Blige had a good voice, and at one point a demo comes to the attention of a producer. "The demo shows the pain of a generation", he observes, and before we know it, Blige has recorded her 1992 debut album "What's the 411?" and then a few years later comes "My Life". Couple of comments: this documentary is the latest from director by Vanessa Roth (who won an Oscar for the 2007 short documentary "Freeheld"). Blige's 1994 album "My Life" meant for Blige. This is touted as the 25th anniversary of that album, and perhaps this was filmed in 2019, the actual 25th anniversary but of course now upon its release we are 2 years later. That aside, the documentary is at best mildly entertaining or insightful. Roth mostly interviews Blige and a number of people who were around tat that time (Sean "Diddy" Combs, etc.) but there is very little insight from any of them. Also very little footage from the early 90s when all of this was taking place.
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