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Making The Music to Accompany 'Mary J. Blige's My Life'

Grammy-winning composer Mervyn Warren worked on the music for the new documentary, which drops on Amazon Prime on Friday.
Mary J. Blige performs onstage at the 2019 BET Awards on June 23, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Someone recently said Mary J. Blige’s voice articulates with laser precision the pain of a generation.

That’s especially true of her 1994 album “My Life.” And on Friday audiences can stream a new Amazon documentary that explores this seminal album that lays bare some of Blige’s biggest life

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