{"product_id":"0008811068127-whats-the-411","title":"What's The 411?","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNo Description Available\u003cbr\u003eNo Track Information Available\u003cbr\u003eMedia Type: CD\u003cbr\u003eArtist: BLIGE,MARY J.\u003cbr\u003eTitle: WHAT'S THE 411?\u003cbr\u003eStreet Release Date: 07\/28\/1992\u003cbr\u003eDomestic\u003cbr\u003eGenre: SOUL\/R \u0026amp; B Perhaps the true test of a classic is this: something that's commonplace now but at the time appeared revolutionary. The notion that a female R\u0026amp;B singer could be as informed by the Real Roxanne as she was by Aretha Franklin, that she could give love to the streets and the roughnecks--while still delivering soul-drenched love songs that came from that wounded womanly space--was, in a word, groundbreaking. It was the sound of the New Jills, and of a new genre, aptly called hip-hop soul. Featuring production from a then-upstart Puffy, and a collection of songs that alternately swagger and seduce--\"You Remind Me,\" \"Real Love,\" \"Reminisce\"--What's the 411? may not be Blige's finest work (that honor may go to its moody follow-up, My Life). But its ghetto-fied grooves dominated the radio then, and they still sound fierce today, even with a slew of lesser imitators attempting to do what the rough and ready Blige did so effortlessly back in the day. --Amy Linden\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56438381019510,"sku":"0008811068127","price":5.77,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_542433_9758757.jpg?v=1779803094","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/0008811068127-whats-the-411","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}