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Like I mentioned last week R&B diva Mary J. Blige will be releasing her ninth studio album "Stronger withEach Tear" to the UK on March 22nd!!

The international release will include 5 new tracks. One of them being already posted remix of "Each Tear" with Jay Sean.
Here we have the other 4 tracks:
Whole Lotta Love (Led Zeppelin Cover),
I Can't Wait,
City On Fire,
and Stairway to Heaven (Led Zeppelin Cover).

If you couldn't already guess Blige went for more of a rock sound for the additional tracks and they turned out quite well. Be sure to check them out, Enjoy!!

BUY Mary J. Blige - Stronger withEach Tear: HERE


1. Whole Lotta Love
2. Tonight
3. The One feat. Drake
4. I Can’t Wait feat. will.i.am
5. Good Love feat. T.I.
6. I Feel Good
7. I Am
8. Each Tear feat. Jay Sean
9. I Love U (Yes I Du)
10. City on Fire
11. Stronger (From the Motion Picture More Than a Game)
12. In the Morning
13. Color (From the Motion Picture Precious based on the novel “Push” by Sapphire)
14. Stairway to Heaven feat. Travis Barker, Randy Jackson, Steve Vai, and Orianthi
15. I Am (Dave Aude Remix) (Bonus)



Label Geffen
Release Date Dec 21, 2009


1. Tonight 今夜
2. The One – feat. Drake 唯一 (與饒舌新銳德瑞克合唱)
3. Said and Done 塵埃落定
4. Good Love – feat. T.I. 完美的愛 (與嘻哈殺手T.I.共鳴)
5. I Feel Good 感覺真好
6. I Am 像我一樣
7. Each Tear 每滴眼淚
8. I Love U (Yes I Du) 我愛你
9. We Got Hood Love – feat. Trey Songz 相親相愛 (與入圍葛萊美獎最佳節奏藍調男歌手崔頌合唱)
10. Kitchen 廚房
11. In The Morning 清晨
12. Color 顏色 (電影「珍愛人生」主題曲)

Stronger with Each Tear's first four songs are decorated like NASCAR vehicles, with IDs from the Runners and Akon, Rodney Jerkins, Ryan Leslie, Stereotypes, and T.I. all heard before the voice of Mary J. Blige. Sound logos and gratuitous self-serving plugs from producers and guest MCs are nothing new in mainstream R&B, but when an album by Mary J. Blige is dominated by them, in such an extended succession, a longtime follower's minor irritation has the potential to turn to low-level rage. And while it is also understandable that the appearance of 2009 breakout star Drake on "The One" will help boost sales, the disparity is glaring; the MC was five years old when What's the 411? was released. Trey Songz, featured on another track, wasn't much older. Even when factoring these matters, Stronger with Each Tear is a very good Blige album, if not a classic. One of her briefest sets, it is tremendously (almost studiously) balanced between all the ground she has covered so well before. That's no criticism, though, since most of the songs are easily memorable and display so much range. Those who detest "The One" on principle, for its use of Auto-Tune, need only to forward to the album's final song, a quiet and sparse throwback (to 40-plus years ago) production from Raphael Saadiq in which Blige professes new love to chilling effect. ~ Andy Kellman

Audio Mixers: Jaycen Joshua; Dave Pensado; Peter Mokran; Phil Tan.

Recording information: 2nd Floor Studios; Germano Studios, New York, NY; Roc The Mic Studios, New York, NY; Silent Sound Studios, Atlanta, GA; The Boom Boom Room, Burbank, CA; The Record Plant, Los Angeles, CA; Triangle Sound Studios, Atlanta, GA; Zac Digital, Atlanta, GA.

Photographer: Anthony Mandler.Rolling Stone (pp.55-56) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "Blige's experiment works in the context of her album....In the fantastic Stargate/Ne-Yo jam 'I Feel Good,' she flashes the robot-voice ostinatos like a new pair of stilettos."
Entertainment Weekly (p.71) - "There's so much feel-goodness, you might long for the drama of yore. Luckily, she brings it on the bouncy piano groove 'Kitchen'..." -- Grade: B
Billboard (p.32) - "Blige has never been in better voice -- or more adventurous. The metaphor-rich 'Kitchen' finds the singer/songwriter admonishing would-be man-stealers."

※9座葛萊美獎冠冕實力靈魂歌姬最堅毅的作品
※強勢空降：發行首週登上全美節奏藍調/嘻哈專輯榜冠軍+流行專輯榜亞軍，滾石雜誌+AMG網站3顆半星好評迴響
※強力推薦：全美節奏藍調/嘻哈榜TOP10單曲"I Am"+2010年金球獎最佳影片提名「珍愛人生」主題曲"Color"

在感情世界裡，無論怎麼做…都是不夠的，我們只能在不斷的嘗試、磨難與淚水中，學會如何以更堅強的態度去面對情感。靈魂歌姬Mary J. Blige對於情感所造成的傷害與挫折有著刻骨銘心的感受，在個人最新大碟【Stronger withEach Tear】中，她審視了兩性關係的不確定性，以及外界誘惑對於維繫情感關係的衝擊。專輯發行首週強勢攻佔全美節奏藍調/嘻哈專輯榜冠軍以及流行專輯榜亞軍。

Mary J. Blige是當代最偉大的藝人之一，在她15年樂壇生涯中，累計贏得9座葛萊美獎、獲得8張超白金唱片銷售認證、歷年專輯銷售超過4000萬張，每一張專輯都能擄獲樂迷與樂評的心，她在2009年參與金球獎最佳影片提名電影「珍愛人生」的原聲帶製作，同時也客串演出「我家也有大明星(Entourage)」、「超級製作人(30 Rock)」等多部艾美獎得獎影集。此外，Blige還與美容護膚界產業名人Lisa Price成功推出名為Carol`s Daughter的美容保養系列商品，而且預計在2010年推出「My Life」香水。

【Stronger withEach Tear】是Mary J. Blige在自創Matriarch Records唱片公司之後所發行的首張專輯，她廣邀多位製作大將共同操刀，展現出駕馭各類型音樂的驚人唱功，像是由Rodney Jerkins [*The Pussycat Dolls]掌舵製作，請來以亞軍單曲"Best I Ever Had"獲得葛萊美獎提名的加拿大嘻哈奇蹟Drake聯手合作的單曲"The One"，再度證明Blige的嘻哈/靈魂樂歌后頭銜絕非浪得虛名；來自佛羅里達的嘻哈雙人製作組合The Runners [*Lil Wayne]打造的”Tonight”是一首融合流行電子樂、節奏藍調與嘻哈節拍的派對熱歌；來自紐約哈林區的節奏藍調全才藝人Ryan Leslie擔任製作的"Said And Done"，是一首融合流行舞曲與節奏藍調元素的魅力靚作；3座葛萊美獎肯定的全才唱作歌手Ne-Yo擔綱製作，來自亞特蘭大的嘻哈玩家T.I.友情合唱的"Good Love"，是一首釋放著超勁電子舞曲電流的嘻哈派對佳作；由製作人Bryan-Michael Cox(替Blige製作過葛萊美獎年度歌曲提名作品"Be Without You")獻藝、與2009年葛萊美獎提名最佳節奏藍調男歌手Trey Songz共同合唱的"We Got Hood Love"，展現節奏藍調的深情與酷感；製作過Rihanna冠軍曲的製作雙人組Tricky Stewart與The-Dream所製作的"Kitchen"，閃耀著流行樂、靈魂樂與節奏藍調的動感色澤。專輯中最能展現歌后唱功的顛峰之作，當屬由靈魂樂界的全才藝人Raphael Saasiq [*John Legend]製作的電影「珍愛人生」主題曲"Color"，Blige如泣如訴的歌聲道出曲中所傳達的滄桑與悲情，讓人動容不已。