Chung King House Of MEtal, New York, NY; Hit Factory Studios, New York, NY; Marathon Studio, New York, NY; Soul Convention Studios, Rosedale, Queens, NY.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eUnknown Contributor Roles: Christopher Williams; Clark Kent; Andr? Harrell; Kurt Juice; Jamie Brown ; Little Shawn; C.L. Smooth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe opening track 'Leave A Message' is an immediately intriguing hook for the listener. A series of answering machine messages over a funky drum beat does not fail, even though most callers insist on saying 'peace' instead of 'goodbye' at the end of every call. The artist first appears on track two, and stays in control throughout an album of high-quality urban R\u0026amp;B\/soul. Highly commercial, yet it never sinks to the blandness of some other 90s female pop acts. Tracks such as 'Real Love' lend more to the best of Aretha Franklin pop flirtations than to 90s R\u0026amp;B. Blige is Aretha's heir apparent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReleased: 1992-07-28\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: CD\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenre: R\u0026amp;B\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: CD\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReleased: 1992-07-28\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Mary J. Blige","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45222139199603,"sku":"P07285-M1B0-JO","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0500\/7837\/files\/mary-j-blige-whats-the-411_HwTU6.jpg?v=1783829519","url":"https:\/\/www.lovevinylrecords.com\/products\/mary-j-blige-whats-the-411","provider":"Love Vinyl Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}