Mary J. Blige Share My World (1997)

Share My World marked several personal and professional changes in her life and career. Following the departure of Andre Harrell the year before, Blige defected from Uptown Records in favour of its parent label MCA and severed professional ties with long-time producer and mentor Sean “Puffy” Combs shortly before the production of Share My World began. His absence was filled with a bevy of high profile producers, such as: Rodney Jerkins, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, Babyface, Bryce Wilson, and R. Kelly. The end result produced an album that was less entrenched in the Hip Hop Soul of her first two albums, and replaced with a style that was more aligned with Contemporary R&B.
You could tell by all of this that Mary was polishing her sound; it was most evident on this, the title track.