Beats swiped from an old Biz Markie track, a beautifully controlled but emotive vocal, a nod to old soul in its chorus borrowed from Patrice Rushen: musical traditions rearranged and reconfigured into something new. The influential hybrid “hip-hop soul” sound of Blige’s debut album, What’s The 411?, in a nutshell. It is not a love song so much as a song pleading for love. The title track of Blige’s third album – a noticeably lighter affair than its predecessor – boasts a fabulous Rodney Jerkins production in which disco-era syndrums ricochet around glossy synths, the smooth mood disrupted by the noticeable ache in Blige’s voice. Take Me As I Am is simultaneously laid-back (the music is based on Lonnie Liston Smith’s Garden of Peace) and steely the beat is harder than you might expect from a ballad, the lyrics defiant. Photograph: Kevin C Cox/Getty Imagesīy the time of 2005’s The Breakthrough, Blige was a master at alchemising her troubles into potent material. p. 23.Performing during the Super Bowl halftime show in February. Recording Industry Association of America. ^ "American single certifications – Mary J.^ "R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: Year End 1992".Blige Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Blige Chart History (Dance Singles Sales)". ^ "Mary J Blige: Artist Chart History".What's the 411? (Liner Notes) (Compact Disc). : CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) ( link) ^ You Remind Me (US Cassette single liner notes).^ Gettelman, Parry (September 25, 1992).
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Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental insert). Sean "Puffy" Combs – executive producer." Love No Limit" (Puff Daddy remix) – 3:57Ĭredits are adapted from the What's the 411? liner notes."You Remind Me" (Straight to the Heart mix) – 5:41."You Remind Me" (Straight to the Heart radio edit) – 3:19."Leave a Message" (Album version) – 3:38.US Cassette maxi-single and CD single."You Remind Me" (Extended instrumental) – 5:08.
The tune is built around a nice little phrase but wouldn't really go anywhere if it weren't for the funky hip-hop beat." Track listings
Parry Gettelman from Orlando Sentinel wrote, "Blige's voice swoops and croons wonderfully on her big hit, "You Remind Me". James Hamilton from Music Week's RM Dance Update described it as a "slinky groin grinder".
Havelock Nelson from Entertainment Weekly noted its "cascading, intricately layered mid-tempo beat".
Considine from The Baltimore Sun complimented the "smooth, soulful balladry" of "You Remind Me". The song also sampled Patrice Rushen’s 1982 song, ‘Remind Me’. The song marked Blige's first top forty hit, reaching number twenty-nine on the Billboard Hot 100 and number one on the Hot R&B Singles chart. Written by Eric Milteer and produced by Dave "Jam" Hall, it was originally used on the soundtrack of 1991 comedy film Strictly Business. It served as Blige's first single from her debut album, What's the 411? (1992). " You Remind Me" is a song by American singer-songwriter Mary J. "You Remind Me"įrom the album What's the 411? and Strictly Business For the song by Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood, see Remind Me (Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood song). For the song by Nickelback, see How You Remind Me. This article is about the song by Mary J.
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