Mary J. Blige News: Mary J. Blige - Stronger with Each Tear

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Mary J. Blige returns like the elder stateswoman that she is with this, her ninth album, and first since 2007’s Growing Pains. Released in the States before Christmas, it rushed to number two �" charting just a week after Alicia Keys’ The Element of Freedom, many saw its timing as instigating a direct battle of the soul divas.

For this international edition, two Led Zeppelin covers have been puzzlingly added, which somewhat corrupts the overall smooth grooving RnB flow. That said, the hugely fun, stomping electro version of Whole Lotta Love, which opens the album, certainly acts...