|
|
Article: 'Growing Pains': M.J.'s Rx; Mary J. Blige Sings About the Healing Salve Of Womanhood and Sisterhood on New CD
- Article from:
- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- December 18, 2007
- Author:
CopyrightThis material is published under license from the Washington Post. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post. (Hide copyright information)
|
Mary J. Blige knows your pain. She's reached icon status
crafting analgesic hits for lovelorn ladies. She can salvage your
self-worth and help you locate your dwindling dignity. And if that's
not enough, on her excellent eighth album, "Growing Pains," she can
also make you dance.
"I hear you've been running / from the beautiful queen that you
could be becoming," she counsels on the jubilant, up-tempo, gospel-
tinged lead song. "Work That." It's a courageous message, especially
when there are so many other voices in media and society telling
young women otherwise.
Blige's lesson is not that women are invincible, but that men and
women need to come together if they are to survive. She ...