Sample choices and an overall album theme were always on the checklist, but the desire to be technically sound seemed not to be a line item. Much of her previous lead singles, from different eras, honed in on different facets that comprise the Mary J. Unlike CareyвЂ™s single, which reiterated her famous prowess for power ballads, Blige stepped on new soil as it related her vocal delivery with those types of songs. But the plans for the promised retrospective compilation was put on pause after the enormous radio response for the new albumвЂ™s lead single вЂњBe Without You.вЂќ The release date for The Breakthrough was bumped up to December 20.Д«ryan-Michael Cox and JohntГЎ Austin, the production and songwriting team behind CareyвЂ™s return single вЂњTogether,вЂќ were summoned to work on the lead single of BligeвЂ™s album.

She also was unobtrusively wrapping up studio sessions for her next official album, The Breakthrough, which was slated to arrive in February 2006. As for Blige, she had a reworked version of The Game and 50 CentвЂ™s вЂњHate It or Love It,вЂќ which she dubbed вЂњMJB Da MVP,вЂќ bumping in the streets as she was gearing up for the November 22nd release of her greatest hits album, Reminisce. Mariah Carey was an obvious standout, dominating the airwaves with her hit song вЂњWe Belong TogetherвЂќ and seeing significant sales for her comeback album The Emancipation of Mimi. In 2005, several R&B artists were selling and performing well on the charts.

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