Sun Spin: Mary J. Blige

MODERN SOUL'S GREAT LADY TURNS 38 TODAYWE OFFER OUR RESPECTS Soul music after 1980 isn't littered with memorable artists. That wing of popular music has focused most heavily on cranking out product, much of it consciously numbskull ephemeral, and the artistic depth it possessed in its '60s/'70s heyday on labels like Motown and Atlantic Records has been abandoned for something thinner if still hugely popular. However, there's a few real jewels left in soul's crown, including Ms. Mary J. B...

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