Blog: Mixtape Maestro

For close to two decades (!!) we've relied on Mary J Blige 's raw, grainy (and, at times, off-key) whoops to help keep some semblance of true, from-the-soul authenticity alive in the contemporary R&B realm, and even though those fiery chops have gotten smoothed over in recent years, we never once thought that she would ever think of joining the "singing android" parade. Yet, there she was on the summer-leaked (and Drake -featured) "The One", crushing plenty of hearts across the globe in her unnecessary decision to undergo the Auto-Tuned treatment. Why MJ why [...]