Roth was surprised by the extent of the album’s influence as well. “They would say, ‘This album saved my life.’” “It was so humbling because I didn’t know I affected people,” she says. Over the years she’s heard from many fans how much the album’s songs resonated with them. “I still needed to establish her growing up and what led to making the album,” she says. That was the toughest part, telling those stories of how I got hurt by some people when I was younger.” “The toughest part was reliving how my mom was single, raising her kids - things were happening to us because she was working. “I’m thinking about how many little girls in the world are not safe, and the things they’re going through. “Why does much stuff happen to a little girl?,” she says. Interviews include family members, friends and album executive producer Sean “Diddy” Combs.īlige admits one of the toughest parts was revisiting being five years old - the time when her father left - and her experience with sexual abuse. “It was about how that album represented her.” “It’s about the making of that album and her life leading up to that,” Roth says. Blige’s My Life,” which premiered Wednesday and is streaming on Amazon Prime Video from Friday (June 25).īlige, who serves as an executive producer, and Roth wanted to tell the story of her evolution. Watch the full interview below where she spoke about playing Monet Tejada being therapeutic, the importance of mammograms and more.She turned to director Vanessa Roth to capture the “love letter” to her younger self in “ Mary J. “Mary came back here to the house last night and we went downstairs to the studio, and she was playing me samples and we were just vibing out.” Dre further confirmed the news, saying that he and Blige are already in the studio brainstorming. I want you to produce an album for me.’ And he was like ‘Oh my God, it’s a dream come true for me!’ And then boom, here we are. “I was like, ‘Yo, this is a dream come true for me. Dre, because everything he does, you know you’re going to smashes and you know it’s going to be excellent,” she said.

“That was something I always wanted to do: to do a produced album by Dr. The Yonkers songstress is fresh off the release of her 15th album, Good Morning Gorgeous, and she already has her eyes on her next album, which will be produced by Dr. “I felt really light and sometimes I felt like crying because it all surfaced again.” “I felt great,” she said about finishing her yet-to-be titled book. She added that it was originally scheduled to be released this February, but she wanted to delay the release to make sure its up to par.

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