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The Breakthrough by Mary J. Blige

Good Woman Down

Mary J. Blige

Album: The Breakthrough

Genre: R & B

Composer: Blige/Garrett/Douth

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ALBUM_ID812098
TRACK_NAMEGood Woman Down
COMPOSERBlige/Garrett/Douth
TRACK_NUMBER6
RUN_TIME4:07
TRACK_ID8552605
ALBUM_TITLEThe Breakthrough
ARTIST_NAMEMary J. Blige
SEARCH_NAMEMary J. Blige
RATED8
GENRE_DESCRIPTIONR & B
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SITE_REVIEWAt the end of 2005, Mary J. Blige's career was supposed to be anthologized. The singer had her way, however, and one of her best studio albums came out instead. In retrospect, her previous album, 2003's Love & Life, was awkward; the P. Diddy collaborations, likely intended to recapture the magic the duo put together on What's the 411? and My Life, didn't always pay off, and Blige was about to become a wife, so the songs steeped in heartbreak and disappointment weren't delivered with as much power as they had been in the past. The Breakthrough also contains some of the drama that fans expect, despite Blige's continued happiness, but it's clear that she has gained enough distance from the uglier parts of her past that she can inhabit them and, once again, deliver those songs. The past does play a significant role in the album, as in "Baggage," where she apologies to her husband for bringing it into their relationship. "Father in You" sounds like a note-perfect facsimile of a classic soul ballad, rising and falling and twisting with a sensitive string arrangement, but the lyrics are pure Blige, acknowledging the ways in wh